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Tully, William, 1785-1859

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1785-11-18 - 1859-02-28

Biography

William Tully (1785-1859), medical practitioner in Connecticut; president and professor at the Vermont Academy of Medicine; faculty of medicine at Yale.

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Coleman Brothers Collection

 Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 36
Abstract: The collection contains correspondence between Isaac Pearson Coleman and James Beakes Coleman, brothers who received medical degrees at the Medical Institution of Yale College (Yale School of Medicine) and who practiced medicine in and near Trenton, New Jersey; correspondence of the Coleman brothers with medical colleagues and with members of their families; letters, manuscripts, and legal documents pertaining to the extended Coleman family of New Jersey as well as the Saltar family; and...
Dates: 1721-1910, bulk 1821-1868

Edward Claudius Herrick papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 691
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, notes, and drawings record Herrick's work in astonomy and entomology, particularly his observations on the Aurora Borealis and the Hessian fly. Prominent scientists among his correspondents include Louis Agassiz, James D. Dana, Thaddeus William Harris, Elias Loomis, Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, William C. Redfield, Samuel H. Scudder, Benjamin Silliman, Benjamin Silliman Jr., and William Tully. His career as librarian of Yale College (1843-1858) is reflected in...
Dates: 1797-1862

Tully Family Papers

 Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 40
Abstract: William Tully (1785-1859) was professor of materia medica and therapeutics at the Medical Institution of Yale College from 1824 to 1842. The collection contains a small amount of correspondence by or to Tully and limited material on Tully's medical career. One subseries concerns settling the estate of William Tully and finding funds to support his daughters Sarah and Elizabeth. The collection contains genealogies, original documents of the Tully family in Connecticut, and also documents...
Dates: 1667-1915

William Tully Papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1403
Scope and Contents:

The papers contain correspondence between Tully and his colleagues, primarily medical colleagues, and with the medical schools in which he taught. Also present is Tully's autograph diary covering the three months he spent studying medicine with Nathan Smith in Hanover, New Hampshire, drafts of his writings, two catalogues of his library, and a group of certificates and and diplomas he received from schools and professional societies.

Dates: 1806-1859

Amos Loomis Williams papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1081
Abstract:

Notebooks, financial records, and miscellanea of Amos L. Williams, a physician in Brookfield, Connecticut. Includes notes on lectures of Eli Ives, William Tully, and others.

Dates: 1830-1888

Yale course lectures collection

 Collection
Call Number: RU 159
Abstract:

The collection consists of notes on course lectures taken by Yale students and course notes and recorded lectures by Yale faculty.

Dates: Circa 1706-1989

Yale miscellaneous manuscripts collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1258
Abstract:

An artificial collection of correspondence, writings, diaries, and memorabilia relating to Yale University, its officials and employees, faculty, students, and related topics.

Dates: 1701-2007, bulk 1701-1987

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Physicians -- Connecticut 2
Administration of estates -- Connecticut -- 19th century 1
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