History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . onquestuntil now. (ourage, self-sacrifice and generosity,with great mental activity, have ever been character-istic traits of the family. In our Indian and colonial wars, as well as in theeonllict to preserve the Massachusetts charter by de-posing and imprisoning Andros two centuries ago,they have honorable mention, the only soldier goingalone from Newbury to Boston in the clarkncss of thenight being Samuel Bartlett, who took part in theoverthrow of Andros. Josiah Bartlett was born at
History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . onquestuntil now. (ourage, self-sacrifice and generosity,with great mental activity, have ever been character-istic traits of the family. In our Indian and colonial wars, as well as in theeonllict to preserve the Massachusetts charter by de-posing and imprisoning Andros two centuries ago,they have honorable mention, the only soldier goingalone from Newbury to Boston in the clarkncss of thenight being Samuel Bartlett, who took part in theoverthrow of Andros. Josiah Bartlett was born at Amesbury, Massachu-setts, November 21, 172!). He was the fourth son ofStephen and Hannah Webster Bartlett, whose ances-tors came from England to Newbury, in 1().34. At the age of sixteen he began the study of med-icine, having acquired sufficient knowledge of Greekand Latin. After five years of hard study he commenced prac-ticing at Kingston, , and established a reputationduring the prevalence of angina maligna in 1754,introducing treatment with Peruvian bark, in oppo-sition to common
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