BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF DOCTOR
ROBERT ARCHER OF RICHMOND, VA.
BY: B. JOHNSON BARBOUR, 1877.
Richmond, Clemmitt & Jones,
Steam Printers. 1878.
Printed wraps, stitched. Both covers
detached.
Laid down portrait photograph
frontispiece.
(20) pages. 7-1/4 x 5-3/8 inches. Worn, lightly soiled, chips to wrapper, edge tears. (see photos). Overall good.
Historical Note:
Robert Archer. Virginia. Hospital
surgeon's mate, May 13, 1814. Post
surgeon, April 18, 1818. Assistant
surgeon, June 1, 1821. Major surgeon,
May 9, 1825. Resigned, August 5,
1826.
Assistant surgeon, August 5,
1826. Resigned February 29, 1840. [died,
May 19, 1877] - Francis B. Heitman's “Historical Register
And Dictionary Of The U. S. Army,” v.1,
p. 168.
Dr. Robert Archer, b. 1794 Norfolk, Va. d. 1877 Richmond, Va.
Dr. Robert Archer was the base
surgeon at Fortress Monroe (Hampton, VA) &
father-in-law of Joseph R.
Anderson, (CSA Brigadier General, Tredegar Iron Works)
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