McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
Letter to Harvey Cushing, November 19, 1916
Item
Susan Torrey Revere Chapin was born on July 11, 1865, in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Revere and Susan Tilden Revere. She was the sister of Lady Grace Linzee Osler (1854-1928). In 1887, she married Henry Bainbridge Chapin (1857–1910). Together with her husband, they were involved in the founding of the Faulkner Hospital in Boston. She was a dedicated Board member and supporter of the hospital. She died in 1893.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from Susan Revere Chapin, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks him for the note he sent her on the St. Paul. News of Revere. Mentions the anxiety of the parents who keep a cheerful exterior, the conversation always diverted from the unpleasant. Mentions that occasionally Grace confides in her. Reflections on the everyday life there. Civilities.
Copy or transcription.
Cushing's colour code: White (Correspondence)