
Benjamin Drummond - The First Patient
Widow's Case Certificate No. 6854
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This is one side of Widow's Case Certificate No. 6854 documenting actions
in the application by Laura A. Drummond, widow of Benamin Drummond (the first
patient admitted into the Naval Hospital,Washington City, when it opened on
October 1, 1866). It shows that she was "Placed on the Pension Roll under the
Act of July 14th, 1862, at $8 per month, from Sept. 8th, 1891." This is a
digital copy of the original record held by the National Archives.
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