Nathaniel G. (Gould) Ladd (1798-1885) was born in Chelsea, Vermont, and died in Malden, Massachusetts. After studying with his uncle, Dr. John Ladd, of Lee, New Hampshire, and with Dr. Thomas Sargent of Chester, Vermont, he attended medical lectures at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. After graduating from Dartmouth in 1825, he began his medical practice in Morgan, Vermont. He moved to Meredith, New Hampshire, in 1832. In 1835, he moved to Sanbornton Bridge, New Hampshire, where his patients included the Baker family and he treated Mary Baker Eddy in her youth. He continued his practice in Sanbornton Bridge until his move to Malden, Massachusetts, in 1864, where he remained until his death.

See more letters.