letters (correspondence)

Usher sends Hench a list of references dealing with the human rather than the scientific side of the yellow fever epidemics in New Orleans.

Usher thanks Hench for the reprint of his yellow fever article and informs Hench that he will check for references to yellow fever in New Orleans.

Dickinson proposes an alteration to the text of Kelly's book concerning Brooklyn Hospital. Dickinson provides a quotation from the hospital minutes of 1871 regarding Walter Reed's appointment.

O'Reilly informs Meade that the Walter Reed Memorial Fund has increased Emilie Lawrence Reed's pension, that James Carroll has been promoted to Major, and that Mabel H. Lazear has been minimally compensated for her husband's work. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

O'Reilly requests that Reed be ordered to Fisher's Island, New York, to investigate an outbreak of typhoid fever among the troops. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

O'Reilly confirms that his office has no objection to the approval of a bill that proposes increasing the pensions being provided for Jennie Carroll and Mabel H. Lazear. The letter is accompanied by a partial copy of Report No. 431 of the 60th Congress, which specifies the rationale for the proposed bill. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Montgomery appreciates Moran's satisfaction at having Montgomery portray him in the film “Yellow Jack.” He solicits Moran's reaction to the film.

Cooke endorses Hench's findings concerning the actual sites of Camp Lazear and the Yellow Fever Hospital. Cooke expresses hope that the site will be preserved as a fitting memorial to the conquest of yellow fever by Finlay, Reed and his colleagues.

Cooke approves of Cornwell's painting, "Conquerors of Yellow Fever," and requests more copies.

Cooke attempts to identify people in the group photograph that Hench believes was taken at Camp Lazear.

Cooke regrets that he is unable to help Hench identify the persons and buildings in the 1908 photographs from Pinar del Rio.

Cooke approves Hench's report on his investigation of the actual site of Camp Lazear. He feels that the definite proof of the exact location, and its preparation as a memorial to the Yellow Fever Commission, is a valuable historic achievement. An attached autograph note provides physical details of the site.

Cooke complies with Hench's suggested alterations to his letter to Ramos. He thanks Hench for all the material Hench sent him concerning the Lazear Memorial celebration.

Cooke writes that he would be glad to look over Hench's memorandum on the yellow fever experiments.

Cooke sends Hench his recollections of the experiments at Camp Lazear. He says that it was so long ago that his memory fails him as to many details.

Cooke informs Hench that he will not attend the Lazear memorial event. He describes the experimental building at Camp Lazear.

Gill sends Hench a manuscript of Francisco Dominguez's biography of Carlos J. Finlay.

Minturn sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Patterson sends Kean a letter he has written to William Duffield Robinson, correcting a statement about Gorgas that Robinson made in a paper.