Material Related to Charles A. Leale, Medical Career

Comprising: a 1902 certificate for membership in the New York State Medical Association, Dr. Leale's personal notebook with many pages full of writing, business cards, a CDV of Leale circa 1865 which is signed, a medical bill dated 1881, a handwritten note regarding Lincoln's death that begins, "Why President Lincoln is represented as reclining diagonally at the death bed...", blank personal invoices, an 1892 photographic portrait, a signed 1882 portrait, three copies of a medical pamphlet by Leale dated 1884, a large framed photograph of a mature Dr. Leale standing, a certificate for Leale being admitted to the Medical Society of the City and County of New York dated 1868, and an 1870 New York Academy of Medicine certification for Leale to become a resident fellow. Charles Augustus Leale (March 26, 1842 - June 13, 1932) was a surgeon in the Union Army during the American Civil War[1] and the first doctor to arrive at the presidential box at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865 after John Wilkes Booth fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln in the head. His prompt treatment allowed Lincoln to live until the next morning. Leale continued to serve in the army until 1866, after which he returned to his home town of New York City where he established a successful private practice and became involved in charitable medical care. One of the last surviving witnesses to Lincoln's death, Leale died in 1932 at the age of 90.

Dimensions:The framed photograph is 19" x 16".

Provenance:From a Main Line collection.

Condition Report: Expect losses, toning, stains, wear. Overall good condition.