Birth: 1758
Death: 1815, Dec. 23
Occupation: doctor

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• Dates: 1758-1815
  Notes: Born in England, 1758. Began prac-tice at Baltimore and Physician to Almshouse, 1789; Consulting Physician, Baltimore Hospital, 1812; partner in practice with Dr. Wm. Donaldson. Died at Baltimore, December 23, 1815.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 478
• Dates: 1783
  Notes: Among the physicians of Baltimore are Drs. Johnson, Goodwin, Troup, Andrews, Coale, Gilder, Brown, Littlejohn, Ross, Buchanan, and Wiesenthal.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 661
• Dates: 1789
  Notes: Drs. George Buchanam, grandson of George Buchanan, the emigrant; Edward Johnson, Thomas Johnson, Andrew Wiesenthal, Miles Littlejohn and James Wynkoop begin practice at Baltimore.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 664
• Dates: 1789
  Notes: Served as Attending Physician, Baltimore City and County Alms House, 1789
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 250
• Dates: 1789
  Notes: “Dr. Miles Littlejohn enters on practice.”
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 16
• Dates: 1789, Sep. 11
  Notes: “Drs. Coale (S.S.), Wiesenthall (And.), Buchanan (Geo.), Guilder, Wynkoop, Johnson (Ed.), Brown (Geo.), and Littlejohn, appointed physicians to Alms-house.”
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 17
• Dates: 1789/09/11
  Notes: Drs. S.S. Coale, Andrew Wiesenthal, George Buchanan, Reuben Guilder, James Wynkoop, Edward Johnson, George Brown and Miles Littlejohn appointed physicians to Almshouse (September 11).
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 664
• Dates: 1790
  Notes: “Dr. Geo. Buchanan suggests to the public the registration of deaths; the formation of a public park; and in conjunction with Drs. Wiesenthall, Coale, Wynkoop, Stevenson, Littlejohn, Falls (Moore) and Haslett, he appeals for the formation of a Humane Society.”
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 17
• Dates: 1790
  Notes: “Dr. George Buchanan urges the registration of deaths, the creation of a public park, and in conjunction with Drs. Wiesenthal, Coals, Wynkoop, Stevenson, Littlejohn, Moore Falls, and Hazleton, appeals for a Humane Society.”
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 665
• Dates: 1798-1808
  Notes: 1798, p. 96; 1799-1800, p. 181; 1801-1803, p. 212; 1804-1808, p. 257
  Source: Baltimore City Archives. A Name Index to the Baltimore City Tax Records, 1798-1808. Baltimore: Baltimore City Archives, 1981. See Ancestry.Com
• Dates: 1801
  Notes: Dr. James Smith, of Baltimore, vaccinates with virus procured from the physician of St. Pancras Hospital, London, by Mr. John Taylor, and sent by him to his brother, William Taylor, of Baltimore, who gives the supply to his family physician, Dr. Miles Littlejohn, and he, to have it tested, gives it to Dr. Smith, who makes successful trial of it at Almshouse (May 1), first on the person of a child name Nancy Malcolm, and later upon others (Dr. Smith publihsed the history of these cases in the Baltimore Telegram, December 5 and 8, 1801, and also in the Vaccine Inquirier, 1822.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 673
• Dates: 1801, May 1
  Notes: “[Dr. James Smith] “introduces Vaccination from matter procured from the physician of St. Pancras Hospital, London, by Mr. John Taylor, and sent by him to his brother Wm. Taylor of Baltimore, who gave the supply to his family physician, Dr. Miles Littlejohn, and the latter to Dr. James Smith, who made a successful trial of it at the Alms-house (May 1), and subsequently upon others; the history of which cases he published in the press (Baltimore Tel., Dec. 5, 8), also in The Vaccine Inquirer, 1822.”
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 23
• Dates: 1812
  Notes: Legislature granst $5000 annually for three years to Drs. Smyth and Mackenzie, for completion of Maryland Hospital. Board of Visitors report hospital in good order, central building nearly completed, and accommodations provided for 100 patients. Dr. William Gibson, Consulting Surgeon and Drs. George Brown, Miles Littlejohn, John Coulter, J.C. White, John Crawford, Solomon Birckhead, Pierre Chatard, John Cromwell and Ashton Alexander Consulting Physicians.
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 678
• Dates: 1812, Jan. 4
  Notes: “Legislature orders payment of $5000 annually for three years, to Drs. Mackenzie and Smyth for completing the buildings of the Public Hospital, of which Dr. Wm. Gibson was consulting surgeon, and Drs. Brown (Geo.), Littlejohn, Coulter, White (J.C.), Crawford, Birckhead (Sol.), Chatard (P.), Cromwell, and Alexander were consulting physicians. The Hospital is in good order, its capacity is 100 patients, the centre building nearly done (Report of Board of Visitors).”
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 26
• Dates: 1812-1816
  Notes: Consulting Physician (honorary), Board of Health
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 263
• Dates: 1815
  Notes: Deaths: Drs. Brooke, at Port Tobacco, March; Philip Thomas, at Fredericktown, April 25, aet. 67; Miles Littlejohn
  Source: Cordell, Eugene Fauntleroy, Medical Annals of Maryland 1799-1899 Baltimore: The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty for the State of Maryland: 681
• Dates: 1815
  Notes: LITTLEJOHN, Dr. Miles, died 23 Dec. aged 57. (Baltimore Patriot and Evening Advertiser, 27 Dec. 1815)
  Source: Barnes, Robert, Marriages and Deaths from Baltimore Newspapers 1796-1816 Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 197
• Dates: 1815
  Notes: “Dr. Miles Littlejohn ob. aet. 57.”
  Source: Quinan, John Russell, Medical Annals of Baltimore from 1608 to 1880, including Events, Men and Literature to which is added a Subject Index and Record of Public Services Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald: 27