Dr. Frances M. (Matilda) Wetmore

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Hawaii's History, A Personal Collection

Author's Personal Collection: Cover cancellation date of Feb 14, 1898 from Hilo to Dr Frances M. Wetmore Care of J. B. Atherton Esqr. Joseph Ballard Atherton (1837–1903) [1] was a Honolulu businessman and a former president of Castle & Cooke. He was a member of the Annexation group, which overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was the founder of Honolulu YMCA. Atherton was a member of both Kalākaua's Privy Council of State and Liliʻuokalani's Privy Council of State.
Author's Personal Collection

Cover cancellation date of Feb 14, 1898 from Hilo to Dr Frances M. Wetmore Care of J. B. Atherton Esqr. Joseph Ballard Atherton (1837–1903) [1] was a Honolulu businessman and a former president of Castle & Cooke. He was a member of the Annexation group, which overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was the founder of Honolulu YMCA. Atherton was a member of both Kalākaua's Privy Council of State and Liliʻuokalani's Privy Council of State.

Name/Title

Dr. Frances M. (Matilda) Wetmore

Description

Charles Hinkley Wetmore, MD, arrived with the twelfth company of missionaries in 1848. His main responsibility was to care for the families of missionaries. The relatively few deaths from the smallpox epidemic of 1853 in Hilo was due to his diligent immunization work. He opened the first drugstore in Hilo. His daughter, Frances Matilda, studied medicine at the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania and was the first female physician in Hawai‘i. Kamehameha Publishing Org credit

Web Links and URLs

Kamehameha Publishing Org (Credit), Wikipedia J. B. (Joseph Ballard) Atherton

Created By

hawaiiancovers@gmail.com

Create Date

May 12, 2023

Update Date

September 23, 2025