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Joseph Goodhue recalled that he got a taste for military life when he spent two months in 1775 with an uncle who was a Captain in the American Revolution. Only after farming for several years did Goodhue decide at thirty-two to become a doctor. He trained for the profession by studying with two physicians and attending a series of medical lectures. Goodhue then acted on his long-delayed dream and joined the army, serving as the United States Army Surgeon for Fort Constitution, New Hampshire, for twenty-one years. His grandson painted this portrait after the elderly Goodhue had retired to Deerfield, Massachusetts.

 

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Dr. Joseph Goodhue (1762-1849)

artist   Joseph Goodhue Chandler (1813-1884)
date   1844
location   Deerfield, Massachusetts
height   38.18"
width   31.06"
process/materials   oil on canvas
item type   Art/Painting
accession #   #N.204


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Promissory note to Joseph Goodhue

Excerpt of Dr. Joseph Goodhue's Diary

Letter to Doctor Joseph Goodhue


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