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”.
- Photo by Luca Borghi @ (July 2017)
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