Fiftieth anniversary of the Hartford Medical Society, founded September 15, 1846. : proceedings at the celebration, October 26, 1896, at Hartford, Connecticut.

  • Hartford Medical Society
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[1896?]
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Credit: Fiftieth anniversary of the Hartford Medical Society, founded September 15, 1846. : proceedings at the celebration, October 26, 1896, at Hartford, Connecticut. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    New York, October 23, 1896. Geo. R. Shepherd, M.D., Hartford, Conn.: My Dear Doctor—I am in receipt of your invitation to attend the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of The Hartford Medical Society, to be held on the 26th inst., and I greatly regret that professional en- gagements will prevent my being present at what, from past experience, I fully appreciate will be a most enjoyable affair. Thanking both you and the committee for your courtesy, I am, Yours very truly, WM. J. LEWIS. [By Telegraph.] Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 26, 1896. Dr. Geo. R. Shepherd, Hartford, Conn.: Extend my best wishes to The Hartford Medical Society. Sorry I can not be with you to-night. THOMAS TURNBULL, Jr. Dear Dr. Shepherd: Hartford, October 23, 1896. Your kind note and programme of the celebration of The Hartford Medical Society was duly received, and I am sorry that circumstances will prevent an acceptance. 1 have been confined to the house, for the most part, for two weeks past, and have made arrangements for a short trip, and will be absent from the city on the date fixed for the dinner. I was unable to attend the meeting on account of illness, and should hardly be able to enjoy the exercises in my present condition. I am very grateful for the invitation and your kind remembrance. Yours truly, P. M. HASTINGS. My Dear Dr. Shepherd: 68 Collins Street. Will you present to the members of The Medical Society of Hartford my sincere i-egrets that the state of my health forbids the acceptance of their kind invitation to be present at their reunion to-day. It would be a great pleasure to meet my professional friends again, and though not with them in person, be assured that I shall be so in spirit. I send them a most cordial greeting and congratulate them on the prosperous condition of the society in which, though no longer able to take an active part, I still feel a deep interest. With kindest regards, yours, Monday, October 26, 1896. PINCKNEY W. ELLSWORTH. My Dear Dr. Shepherd: Hartford, Conn., Oct. 24, 1896. I feel compelled to send my regrets in reply to the cordial invita- tion extended to me, through you, by The Hartford Medical Societ}% to be present at their semi-centennial celebration on Monday next. As I told you, yesterday, I had already made an engagement for that evening, one which, I find, can not well be postponed. It would certainly give me great pleasure to meet the meinbei-s of the society on so interesting an occasion. Semi-centennials come to but very few persons, more than once, and, in the case of a society, furnish good opportunities for measuring progress.