Box 17
Contains 97 Results:
Letter from Walter Reed to Dorsey M. McPherson, June 18, 1880
Reed is glad McPherson arrived safely back at the post. He comments on their new roommate. Reed's wife is sick.
Letter from Walter Reed to Dorsey M. McPherson, July 10, 1880
McPherson is sick and resting. Reed is studying for a medical exam.
Letter fragment from [Walter Reed] to [Dorsey M. McPherson], circa 1880
Reed teases McPherson and writes that he cannot take more leave to be McPherson's best man. Reed will travel to Warrenton, Virginia and to White Sulphur Springs.
Military records relating to Walter Reed, 1880
Letter from Walter Reed to Dorsey M. McPherson, April 3, 1880
Reed describes his departure from Arizona, and the confusion in getting his next permanent assignment. He awaits McPherson's visit.
Military records relating to Walter Reed, 1881
Military records relating to Walter Reed, 1882
Military records relating to Walter Reed, 1885
Letter from Walter Reed to Dorsey M. McPherson, December 26, 1885
Reed is coming to Washington to apply for a leave extension. He plans to visit Florida, and then to visit New York City for coursework.
Letter from Walter Reed to Dorsey M. McPherson, April 13, 1886
Reed describes patients with erysipelas and double pneumonia. McPherson is to enter the Marine hospital service.
Sanitation report by Walter Reed, May 31, 1887
This report gives the sanitary conditions of the officers' quarters, yard, barracks, guardhouse, post hospital, and water at Fort Robinson. It also reports on rations and clothing.
Military records relating to Walter Reed, 1887
Letter from Walter Reed to Emilie B. Lawrence, April 13, 1876
Reed is ordered to San Francisco. He will visit Emilie Lawrence with a “startling request.”
Inspection report from J. C. McKee to the Surgeon General, 1877
McKee reports to the Surgeon General that Reed has his hospital in “most excellent condition.” He also mentions Reed's personal qualities that have won him the confidence of all. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]
Comments Walter Reed made in 1877 about life in the west published inWalter Reed and Yellow Fever, by Howard A. Kelly, 1906
FromWalter Reed and Yellow Feverby Howard A. Kelly, Chapter II, 'Frontier life' (1876-1889), pages 25-29, 32-34