American medical biography Author:James Thacher Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 170 XICBOLAt BAKER WiTERi. It was resolved, likewise, " that the eldest son of General Warren should be educated from that time at the expense of the United S... more »tates." On the first of July, 1780. congress recognising these former resolutions, further resolved, "that it should be recommended to the Executive of Massachusetts Bay, to make provision for the maintenance and education of his three younger children, and that congress would defray the expense to the amount of the half pay of a major general, to commence at the time of his death, and continue till the youngest of the children should be of age." The part of the resolutions relating to the education of the children, was carried into effect accordingly. The monument is not yet erected, but it is not too late. The shade of Warren will not repine at this neglect, while the ashes of Washington repose without grave stone or epitaph. The preceding memoir is taken from'the Monthly Magazine published in Boston, June, 1823, and is the production of Samuel L. Knapp, Esq. WATERS, NICHOLAS BAKER, M.D. He was born in Maryland in the year 1764. His father was a respectable planter, and possessed a fine farm which furnished him with every comfort and luxury which he desired. This he unfortunately sold during the American war, for paper money which depreciated almost to nothing before he could invest it in other property. He afterwards removed to Philadelphia, where he died. The place of Dr. Waters's early education cannot now be ascertained ; but it did credit to his preceptor, whoever he may have been. He was an excellent classical and English scholar. He studied medicine first under his uncle Dr. William Baker, a distinguished practitioner in Maryland, and finished it in Philadelphia, where he enjoyed the benefit of the instru...« less