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Jacob Bigelow was born in Massachusetts. He earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1810. He began a practice in partnership with Dr. James Jackson in 1814. Bigelow and Jackson established the "New England Journal of Medicine." Bigelow lectured on botany at Harvard, and published a book on botany in 1814. From 1817-1820 he published "American Medical Botany," for which he drew many of the plates. He also served as the president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Letter References

Letter from Charles Sumner to William Henry Seward, September 19, 1867

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frederick William Seward, September 23, 1868

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