Samuel Smith Purple’s Memorial Tablet

This bronze memorial tablet of Samuel Smith Purple can be seen inside The New York Academy of Medicine in New York. The inscrption reads as follows: “SAMUEL:SMITH:PURPLE:M:D: / BORN JUNE 24 1822 – DIED SEPTEMBER 29 1900 / FOUNDER OF THE LIBRARY OF THE / NEW-YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE / TO WHICH HE GAVE LARGE AND VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS / A PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY AND AN EARNEST / AND SUCCESSFUL WORKER IN ITS INTERESTS. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE / AND RARE USEFULNESS”.

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  • Photo by Luca Borghi ti.supmacinu|ihgrob.l#| (July 2017)
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