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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02657 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0067] 11-20 October 1783 |
| Title | Certificate for the admission of wounded soldier Lewis Campbell, who was guarding George Washington |
| Date | 15 October 1783 |
| Author | Jackson, Michael (1734-1801) |
| Additional authors | Eustis, William (1753-1825) Gibbs, Caleb (1748-1818) Townsend, David (1753-1829) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Certificate verifying the admission of Lewis Campbell, a soldier in the first New Jersey Regiment guarding George Washington, to the hospital "for the cure of a wound received thro' his body ..." Lewis was wounded at King's Bridge and sent to the hospital at Robinson's Farm. Page one is signed by William Eustis (Hospital Surgeon), Jackson (Colonel of the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment) and David Townsend (Hospital Surgeon). Page two, a certification of Campbell's service and wound received, is written and signed by Caleb Gibbs. |
| Subjects | Military History Revolutionary War Continental Army President Revolutionary War General Injury or Wound Battle Hospital Health and Medical |
| People | Jackson, Michael (1734-1801) Eustis, William (1753-1825) Gibbs, Caleb (1748-1818) Townsend, David (1753-1829) Campbell, Lewis (fl. 1783) Washington, George (1732-1799) |
| Place written | West Point, New York |
| Theme | Creating a New Government; Health & Medicine; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |