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Collection: Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection

Title: Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection

Object ID: MG0128

Date Range: 1828-1851

Content Note: The Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection contains medical lectures, mostly given by Dr. Kerfoot. Topics include surgery, epilepsy, colds, injuries of the head, digestion, the senses, phrenology, and morality and science. Creator: Kerfoot, George Barrett, 1808-1851. Conditions for Access: No

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Collection: Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection

Title: Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection

Description: The Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection contains medical lectures, mostly given by Dr. Kerfoot. Topics include surgery, epilepsy, colds, injuries of the head, digestion, the senses, phrenology, and morality and science.

Admin/Biographical History: "Dr. George Barrett Kerfoot, M.D., returned to Lancaster to establish a practice in medicine in the Spring of 1830 after graduating from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. That year he also married Elizabeth B. Reed.; From 1830 to 1843, Dr. Kerfoot expressed strong sympathy in lectures for such pseudo sciences as phrenology & Mesmerism, also promoting lectures and courses at his Anatomical Hall. Dr. Kerfoot opened a drug store and placed advertisements for the patent medicines which he sold there. In 1838, Kerfoot conducted a much publicized, sensational electrotherapy experiment on the body of Henry Kobler, a convicted killer, hanged for the murder of Lazarus Zellerbach. An April 1843 newspaper advertisement stated that Dr. Kerfoot was ending his drug and patent medicine business in order to concentrate on "the practice of medicine, surgery and obstetrics." Three weeks after the April 1843 advertisement, Eliza opened a millinery shop, with "Spring fashions" and a "supply of bonnets."; In 1843 the Kerfoot family resided on Center Square next to the Lancaster Bank. George was then aged 35; Eliza (Reed) Kerfoot, 36; children: Ann Louisa Kerfoot, 12; George Kerfoot, Jr., 9; William Dale Kerfoot, 6; Eliza Reed Kerfoot, 4; Emma Kerfoot, 2; and the family's live-in servants. In 1847 a daughter Sweetie H. Kerfoot was born and in 1848 their daughter Emma Kerfoot died.; In the 1840's Dr. Kerfoot served on the City Council, as a Democrat, and on the School Board. Dr. Kerfoot provided expert testimony in Lancaster criminal court in the 1847 Haggerty trial in which the insanity defense was used, and also in the 1851 Knepley trial at Harrisburg.; Dr. Kerfoot was a recording secretary for the Pennsylvania State Medical Society and charter member of the Lancaster City & County Medical Society. He was a Mason and became District Deputy Grand Master; was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge and a promoter of the Lyceum movement; held membership in the Temperance Society; St. James Episcopal Church; allegedly wrote some for The Lancaster Intelligencer. Dr. Kerfoot practiced medicine until his death in 1851.; >Most of this information, quoted verbatim or paraphrased, is from: "Competing in the Medical Marketplace in Jacksonian America: The Creative Strategy of Dr. George Barrett Kerfoot," by Thomas R. Winpenny. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106207258/george-barrett-kerfoot

Date Range: 1828-1851

Year Range From: 1828

Year Range To: 1851

Date of Accumulation: 1828-1851

Creator: Kerfoot, George Barrett, 1808-1851

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Kerfoot, George Barrett; McClellan, George; Gibson, William; Spurzheim, Johann Gaspar; Gall, Franz Josef

Subjects: Anatomy; Blood; Botany, Medical; Brain; Burns and scalds; Cerebrovascular disease; Chyle; Cleft lip; Cold (Disease); Communicable diseases; Depression, Mental; Diagnosis; Digestion; Diseases; Edema; Electricity; Epilepsy; Gangrene; Hemophilia; Hernia; Inflammation; Jaundice; Joints--Diseases; Lancaster Society of Literature & Science; Larynx--Surgery; Lectures; Lyceums; Lymphatics--Diseases; Magnetism; Neuroses; Paralysis; Philosophy; Phrenology; Physiology; Pregnancy; Prognosis; Respiration; Scrofula; Senses and sensation; Surgery; Tetanus; Tonsils; Tumors; Vomiting; Wounds and injuries--Treatment

Search Terms: Anatomy; Apoplexy; Blood; Botany, Medical; Brains; Burns and scalds; Chyle; Cleft lip; Cold (Disease); Communicable diseases; Depression, Mental; Diagnosis; Digestion; Diseases; Dropsy; Electricity; Epilepsy; Finding aids; Gangrene; Hemophilia; Hernia; Inflammation; Jaundice; Joints, Diseases; Lancaster Society of Literature & Science; Larynx; Lectures; Lyceums; Magnetism; Manuscript groups; Neuroses; Paralysis; Philosophy; Phrenology; Physics; Physiology; Pregnancy; Respiration; Scrofula; Senses and sensation; Surgery; Tetanus; Tonsils; Tumors; Vomiting; Wounds and injuries

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0128

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Dr. George B. Kerfoot Collection (MG0128), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-128

Classification: MG0128

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: This collection was cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 30 July 2021.

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Archive

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Collection: Rev. John Wallace Papers

Title: Rev. John Wallace Papers

Object ID: MG0869

Date Range: 1835-1866

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Collection: Rev. John Wallace Papers

Title: Rev. John Wallace Papers

Description: Folder 1 Biographical information; Folder 2 Family tree; Diary entries on loose pages, Folders 3-7. Written while pastor at Pequea Church. 1835, 1855, 1860, and 1866. Mostly mentions the weather, other ministers and family members, funerals, baptisms, where he preaches, and the people with whom he meets or dines.; Folder 3 Diary entries. June 1835 to January 1836.; Folder 4 Diary entries. Had a large tumor removed from his neck on 1 June 1855. April to November 1855.; Folder 5 Diary entries. May to July 1860.; Folder 6 Diary entries. May to July 1866.; Folder 7 Diary entries and brief history of Pequea Church. October 1866.; Folders 8 and 9 Text and scripture for sermon. No date.

Admin/Biographical History: Rev. Wallace (d.1866) was pastor at Pequea Church, Gap, Lancaster County from 1833-1866. The family is from Chester and Lancaster Counties.

Date Range: 1835-1866

Year Range From: 1835

Year Range To: 1866

Date of Accumulation: 1835-1866

Creator: Schulz, Harry Morgan

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Wallace, John

Subjects: Diaries; Genealogy

Search Terms: Churches; Diaries; Finding aids; Funerals; Genealogy; Manuscript groups; Ministers; Pequea Presbyterian Church; Surgery

Extent: 9 folders, 9 items, 26 pages to scan .25 cubic feet

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0869

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).; Given in memory of Ann Morgan Ryan.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2022.001

Other Numbers: MG-869

Classification: MG0869

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 22 January 2022.

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Letter

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Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)

Title: Letter from N. Glindy to Gen. George Steinman

Object ID: JBFP 8.1.1.007

Date Range: 1857/06/16

2 documents 4 images

Collection: James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 8 Others (Not Part of the Family)

Title: Letter from N. Glindy to Gen. George Steinman

Description: Letter from N. Glindy to Gen. George Steinman regarding the appointment of Dr. Foltz as Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Baltimore.

Date Range: 1857/06/16

Creator: Glindy, N.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Container: JBFP Part 8, Box 1

People: Steinman, George M.; Foltz, Jonathan Messersmith; Glindy, N.

Subjects: Appointments, Military; United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Letters

Search Terms: Correspondence; Letters; Military appointments; Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Buchanan Collections; James Buchanan Presidential Library

Extent: 1 item, 4 pages to scan, 34.5 x 21 cm.

Object Name: Letter

Language: English

Parent Object ID: JBFP Part 8 Series 1

Object ID: JBFP 8.1.1.007

Associated Material: James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,; http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers; James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,; https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/; James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,; http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html; James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,; https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm

Related Item Notes: James Buchanan Family Papers; MG-96 James Buchanan Collection; Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm; Photograph collections; Curatorial collections; Wheatland Mansion

Notes: May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Some items are photocopies from other collections--researchers must obtain permission for reproduction and publication from the owner of the original material.; Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: JBMS1995.761

Other Number: JBFP Part 8, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 7

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.