1760\'s, Worcester, Mass, receipt grouping, Dr. John Green family, signatures
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1760\'s, Worcester, Mass, receipt grouping, Dr. John Green family, signatures:
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This is a group of 5 documents dated 1758-1789, Worcester, Massachusetts, receipts for goods or services to the Dr. John Green family. Signatures include many from the Worcesterarea, John Welch, Oliver Abbott, Martha Wiley and David Willington . Larger documents are 7x8, smaller is about 3x6, overall very good condition.
Dr. JohnGreen,fifth child of Dr. and Rev. ThomasGreen(4), was born in Leicester, Massachusetts.August 14. 1736.
Dr. JohnGreenstudied medicine with his father, in company with many other students. On coming of age. he moved toWorcesterand built his house upon the eminence at the north end ofWorcesterwhich camp to be known asGreenHill. Here he lived for his whole life. He was very successful from the first. He adopted the practice of watching over his patients like a nurse, day and night, if required. He became even more famous as a physician and surgeon than his distinguished father. His son, grandson, great-grandson and great-greatgrandson, all of the same name and title of Dr. JohnGreen,have also attained unusual eminence in the same profession. No better evidence of inherited aptitude and skill in medicine and surgery could be shown. Dr. JohnGreeninstructed manystudents, as his father had done.
Dr.Green:\"An earnest patriot, he was in 1773 a member (and the only medical member) of the American Political Society, which was formed \'on account of the grievous burdens of the times,\' and did so much to bring about that change of public sentiment which expelled the adherents of the Crown. He took a prominent part in all the Revolutionary proceedings, and in 1777 was sent as representative to the general court. In 1778 and 1779 he was town treasurer and in 1780 one of the selectmen, the only physician who ever held that office\" inWorcester.
Dr. JohnGreendied inWorcester,October 29, 1799, at the age of sixty-three.
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1760\'s, Worcester, Mass, receipt grouping, Dr. John Green family, signatures:
$20.50