“The quarters of the Infirmary Director, in the City Building on Court street, are notoriously unhealthy and damp, and the ill-health of the present official, Colonel Graham1, is doubtless due in a great measure to this source. Dr. McDowell always said his father caught his death sickness in that place. The persons chosen for the position are always elderly gentlemen, and as the office is one of honor and importance they should be given quarters where their health and life would not be jeopardized. The walls are damp, so much so that plaster and cement cannot be made to adhere to them.”2
- Colonel TJ Graham
- “The quarters of the Infirmary Director,” Portsmouth Times, June 27, 1885, p. 3.
