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[[File:EasternStateHospitalMarker.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Eastern State Hospital plaque (photo by Bernard Fisher, [https://www.hmdb.org/ The Historical Marker Database.])]]
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==Memorial text, 1925==
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| width="25%" | 1768
| width="50%" style="text-align: center;" | <span style="font-size: large;">EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL</span>
| width="25%" style="text-align: right;" | 1925
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| style="text-align: center;" | WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA
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THIS HOSPITAL IS THE OLDEST INSTITUTION OF ITS KIND IN AMERICA<br />
FRANCIS FAUQUIER WAS GOVERNOR IN 1768<br />
IN NOVEMBER, 1769, THE TENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF GEORGE THE THIRD<br />
AN ACT WAS PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES CONFIRMING<br />
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS INSTITUTION

THE ASSEMBLY PLACED THIS GREAT WORK IN THE HANDS OF DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS<br />
AS THE FIRST COURT OF DIRECTORS, WHICH WAS COMPOSED OF THE FOLLOWING:<br />
THOMAS NELSON, JR., ONE OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,<br />
GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA IN 1781,<br />
PEYTON RANDOLPH, PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN 1774,<br />
GEORGE WYTHE, THE PRECEPTOR OF BOTH MARSHALL AND JEFFERSON IN LAW,<br />
AT THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY,<br />
BENJAMIN WALLER, THOMAS EVERARD, ROBERT CARTER, ROBERT CARTER NICHOLAS,<br />
JOHN BLAIR, JOHN BLAIR, JR., THOMAS NELSON, WILLIAM NELSON, JOHN RANDOLPH,<br />
DUDLEY DIGGES, JR., JOHN TAZEWELL AND LEWIS BURWELL<br />
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E. LEE TRINKLE, GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA<br />
C.A. OSBORNE, COMMISSIONER OF HOSPITALS
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS ED. WHITLOCK, W.M. CEASE, MRS. T.S.D. COVINGTON<br />
DR. C.W. BROWN, SUPERINTENDENT

1925
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==See also==
*[[S. Bassett French Biographical Sketch]]
*Other Related Wythepedia Pages

==References==
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