Ezekiel Goddard Dodge papers, 1789-1819 (inclusive), undated
About this Collection
- Creator
- Dodge, Ezekiel Goddard , 1765-1819
- Collection Title
- Ezekiel Goddard Dodge papers, 1789-1819 (inclusive), undated
- Language
- English
- Origin
- Massachusetts
- Description
- .1 cubic feet in 1 flat storage box.
- Repository
- Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
- Subjects
Content Notes
The Ezekiel Goddard Dodge papers, 1789-1819 (inclusive), undated, contain correspondence from Ezekiel Dodge (1765-1819), a physicianin Thomaston, Maine, to his sister and brother-in-law, Mehetable and Nathaniel Cushing, and nephew Ezekiel Dodge Cushing, and financial records, including an itemized apothecary bill and a promissory note. The collection also includes the correspondence of Dodge family members, and an abbreviated, undated genealogical sketch of Ezekiel Dodge and Mehetable Cushing.
- Papers are in English.
Biographical Notes
Ezekiel Goddard Dodge (1765-1819) was a physician practicing in Thomaston, Maine. He was born in Abington, Massachusetts, on 18 April 1765, to Mary Goddard and Ezekiel Dodge (1723-1770), A.B., Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, a minister. Dodge entered Harvard as a temporary student in 1782, but he was expelled for disciplinary reasons. He subsequently practiced medicine in Warren, Maine, with Micah Packard, before he moved to Thomaston in 1789 and set up his medical practice there. He took on a pupil, Benjamin Webber, of Boston, Massachusetts, who became a partner in the practice for a number of years. In addition to medicine, Dodge was active in local politics, trade, and land speculation.