Dr. John Warren

Join historically minded Roxbury residents wanting to save the Warren homestead by signing their petition here. Recall that this location is the birthplace and childhood home of the Warren family, including Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren (1741-1775) and his youngest brother and prominent physician Dr. John Warren (1753-1815). Their mother Mary Stevens Warren lived […]

by Dr. John Collins Warren Date: Recollection of circa 1796 events “No occurrences in the course of my life have given me more trouble and anxiety than the procuring of subjects for dissection in the medical lectures. My father began to dissect early in the Revolutionary War. He obtained the office of Army Surgeon when […]

“In Committee of Safety, Cambridge, April 26, 1775.             Doctor Nathaniel Bond, of Marblehead, having been charged before this Committee with having acted an unfriendly part to this Colony, the said Committee appointed Joseph Warren, Esq., Colonel Thos. Gardner, and Lieut. Colonel Joseph Palmer, as a Court of Inquiry, to examine witnesses in the case, […]

Author: Dr. John Warren “Salem 29th January 1775 Dear Brother I received your Letter of last Week wherein you propose my giving my Note to Dr Greenleaf for £200 Lawfull Money to be payed in two Years. The Proposal I assure you has given me not a little Uneasiness, for I should however be very […]

“Boston  January 23, 1775 Dear Jack I am truly pleased to hear you are in agreeable Circumstances as to Business, go in and prosper.  I find Nothing coming in, in this Town I am not able to collect any Debts at the same Time I am more than commonly call’d upon for Cash  your Note […]

Date: circa 1800 Author: John Warren “In some of the more populous towns, students were sometimes indulged with the privilege of examining the bodies of those who had died from any extraordinary diseases; and in a few instances, associations were formed for pursuing the business of dissection, where opportunities offered, from casualties or from public […]

Author:  Jonathan Norwood Date:  June 5, 1775 [To Dr. John Warren posted from Falmouth, Casco Bay] “Sir, I suppose all thoughts of the West India Expedition are laid aside, and that you determine to exercise your talents for the benefit of your countrymen. I need not assure you how great satisfaction it would give me […]

Date: April 18, 1774 Author: [Dr. Bond] [To Dr. John Warren] “Marblehead April ye 18th 1774 Dear Friend It is rather too long since I heard from your Worship; I believe you must appear, propria[?] Persona, so give a History of your late observations as it should be troublesome to make up for all your […]

by John Collins Warren I Date: 1796 “No occurrences in the course of my life have given me more trouble and anxiety than the procuring of subjects for dissection in the medical lectures. My father began to dissect early in the Revolutionary War. He obtained the office of Army Surgeon when the Revolution broke out, […]

Date: [October 22] 1773 [William Eustis to Dr. John Warren] “Dear BROTHER, This may serve to inform you that as soon as the body of Levi Ames was pronounced dead, by Dr. Jeffries, Dr. Jeffries, it was delivered by the Sheriff [Stephen Greenleaf] to a person who carried it in a cart to the water […]