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**Institution & Core Persons**
@female_medical_college:organization {full_name: "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", location: @philadelphia, type: "Medical school"}
@david_johnson:person {full_name: "David I. Johnson", title: "Dean", affiliation: @female_medical_college}
@david_johnson -> holds -> @dean_position:concept {institution: @female_medical_college}
@harriet_hunt:person {full_name: "Harriet K. Hunt", residence: @boston, honor: "Honorary Doctor of Medicine"}
@harriet_hunt -> awarded -> @honorary_md:document {recipient: @harriet_hunt, date: @date_1853}
@henrietta_johnson:person {full_name: "Henrietta W. Johnson", residence: @new_york_city}
@hannah_ellis:person {full_name: "Hannah W. Ellis", residence: @philadelphia}
@maria_minnis:person {full_name: "Maria Minnis", residence: @phelps_ny}
@almina_fowler:person {full_name: "Almina S. Fowler", residence: @new_york_city}
@annah_anderson:person {full_name: "Annah N.S. Anderson", residence: @bristol_pa}
@julia_beverly:person {full_name: "Julia A. Beverly", residence: @providence_ri}
@augusta_montgomery:person {full_name: "Augusta R. Montgomery", residence: @attica_ny}
@margaret_richardson:person {full_name: "Margaret Richardson", residence: @philadelphia}
@charlotte_adams:person {full_name: "Charlotte G. Adams", residence: @boston_ma}
@dr_cornell:person {full_name: "Dr. Cornell", role: "Faculty"}
@dr_rolfe:person {full_name: "Dr. Rolfe", role: "Faculty"}
@dr_ponceast:person {full_name: "Dr. Ponceast", role: "Faculty"}
@dr_hannah_longshore:person {full_name: "Dr. Hannah E. Longshore", role: "Demonstrator of Anatomy"}
**Key Places (common‑knowledge references)**
@philadelphia, @boston, @new_york_city, @phelps_ny, @bristol_pa, @providence_ri, @attica_ny, @marlboro_oh, @galveston_tx, @lincoln_me, @utica_ny, @salem_oh, @fulton_ny, @allentown_pa, @morris_ny, @fulton_ny, @marlboro_oh, @oxford_ma, @musical_fund_hall, @musical_nona_hall, @breiters_band, @rev_mrs_cheney, @rev_mr_dickinson, @rev_mr_barzilain
**Committees (created once, reused)**
@committee_announcement:organization {name: "Committee on the Announcement", chair: @david_johnson}
@committee_advertising:organization {name: "Committee on Advertising", chair: @ellwood_harvey}
@committee_beneficiaries:organization {name: "Committee on Beneficiaries", chair: @dr_darlington}
@committee_dissecting_room:organization {name: "Committee on the Dissecting Room and Anatomical Museum", chair: @dr_russell}
@committee_dispensary:organization {name: "Committee on the Dispensary", chair: @ellwood_harvey}
@committee_apparatus:organization {name: "Committee on Additional Apparatus & Preparations", chair: @david_johnson}
@committee_hall:organization {name: "Committee on the Hall for the Commencement", chair: @dr_russell}
@committee_fifth_announcement:organization {name: "Committee on the Fifth Annual Announcement", chair: @david_johnson}
@committee_scholarship_agents:organization {name: "Committee on Scholarship Agents", members: [@dr_thomas, @ellwood_harvey, @david_johnson]}
**Faculty Positions (concepts)**
@prof_anatomy:concept {title: "Professor of Anatomy"}
@prof_surgery:concept {title: "Professor of Surgery"}
@prof_obstetrics:concept {title: "Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children"}
@prof_physiology:concept {title: "Professor of Physiology & Medical Institutes"}
@prof_materia_medica:concept {title: "Professor of Materia Medica & General Therapeutics"}
@prof_principles_medicine:concept {title: "Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine"}
@demonstrator_anatomy:concept {title: "Demonstrator of Anatomy"}
@janitor:concept {title: "Janitor"}
**Meeting Events (selected key meetings)**
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@meeting_18:event {date: @date_1853_03_11, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_048_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_18:event
@meeting_18:event -> recorded resignation of -> @dr_joseph_longshore:person {title: "Professor of Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women and Children"} {when: @date_1853_03_07}
@meeting_18:event -> resolved -> @janitor_contract:document {janitor: @henry_birenbaum, term_start: @date_1853_05_01, term_end: @date_1854_04_30, salary: 300}
@meeting_18:event -> appointed -> @augusta_montgomery:person {role: "Dissector", pay_per_week: 6} {task: "Dissect subject for College"}
@meeting_18:event -> changed chair title -> @chair_physiology_jurisprudence:concept {old_title: "Chair of Physiology and Medical Jurisprudence", new_title: "Chair of Physiology and Medical Institutes"}
@meeting_18:event -> recommended appointment -> @ann_preston:person {to: @prof_physiology}
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@meeting_19:event {date: @date_1853_03_25, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_049_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_19:event
@meeting_19:event -> recorded election of -> @almira_fowler:person {to: @demonstrator_anatomy}
@meeting_19:event -> recorded resignation of -> @abraham_sivey:person {title: "Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine"}
@meeting_19:event -> recommended -> @hilbern_darlington:person {to: @prof_surgery}
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@meeting_20:event {date: @date_1853_04_23, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_049_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_20:event
@meeting_20:event -> recorded appointment of -> @hilbern_darlington:person {to: @prof_surgery}
@meeting_20:event -> recorded appointment of -> @ann_preston:person {to: @prof_physiology}
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@meeting_21:event {date: @date_1853_05_06, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_050_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_21:event
@meeting_21:event -> janitor contract renewal -> @janitor_contract {janitor: @henry_birenbaum, term_start: @date_1853_05_01, term_end: @date_1854_04_30, salary: 300}
@meeting_21:event -> ordered eviction of -> @mrs_logan:person {notice_date: @date_1853_08_01}
@meeting_21:event -> elected -> @ellwood_harvey:person {to: @prof_principles_medicine}
@meeting_21:event -> elected -> @mg_kerr:person {to: @prof_materia_medica}
@meeting_21:event -> honorary MD awarded -> @martha_abowry:person {to: @prof_obstetrics}
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@meeting_22:event {date: @date_1853_05_12, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_051_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_22:event
@meeting_22:event -> elected -> @edwin_russell:person {to: @prof_anatomy}
@meeting_22:event -> resignation accepted -> @ellwood_harvey:person {from: @prof_materia_medica}
@meeting_22:event -> elected -> @ellwood_harvey:person {to: @prof_principles_medicine}
@meeting_22:event -> elected -> @mg_kerr:person {to: @prof_materia_medica}
@meeting_22:event -> honorary MD awarded -> @martha_moory:person {to: @prof_obstetrics}
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@meeting_23:event {date: @date_1853_10_01, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_054_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_23:event
@meeting_23:event -> reported printing of Fourth Annual Announcement (10 000 copies, cost $100) by @committee_announcement
@meeting_23:event -> reported progress of advertising by @committee_advertising
@meeting_23:event -> reported progress of beneficiaries by @committee_beneficiaries
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@meeting_24:event {date: @date_1853_10_17, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_055_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_24:event
@meeting_24:event -> resignation of @hilbern_darlington from Chair of Surgery; correspondence initiated with @dr_h_g_thomas:person {from: @marlboro_oh}
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@meeting_25:event {date: @date_1853_10_28, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_056_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_25:event
@meeting_25:event -> assigned charge of Medical Clinic to @ellwood_harvey and Surgical Clinic to @edwin_russell
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@meeting_26:event {date: @date_1853_11_03, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_066_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_26:event
@meeting_26:event -> scholarship certificates introduced (price $100, redeemable for lecture tickets)
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@meeting_27:event {date: @date_1854_01_02, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_057_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_27:event
@meeting_27:event -> resolution: Demonstrator of Anatomy must be a female, elected by Corporators, sole control of Dissecting Room, issue Dissecting Ticket, receive proceeds, attend during fixed hours, recapitulate anatomy lectures twice weekly.
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@meeting_28:event {date: @date_1854_01_27, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_058_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_28:event
@meeting_28:event -> application of @mrs_jane_beala:person (Lincoln, ME) for MD rejected per rules
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@meeting_29:event {date: @date_1854_02_13, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_059_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_29:event
@meeting_29:event -> candidates presented for MD: @lucinda_brown, @minna_elliger, @elizabeth_shattuck, @elizabeth_bates; all passed ballot (white/black ball counts recorded)
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@meeting_30:event {date: @date_1854_02_21, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_060_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_30:event
@meeting_30:event -> Hall for Commencement secured: @musical_nona_hall; Breiter's Band engaged for $36
@meeting_30:event -> Secretary @wm_peirce reported election of @kg_thomas:person (Salem, OH) as Professor of Surgery
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@meeting_31:event {date: @date_1854_03_20, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_064_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_31:event
@meeting_31:event -> standing committees appointed (Museum, Dispensary, Beneficiaries, Apparatus, Advertising) with listed chairs
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@meeting_32:event {date: @date_1854_11_03, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_066_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_32:event
@meeting_32:event -> scholarships sold; certificates limited to issue before 1855‑08‑01, redemption by 1860‑01‑01; proceeds allocated to faculty salaries and college debt repayment
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@meeting_33:event {date: @date_1854_12_18, location: @philadelphia, type: "Faculty Meeting"}
@file_a092_001_067_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_33:event
@meeting_33:event -> faculty reported refusal of Corporators to cooperate on scholarship fund administration
**Annual Sessions & Commencements**
@fourth_annual_session:event {start: @date_1853_10_01, end: @date_1854_02_25, institution: @female_medical_college, type: "Academic Session"}
@fourth_annual_commencement:event {date: @date_1854_02_25, location: @musical_fund_hall, institution: @female_medical_college}
@fourth_annual_commencement -> opened by -> @rev_mr_dickinson:person {role: "Chaplain"}
@fourth_annual_commencement -> degrees conferred by -> @president_college:person {full_name: "Prof. Charles D. Cleveland"}
@fourth_annual_commencement -> music provided by -> @breiters_band
@third_annual_commencement:event {date: @date_1854_02_25, location: @musical_fund_hall, institution: @female_medical_college}
@third_annual_commencement -> valedictory oration delivered by -> @ellwood_harvey
@fifth_annual_session:event {start: @date_1854_10_05, end: @date_1855_02_25, institution: @female_medical_college}
@fifth_annual_announcement:document {prepared_by: @committee_fifth_announcement, copies: 10000, cost: 100}
**Graduates (selected from 4th Annual Commencement)**
@elizabeth_bates:person {full_name: "Elizabeth H. Bates", residence: @morris_ny, thesis: "Best Means of Preserving Health"}
@lucinda_brown:person {full_name: "Lucinda R. Brown", residence: @galveston_tx, thesis: "Digestion"}
@minna_elliger:person {full_name: "Minna Elliger", residence: @allentown_pa, thesis: "History of Chemistry"}
@elizabeth_shattuck:person {full_name: "Elizabeth G. Shattuck", residence: @philadelphia, thesis: "Iodine"}
@fourth_annual_commencement -> awarded degree to -> [@elizabeth_bates, @lucinda_brown, @minna_elliger, @elizabeth_shattuck]
**Faculty (as of 3rd Annual Commencement)**
@faculty_list:organization {members: [@david_johnson, @ellwood_harvey, @ann_preston, @edwin_russell, @mg_kerr, @martha_mowry, @ellwood_harvey]}
@david_johnson -> title -> @prof_chemistry_toxicology:concept {title: "Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology"}
@ellwood_harvey -> title -> @prof_principles_medicine
@ann_preston -> title -> @prof_physiology
@edwin_russell -> title -> @prof_anatomy
@mg_kerr -> title -> @prof_materia_medica
@martha_mowry -> title -> @prof_obstetrics
**Other Notable Entities**
@breiters_band:organization {type: "Music Band"}
@rev_mrs_cheney:person {title: "Reverend"}
@rev_mr_dickinson:person {title: "Reverend"}
@rev_mr_barzilain:person {title: "Reverend"}
@eclectic_medical_institute:organization {full_name: "Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati"}
**Scholarship & Financial Resolutions**
@scholarship_certificate:document {price: 100, benefits: "lecture tickets", issue_deadline: @date_1855_08_01, redemption_deadline: @date_1860_01_01}
@scholarship_certificate -> proceeds allocated to -> @faculty_salaries:concept, @college_debt:concept
**Janitorial & Facilities**
@janitor_hirenbaum:person {full_name: "Henry P. Birenbaum", role: @janitor}
@janitor_contract -> terms -> {salary: 300, period: "1 year", start: @date_1853_05_01}
@dissecting_room:place {function: "Anatomical dissection"}
@dissecting_ticket:document {issued_to: @demonstrator_anatomy, proceeds: "allocated to College"}
@college_dispensary:place {function: "Medical dispensary"}
**Representative File‑to‑Entity Links (selected)**
@file_pinax -> metadata -> @female_medical_college
@file_a092_001_046_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_18:event
@file_a092_001_048_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_18:event
@file_a092_001_049_jpg -> documents -> [@meeting_19:event, @meeting_20:event]
@file_a092_001_050_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_21:event
@file_a092_001_051_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_22:event
@file_a092_001_054_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_23:event
@file_a092_001_055_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_24:event
@file_a092_001_056_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_25:event
@file_a092_001_058_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_28:event
@file_a092_001_059_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_29:event
@file_a092_001_060_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_30:event
@file_a092_001_064_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_31:event
@file_a092_001_066_jpg -> documents -> [@meeting_32:event, @meeting_33:event]
@file_a092_001_067_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_33:event
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