1861-1865
Autograph letter signed
Title: to Gen. William H. Harrison
Letter signed "An Assistant Surgeon of the Army". Protesting Harrison's disparaging comments made in front of the Senate during the Reorganization of the Medical Department of the Navy regarding the Army Surgical Corps, of which Jeffery was a member. Citing Harrison's contention that in the Army " 'there was a total deficiency of any sort of talent among the Surgeons'," Jeffery claims that Harrison has committed an "unmerited injustice" against the Army's Medical Department, undermining both himself as well as the very branch of service in which he served. He posits that Harrison is in no…
GLC01896.092