Two Lectures on the Connection between the Biblical and Physical History of Man Presentation Copy to Thomas Jordan from Roswell Ripley, Confederate Generals

Josiah C. Nott, M.D.

Published by Bartlett and Welford, New York, 1849

About this Item

Hardcover in original embossed green-cloth binding, with fold-out double-hemispheric world map. This copy presented to "Captain Thomas Jordan from Rowell S. Ripley". Josiah Clark Nott, M.D. (1804-1873), South Carolina-born, preeminent surgeon and anthropologist. He is best known for his etiological studies of yellow fever and malaria and his theory that they have germ origins. During the Civil War, he served as a Confederate surgeon, staff officer, and director of the Confederate General Army Hospital in Mobile. Thomas Jordan (1819-1895) Virginia-born, a Confederate general and major operative in the network of Confederate spies during the Civil War. Roswell Sabine Ripley (1823-1887) Ohio-born, was an officer in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War, and later brigadier general in the Confederate States Army. After the war moved to London, England and was an engineer/entrepreneur, short time later, his wife and daughter left him to return to Charleston. See book "Resolute Rebel: General Rowell S. Ripley, Charleston's Gallant Defender" by Chet Bennett about his life.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Two Lectures on the Connection between the Biblical and Physical History of Man Presentation Copy to Thomas Jordan from Roswell Ripley, Confederate Generals
• Publisher: Bartlett and Welford, New York
• Publication Date: 1849
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition