William John Potts papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 2/230

Scope and Contents

The collection contains eight biographical and genealogical compilations of information on American physicians and surgeons and their families, primarily during the 18th century. Each compilation includes a index to names; an additional abstract of birth, death, and burial information is available.

The information, compiled by William John Potts, 1872-1880, derives from newspaper articles and other contemporary printed material; wills; obituaries; church records; gravestone inscriptions; and anecdotes. Included are records of births, marriages, deaths, and burials for physicians in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania (primarily Philadelphia), Rhode Island, and Charleston, South Carolina. Also included are lists of physicians practicing in Philadelphia in 1798 and New York in 1786 and 1816.

Dates

Creation: 1872 - 1880

Creator

Potts, William John (Person)

Biographical / Historical

William John Potts, historian and genealogist, was born on 14 October 1842. He attended the University of Pennsylvania in 1863 and received an A.B. in 1866. Potts died in 1895. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the New Jersey Historical Society.