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Dr Elisha Bartlett

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Dr Elisha Bartlett

Birth
Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
19 Jul 1855 (aged 50)
Slatersville, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial
North Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
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Dr. Elisha Bartlett was a medical doctor, professor and poet who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in 1836 as the first Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.

Beginning with his appointment as Professor of Pathological Anatomy and Materia Medica at the Berkshire Medical Institute in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1832,Bartlett taught at a number of medical schools including Transylvania University, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Vermont Medical College, Woodstock, Vermont, the University of Louisville, where he was Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, the University of the City of New York, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, where he was Chair of Materia Medica and Medical Jurisprudence. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1845.
In 1850, he lived on his father Otis' large farm with his father, wife and siblings. In 1855 they were living with Elizabeth's mother Ruth Slater
Dr. Elisha Bartlett was a medical doctor, professor and poet who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in 1836 as the first Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts.

Beginning with his appointment as Professor of Pathological Anatomy and Materia Medica at the Berkshire Medical Institute in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1832,Bartlett taught at a number of medical schools including Transylvania University, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Vermont Medical College, Woodstock, Vermont, the University of Louisville, where he was Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, the University of the City of New York, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, where he was Chair of Materia Medica and Medical Jurisprudence. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1845.
In 1850, he lived on his father Otis' large farm with his father, wife and siblings. In 1855 they were living with Elizabeth's mother Ruth Slater

Inscription

"Job 29:11 When the ear heard him, then it blessed him and when they eye saw him, it gave witness to him"

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Cracked and fixed after toppling in 2022.



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