Gershom Bulkeley Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one account book listing patients from approximately 1698-1711, six medical notebooks with notes about medical practices in late 17th century, as well as a file of medical logs spanning the 1680s to early 1700s listing patients. The account book spans 1702-1713, the notebooks span circa 1692-1705, and the notes and reports by Gershom Bulkeley consist of four pages. The medical notebooks include medicinal and chemical recipes, treatments, and medicine-related subject entries such as the Arcanus Philosophiae and Paracelsus von Hohenheim; a noted early alchemist and physician from the 1500s.Some notebook entries are written in Latin and Greek.
Dates
- Creation: 1660 - 1711
Creator
- Bulkeley, Gershom, 1636-1713 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Gershom Bulkeley (1636-1713) was a noted clergyman, politician, and physician in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Bulkeley, the son of Peter Bulkeley and Grace Chetwoode Bulkeley, graduated from Harvard College in 1655 with a bachelor and master’s in 1658. He became a Fellow and Tutor at Harvard from 1658-1661. Bulkeley went on to practice as a minister in New London, Connecticut before moving to Wethersfield (Conn.) in 1666 to serve as a clergyman at the Congregational Church. Bulkeley became more dedicated to the practice of medicine in 1677 after petitioning the governor of Connecticut to utilize deerskins in medicinal practice. Along with his work as a physician, he wrote political pamphlets espousing monarchist and royalist sentiments such as People’s Right, “Will and Doom,” and Some Seasonable Considerations for the Good of the People (1694). Bulkeley also moved to Glastonbury, Connecticut where he continued to develop his practice in medicine.
Extent
.50 Cubic Feet (2 flat boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Latin
Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Title
- Guide to the Gershom Bulkeley Collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Michelle C. Sigiel
- Date
- 2018-11
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2020-01-13: Titled changed by Eric C. Stoykovich, from 'Gershom Bulkeley Collection'.
Repository Details
Part of the Watkinson Library - Archival Collections Repository
Trinity College Library
300 Summit St.
Hartford Connecticut 06106