Fourteenth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. December, 1846.

  • State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester.
Date:
1847
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Credit: Fourteenth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. December, 1846. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Correspondence betiveen Du. Woodward and the Trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital. State Lunatic Hospital, ^ Worcester, June 24, 1846. ) To the Trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital:— Gentlemen,—Agreeably to my notice of the 30th of December last, I now signify my desire to leave the Superintendency of the Hospital on the 30th of the present month. I am gratified to withdraw from the Institution when in so favorable a condition, and to know that it is to have the supervision of one so competent, as my successor. With many thanks for the kindness and courtesy of the present and all former Trustees, I am,very truly and gratefully yours, (Signed) SAMUEL B. WOODWARD. State Lunatic Hospital, ) Worcester, June 24, 1846. ) To Dr. Samuel B. Woodward:— Dear Sir,—The Trustees, at their present meeting, have received your communication, in which you express the desire that your resig¬ nation of the office of Superintendent, of which notice was given sev¬ eral months since, may take effect on the 30th inst. The Trustees, after the failure of their repeated efforts to induce you to reconsider your determination, have become prepared at last, reluctantly to acquiesce in it, and have made the necessary arrange¬ ments to supply the vacancy which will be thus occasioned. They cannot, however, permit themselves to part from you officially, without