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Beriah Douglas was one of two dentists in Albany in the 1820s. Records show him as practicing as early as 1824, a rare profession as there were only a recorded 100 dentists in the United States in 1820. Beriah's son, George Douglas, was also a dentist in Albany and one of the two were likely the dentist that FWS was seeing in the '40s.

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Beriah Douglas was one of two dentists in Albany in the 1820s. Records show him as practicing as early as 1824, a rare profession as there were only a recorded 100 dentists in the United States in 1820. Beriah's son, George Douglas, was also a dentist in Albany and one of the two were likely the dentist that FWS was seeing in the '40s.
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Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Bi-centennial History of Albany
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
George Rogers Howell
Publisher Location: 
Albany
Publisher Name: 
W. W. Munsell & Company
Year: 
1886
Start Page: 
708
End Page: 
708
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https://books.google.com/books?id=nWkJAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA708&dq=dentist+1840+douglas+albany&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwistf_go6LVAhVCWz4KHRR8DlgQ6AEIIjAA#v=onepage&q=dentist%201840%20douglas%20albany&f=false
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