Some account of the Pennsylvania Hospital : from its first rise, to the beginning of the fifth month, called May, 1754

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Main Author: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Printed by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1754.
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Item Description: "Continuation of the account of the Pennsylvania hospital; from the first of May 1754, to the fifth of May 1761. With an alphabetical list of the contributors, and of the legacies which have been bequeathed ... from its first rise to that time ... Philadelphia: Printed by B. Franklin, D. Hall. 1761": p. [39]-77.
The "Continuation" was not written by Franklin, but was issued by the managers of the hospital and prepared by the Committee on publication, of which Samuel Rhoads was chairman. It was originally issued in a separate volume, although paged continuously with Franklin's "Some Account...[etc.]"--Cf. Evans, Amer. bibl., no. 7197; and Morton, The history of the Pennsylvania hospital, 1895, p. 48.
"Continuation" in separate volume.
"Continuation of the account of the Pennsylvania hospital; from the first of May 1754 , to the fifth of May 1761. With an alphabetical list of the contributors, and of the legacies which have been bequeathed...from its first rise to that time...Philadelphia: Printed by B. Franklin, D. Hall. 1761": p. [39]-77.
The "Continuation" was not written by Franklin, but was issued by the managers of the hospital and prepared by the Committee on publication, of which Samuel Rhoads was chairman. It was originally issued in a separate volume, although paged continuously with Franklin's "Some account...[etc.]" cf. Evans, Amer. bibl., no. 7197; and Morton, The history of the Pennsylvania hospital, 1895, p. 48.
Physical Description: 77 p. ; 25 cm.