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Waldo, Albigence 1750-1794

Surgeon; born in Pomfret, Conn., Feb. 27, 1750. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he was made a surgeon's mate in the army, but on account of feeble health was soon discharged. In December, 1776, he was appointed chief surgeon of the ship Oliver Cromwell; in April, 1777, joined the regiment of Col. Jedediah Huntington, and was its surgeon during the campaigns in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He won distinction at Monmouth and Valley Forge through his service in inoculating the troops against small-pox. He died in Windham county, Conn., Jan. 29, 1794.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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