Eastern State Hospital Plaque

Eastern State Hospital plaque (photo by Bernard Fisher, The Historical Marker Database.)

Introduction and summary.

Memorial text, 1925

1768	EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL	1925
	WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA

THIS HOSPITAL IS THE OLDEST INSTITUTION OF ITS KIND IN AMERICA
FRANCIS FAUQUIER WAS GOVERNOR IN 1768
IN NOVEMBER, 1769, THE TENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF GEORGE THE THIRD
AN ACT WAS PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES CONFIRMING
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS INSTITUTION

THE ASSEMBLY PLACED THIS GREAT WORK IN THE HANDS OF DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS
AS THE FIRST COURT OF DIRECTORS, WHICH WAS COMPOSED OF THE FOLLOWING:
THOMAS NELSON, JR., ONE OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA IN 1781,
PEYTON RANDOLPH, PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN 1774,
GEORGE WYTHE, THE PRECEPTOR OF BOTH MARSHALL AND JEFFERSON IN LAW,
AT THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY,
BENJAMIN WALLER, THOMAS EVERARD, ROBERT CARTER, ROBERT CARTER NICHOLAS,
JOHN BLAIR, JOHN BLAIR, JR., THOMAS NELSON, WILLIAM NELSON, JOHN RANDOLPH,
DUDLEY DIGGES, JR., JOHN TAZEWELL AND LEWIS BURWELL

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E. LEE TRINKLE, GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA
C.A. OSBORNE, COMMISSIONER OF HOSPITALS

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS ED. WHITLOCK, W.M. CEASE, MRS. T.S.D. COVINGTON
DR. C.W. BROWN, SUPERINTENDENT

1925

See also

• S. Bassett French Biographical Sketch
• Other Related Wythepedia Pages

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