History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress . dle-brook, New Jersey, for his own headquarters. By a plan of alarm-signalsone post would reinforce another in case of an incursion of the enemy DR. JOHN COCHRANE. 215 to auy particular jiciint; thus cuniparative security was afforded to tliecountry. General Lincoln was sent Ijy order of Congress to take coni-inand of the Southern department. Lafayette had been ly-ins dansferouslv ill with - ^_ ^^ a fever for many weeksat the Verplauck Mansiou inFishkill, and dur-ing his convalescencein November was pre-paring to visit Franceon
History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress . dle-brook, New Jersey, for his own headquarters. By a plan of alarm-signalsone post would reinforce another in case of an incursion of the enemy DR. JOHN COCHRANE. 215 to auy particular jiciint; thus cuniparative security was afforded to tliecountry. General Lincoln was sent Ijy order of Congress to take coni-inand of the Southern department. Lafayette had been ly-ins dansferouslv ill with - ^_ ^^ a fever for many weeksat the Verplauck Mansiou inFishkill, and dur-ing his convalescencein November was pre-paring to visit Franceon leave of absence, fullof a grand project forthe next summers cam-paign, which he to lay before thecabinet at was closely attendedby Dr. John Cochrane,^of Washingtons staff,the surgeon-general ofthe hospital of the army,whose wile was Ger-trude, the only sister ofGeneral Philip Schuy-ler. Lafayette was fondof him, appreciated his intelligence and force of character, and oftencalled him The good Doctor Bones, from a song with the somewhat. Or. John Cochrane. [From a miniature in possession oi 1 John Cochrane. J Di-. .lolin Cochrane wa-s born in 1730, received a careful education, and finished his medicalstudies before the breaking out of the French war in 1755. Entering the army as surgeonsmate, lie left the service at the close of that war with the character of a skillfnl and practitioner. In 1776 he offered his services as a volunteer in the hospital departnn-ntof the American army, and being personally known and admired by Washington, was shortlyappointed physician and surgeon-general in the middle department ; in October, 1781, Con-gress appointed him director-general of the hospitals of the United States. When peace wasrestored he removed his family to New York City, residing at 96 Broa<lway ; he continued onterms of cordial intimacy with Washington as long as lie lived, and with the general otliceisof the army. He had two
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