2008-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2008
Autograph Document Signed, “A.L. Conyer 1st Lt. 115 OVI.” 1p. quarto, Judiciary Square Hospital, Washington, D.C., August 15, 1863, being “A true copy” kept for military purposes and reads “Recieved of Lieut. A.L. Conyer 115’ Regt. Ohio Vols - John Itle Insane Soldier....” VG. In 1842, Congress authorized the conversion of the old jail in the Judiciary Square into a hospital for disabled seamen and soldiers and the insane. Two years later, however, Congress decided that the building was not suitable for that purpose and assigned it to the medical faculty of Columbian College (later became George Washington University). Also named Washington Infirmary, this hospital became the city's first teaching hospital as well as the city's first general hospital. At the beginning of the Civil War, Washington Infirmary was taken over by the military, and it received the first war casualties in May 1861. But the facility burned to the ground in November 1861 and was later replaced by the Judiciary Square Hospital.
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