“The Report Of G. F. Watson, M. D., To The Governor Of
Virginia, As Copied From The Records.
Eastern Lunatic Asylum,
Williamsburg, Va., June 5th, 1862.
This day, Doct’r Gillet F. Watson, who has been appointed by F. H. Pierpoint, Esq’r., Gov’r of Virginia, superintendent of this Institution, with full powers to manage the same until a loyal board of directors shall be appointed, made his appearance, and thereupon Doct. W. Clinton Thompson, who had been appointed by Major Gen. McClelland to manage the institution under the military law now existing in this city, also appeared and resigned into the hands of the said Doct’r Watson, in conformity to authority from Gen’l McClellan, with which he, the said Doct. Thompson, had been invested as aforesaid.
Doct. Watson, the Superintendent, in conformity with instructions from Governor Pierpoint, then tendered to the officers of the institution the oath of allegiance to the United States of America, which oath was taken by Henry M. Bowden, Summerset Moore, Jno. W. Hutchings, Thomas R. Bowden, Robert Bachan, Felix Logue, John Bacon, and Henrietta S. Bowden; Doct. Watson taking the oath at the same time as Superintendent.
The oath was also tendered to Doct. John G. Williamson, Doct. Robert M. Garrett, William R. C. Douglas, R. R, A. Bowry, Allen Lindsay, William Goodman, Elizabeth Ware, Elizabeth C. Ware, Sarah Roper and Mary Roper, and also Mrs. Jane Moore, all of whom positively refused to take the same. Whereupon the Superintendent notified the parties so refusing to take the oath that their services as officers of the Asylum would no longer be required.
The Superintendent then appointed Mrs. Marnex, Mrs. Johnson, and Miss Guard ward officers.
[Signed] Gillet F. Watson.”
