John Hunter : the address to the Committee for the Erection of a Statue of Hunter / by the President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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1859
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Credit: John Hunter : the address to the Committee for the Erection of a Statue of Hunter / by the President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Long Calderwood ♦ would at one time be divided into two farms named respectively Calderfield and Long Calder- wood a circumstance very common in this Parish and I am led to this conclusion by the name of the farm adjoin- ing that in question being likewise Long Calderwood, and no place known to me here having the dfesignation of Cal- derfield. I am, Sir, Yours, &c., Matthew Dalglish, Registrar. Dr. James Watson, 153, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow. Copy of Eegister enclosed. John, a lawftd son procreate between John Hunter and Paul, bom February 13th and baptized March 30th, 1728. Extracted by me from the Eegister-Book of Births and Baptisms for the parish of East Kilbride, in the county of Lanark, this 28th day of March, 1859. Matthew Dalglish, Registrar. At a Meeting of the John Hunter Statue Committee, held at the Royal College of Surgeons, 29th March, 1859, Present, Joseph Henry Green, Esq., President, in the Chair. The Very Eev. the Dean of Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Westminster. Egerton, Bart. Thomas Maj'o, Esq., M.D., President 1 j. .i t. , /-, „ J. Risdon Bennett, Esq., M.D. 1 ^ ^^y^} .College William Baly, Esq., M.D. } Censors] of Physicians. ♦ In confirmation of the correctness of the Registrar's notion, Mr. W. Hunter Baillie writes :— In looking at an old map I have of Long Calder- wood farm and mansion, which belong to me, I find that a portion of this small property was called Calderfield, and that the larger portion was named Long Calderwood. Upon this latter stands the house which I have always heard was the birthplace of William and John Hunter. It was externally in good repair when I saw it a few years since, and is still serviceable for farming purposes, such as lodging for farm sen-ants, &c. The house used for liabita- tion by the farmer is on another part of the property.—Extract of Letter, April 9, 1859, from W. Hunter Baillie, Esq., to John F. South, Esq.
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