Bennett, M. ToddKestler, Jessica Rogers2018-01-232018-01-232017-122017-12-07December 2http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6471This is a case study of a naval surgeon whose experience as surgeon and diplomat demonstrates the intentional expansionist efforts of the United States in the early nineteenth century, much earlier than emphasized in the initial historiography on the subject.application/pdfenRuschenberger, W. S. W.--(William Samuel Waithman)--1807-1895United States--Navy--Surgeons--BiographyDiplomats--United States--BiographyMedicine, Naval--United States--History--19th centuryUnited States--Territorial expansion--History--19th centuryMaster's Thesis2018-01-22