1917 National Drug Trade Conference, Harvard MEDICAL, NY Governor Whitman SIGNED

Description

- 1917 “National Drug Trade Conference” APPOINTMENT -
- Harvard Medical DR. Reynold W. Wilcox as DELEGATE -
- SIGNED by New York GOVERNOR Charles S. Whitman -
ENGRAVED
“State of New York / EXECUTIVE CHAMBER” document
dated
April 25th 1917
(at Albany) and
SIGNED by NY Governor Charles S. Whitman
–
appointing Harvard medical school graduate Reynold Webb Wilcox as one of New York’s DELEGATES to the 1917 “National Drug Trade Conference”
held in Washington D.C.
DOCTOR Wilcox was a PRESIDENT of the American Therapeutic Society, the American College of Physicians, and the Harvard Medical Society.
Document is
also SIGNED by William A. Orr, the SECRETARY to the Governor
.  There is a very large,
gold foil
State of New York
“Executive Privy Seal”
located at the upper left of Orr’s signature.
Document
reads
in
full
, “
Complying with the request that the State of New York be represented at the Narcotic Conference to be held at the New Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., on May 1st, at ten a.m., I, Charles S. Whitman, Governor,  do hereby name - REYNOLD WEBB WILCOX, of New York City, as one of the delegates to represent this State.  Given under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State at the Capitol in the City of Albany, this twenty-fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.   Charles S. Whitman
”.
REYNOLD WEBB WILCOX
(1856 - 1931)
was a noted, New York City physician and a successful medical editor and writer.   A graduate of the Harvard Medical School (1881), Wilcox was appointed a professor of medicine at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital (1886 – 1908).   He was a Major in the U. S. Medical Reserve Corps in 1917 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1924.  Wilcox was a “President” of the American Therapeutic Society (1901 – 02), the American College of Physicians (1915 – 21), and the Harvard Medical Society (1894 – 95).
CONDITION:
document measures about 9 5/8 x 16 inches in size and is in EXCELLENT overall condition with a pair of bold signatures.   There are three horizontal folds and one vertical fold, but NO rips or tears (see scans).
The
signature / autograph of NY Governor Charles S. Whitman is guaranteed authentic
.   Winning bidder to pay
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