Brackett, Joshua
physician, was born May 5, 1773, in Greenland, N. H.
He was a zealous patriot, a member of the state committee of safety, and during the revolution was judge of the New Hampshire maritime court. He was a founder of the state medical society, and its president from 1793 till 1799. He gave it 143 volumes of medical works at its establishment. He bequeathed a legacy to Harvard toward founding a professorship of natural history. He died July 17, 1802, in Portsmouth, N. H.