Name/Title
ticketEntry/Object ID
1997.015.016Description
Ticket. Admission to Pennsylvania College - Medical Department, "Lectures on Anatomy & Physiology" by W. R. Grant M.D., for Mr. Jacob J. Weaver, white card 3.75" x 4.75", with black printing and depiction of skull, books, and plants, validated in black ink, Philadelphia, 1844-45.Context
There was no single tuition for medical school in the early 1800s. Students paid each professor by buying lecture tickets. These tickets proved they had attended class and were required to graduate.
This ticket was used by Dr. Jacob J. Weaver.Acquisition
Accession
1997.015Source or Donor
Werling, Margaret WhittleseyAcquisition Method
GiftExhibition
Main Street at Work: Merchants and Medicine in Carroll CountyGeneral Notes
Note
Papers of Jacob J. Weaver, Sr. while attending the Pennsylvania College Medical Department, in Gettysburg; he graduated in 1846.