John G. Metcalf ledger
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/051
Scope and Contents
Financial ledger of John G. Metcalf for practice in Mendon, Mass., and surrounding Worcester County,
1844-1883.
Includes payments in goods or services and occasional notes on inability to pay due to
poverty or death. Several patients served and died in Civil War, including Samuel Everton (p. 143)
"starved to death by the Rebels at Andersonville, Ga." in 1864. Includes occasional accounts with Town of
Mendon for Metcalf’s services as treasurer and for visiting schools.
Index to names of individual accounts filed with volume.
Index to names of individual accounts filed with volume.
Dates
- 1844-1883
Creator
- Metcalf, John George (Person)
Biographical / Historical
John George Metcalf, Massacusetts physician and state senator, was born in either Franklin or Norfolk,
Mass., on 10 Sept. 1801. He married Abigail Holbrook in 1826. Metcalf died in Mendon, Mass., on 12 or
13 Jan. 1892. Metcalf received his M.D. from Harvard University in 1826 and opened a private practice in
Mendon, Mass. In Massachusetts, he held the positions of Militia Regimental Surgeon and Examining
Surgeon for the Pension Board. In 1858 and 1859, Metcalf served as state senator from Massachusetts.
Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Metcalf, John George (Person)
- Title
- John G. Metcalf ledger
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
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Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States