1861 MORRISVILLE PA #26 COVER TO DR. G. CLYMER U.S. NAVY SURGEON + CIVIL WAR LTR

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Up for bid is an interesting Pre Civil War era cover in very good to excellent condition. It is addressed to Doctor George Clymer who was a Surgeon of the US Navy from 1829 to 1866 which includes the Civil War era. There are 2 letters enclosed. The first is from his brother-in-law who expresses concern for him in Washington now that hostilities have broken out between southern and northern states. "I wish you and all the family could be out of Washington also though I suppose there is no longer any danger of attack. Philadelphia was quiet though people there as in all the North and West are in earnest preparation to support the government." He says the slave states are not united among themselves. He talks about the neutrality of Kentucky and the threatened secession of western Virginia from eastern Virginia. He mentions the visit of Jefferson Davis to Richmond. The second letter is from his sister Mary. Her letter is full of family news. Please look below for a brief biography of Doctor Clymer. The biography comes from the Princeton University Library website. Please add 90 cents for shipping in the US; $1.60 elsewhere. I accept PayPal. Please NO ADDITIONAL POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR MULTIPLE WINS IF PAID BY ONE PAYMENT WITHIN A WEEK OF AUCTION CLOSE. Payment instructions will be sent the day after the auction ends if not sooner. Biography and History George Willing Clymer (1804-1881), Princeton Class of 1823, and his father-in-law, William B. Shubrick (1790-1874), together served in the United States Navy for more than fifty years during the nineteenth century. Clymer served as a naval surgeon to the Mediterranean, Pacific, African, West India and South Atlantic Blockading Squadrons from 1829 to 1866 and Shubrick served as an officer and naval diplomat from the time of his entry in the United States Navy in 1806 until his retirement in 1861. Their families (Clymer, Shubrick, Wethered, and Willing) maintained close communication during frequent separations and developed a strong network of extended family bonds.George Willing Clymer was born July 24, 1804 in Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the son of Henry Meredith Clymer and Mary McCall Willing. He attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), graduating with an A.B. in 1823. From 1826 to 1828, he studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and, later, continued his medical education in Paris from 1833 to 1834. He married Mary Shubrick (1819-1902), the daughter of Commodore William B. and Harriet Wethered Shubrick, in 1845, and they were the parents of Mary Willing Shubrick Clymer (1848-1933), Harriet Wethered Shubrick Clymer (1852-1857), William Branford Shubrick Clymer (1855-1903), and George Shubrick Clymer (1858-1860).On July 1, 1829, he entered service in the United States Navy. Throughout his long career, spanning nearly four decades, Clymer was appointed to the Mediterranean, Pacific, African, West India, and South Atlantic Blockading Squadrons, and worked in Washington D.C., both at the Navy Yard and the Naval Observatory. As a surgeon for the Mediterranean Squadron, Clymer served as assistant surgeon on the frigate USS Constellation from 1829 to 1831, on the frigate USS Brandywine from 1831 to 1833, and on the sloop USS John Adams from 1836 to 1838. On February 30, 1838, he was appointed surgeon, and served on the frigate USS Constitution and the frigate USS St. Lawrence from 1848 to 1850. From 1841 to 1844, Clymer was assigned to the Pacific Squadron, serving on the sloop USS Cyane. He served as fleet-surgeon of the Africa Squadron from 1855 to 1857, sailing on the USS Jamestown and of the West India Squadron in 1861. During the Civil War, from 1861 to 1863, Clymer served as fleet-surgeon of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. In Washington, D.C., Clymer was appointed to the Navy Yard from 1845 to 1847 and from 1858-1860; and to special duty at the Naval Observatory from 1850 to 1855, and from 1865 to 1868.... read more

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