Erastus Root Diary, 1815-1818

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Title: Erastus Root Diary, 1815-1818
Creator: Root, Erastus, 1789-1829.
Subject: Root Erastus 1789-1829.
Pomeroy John 1764-1844.
Arms Willard.
Diaries.
Medical education.
University of Vermont College of Medicine.
Genre: diaries
Format: text
Extent: 103 pages
Date Created: 1815-1818
Description: Erastus Root was born on January 9, 1789 to Timothy and Patience (Gleason) Barber Root in Guilford, Vt. After two years of study under the tutelage of Rev. Jason Chamberlain, Root enrolled at Williams College in 1809, before transferring to the University of Vermont in 1811 to continue studying with Chamberlain, who had been elected UVM’s Professor of Learned Languages in the interim. Root graduated from UVM with a bachelor’s degree in 1814 and spent the next three years studying medicine: he began his studies with Dr. Willard Arms of Brattleboro for a year and a half, then returned to UVM in the fall of 1815 to attend their medical lectures and continue his studies with Dr. John Pomeroy, and finally completed his studies at Dartmouth College, receiving his medical license in 1817. Root eventually moved to Boston, where he married Lucinda Jacobs on February 1, 1821. The couple had one daughter before Lucinda’s death in 1822 and Root’s death in New York on February 24, 1829.
Topics in Root’s diary include UVM’s medical program in early nineteenth century, John Pomeroy, early nineteenth-century medical practices, teaching in Vermont in early nineteenth century, and modes of travel in the early nineteenth century.
Source Document Location: University of Vermont Libraries. Special Collections.
Shelf Location: Vermont Small Bound Manuscript Collection, Root, Erastus: Diary/journal, various VT locations, 1815-1818
Form: nonprojected graphic
Note [Digital Version]: 2022-02-04, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Digital Format: Text/Color: 24 bits; 400 ppi
Parent Collections: Diaries
Date Created: 1815-1818
Access Conditions: No Copyright - United States
Access Conditions (Local): For further information please contact Special Collections, University of Vermont Libaries at uvmsc@uvm.edu.
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