Nicholas Way
Nicholas Way | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1740s |
| Died | 1797 |
| Occupation | Physician |
Nicholas Way (c.1747–1797) was an American physician.
He is from New Castle County, Delaware. Way studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1771. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1773.[1]
He did not fight in the Revolutionary War due to his Quaker beliefs. He joined the Delaware convention that ratified the federal constitution in 1787.[2]
Yellow fever and death
He helped organize the Medical Society of Delaware, becoming a founding member in 1789.[3] During the yellow fever outbreak of 1793 in Philadelphia, Way personally hosted a large group of refugees from the disease at his mansion in Wilmington.[4] The following year, his friend President George Washington appointed him Treasurer of the United States Mint.[5]
He died of yellow fever three years later in 1797.[6]
References
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ "Ratifiers of The U.S. Constitution, New Castle County". Delaware Day - State of Delaware. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ "History of the Medical Society of Delaware" (PDF).
- ^ Munroe, John Andrew (2004). The Philadelawareans, and Other Essays Relating to Delaware. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 978-0-87413-872-6.
- ^ "Founders Online: From George Washington to the United States Senate, 19 May 1794". founders.archives.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ "Founders Online: To Alexander Hamilton from Jonathan Williams, 3 September 1797". founders.archives.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
Further reading
- Duncan, WH (August 2008). "The founders of the Medical Society of Delaware: Doctor Nicholas Way". Del Med J. 80 (8): 301–3. PMID 18795728.
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