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Nicholas Way

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Nicholas Way
Born1740s
Died1797
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPhysician

Nicholas Way (c.1747–1797) was an American physician.

From New Castle County, Delaware, Way studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1771. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1773.[1]

He did not fight in the Revolutionary War due to his Quaker beliefs. He joined the Delaware convention that ratified the federal constitution in 1787.[2]

Yellow fever and death

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He helped organize the Medical Society of Delaware, becoming a founding member in 1789.[3] During the yellow fever outbreak of 1793 in Philadelphia, Way personally hosted a large group of refugees from the disease at his mansion in Wilmington.[4] The following year, his friend President George Washington appointed him Treasurer of the United States Mint.[5]

He died of yellow fever three years later in 1797.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  2. ^ "Ratifiers of The U.S. Constitution, New Castle County". Delaware Day - State of Delaware. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  3. ^ "History of the Medical Society of Delaware" (PDF).
  4. ^ Munroe, John Andrew (2004). The Philadelawareans, and Other Essays Relating to Delaware. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 978-0-87413-872-6.
  5. ^ "Founders Online: From George Washington to the United States Senate, 19 May 1794". founders.archives.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  6. ^ "Founders Online: To Alexander Hamilton from Jonathan Williams, 3 September 1797". founders.archives.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

Further reading

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  • Duncan, WH (August 2008). "The founders of the Medical Society of Delaware: Doctor Nicholas Way". Del Med J. 80 (8): 301–3. PMID 18795728.