Daybooks
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
Gamaliel Bradford daybook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/225
Scope and Contents
Chronological record of Gamaliel Bradford’s medical practice, 1819 Sept. 12-1822 Dec. 31 (gap, 1821 Mar. 11-Aug. 1) in Boston, 1819-1820, and Cambridge, Mass., 1820-1822. Entries list patient attended, reason for visit or procedure, and fee charged with notes on settlement of the account. Includes monthly summary of accounts. Includes occasional notes from Gamaliel Bradford, including one, dated July 1821, where he specifies accounts which, in the event of his death, are not to be pursued by...
Dates:
1819 - 1826
George B. Green receipt [recipe] book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/057
Scope and Contents
One volume of remedies and recipes compiled by George B. Green, 1823-1862, with notes on sources of
information or use of recipes. Includes recipes for medical ailments such as croup, hydrophobia, and
dysentery, and household substances such as varnish, shoe polish, and ink. Several remedies
prescribed by Vermont physician E. E. Phelps for Mrs. George B. Green. Newspaper clippings and other
printed items laid in.One-volume daybook of farm and personal accounts, 1852- June...
Dates:
1823 - 1862
Gustavus Darling Peck daybook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/226
Scope and Contents
Chronological record of G. D. Peck’s medical practice in Milford, Mass., 1832 Oct. 24-1834 Mar. 31. Entries list name of patient, reason for visit, fee charged, and ledger account number. Several patent medicines prescribed. Monthly summary accounts for 1832 and 1833 included. Also includes recipes and notes, including a reference, dated 1833 Jan. 1, to taking E. W. Carpenter as a medical student.
Dates:
1832 - 1834
Henry G. Wagoner daybook
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MSS 2/062
Scope and Contents
Volume documents Henry G. Wagoner’s medical practice in Somerville, N.J., 1862. Bulk of volume
contains chronological visiting list of patients in Somerset County. Each entry, listed by name, assigned
symbol; explanation of symbols on p. 4. Most of Wagoner’s practice lay in Somerville or Raritan. Daybook
entries contain personal and professional accounts. Volume also contains list of Wagoner’s obstetric
appointments during 1862 with names and address of parents, date of birth, sex of child, and...
Dates:
1862
Henry Pleasants daybooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/270
Scope and Contents
Ledgers of accounts from medical practice of Henry Pleasants in Hamiltonville [West Philadelphia], Pa., 1835-1858. Lists reason for visit and fee charged.
Dates:
1835 - 1858
Israel Parsons daybooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/298
Scope and Contents
The collection contains eight daybooks, 1855-1894, and
one ledger, 1872-1904, documenting the medical practice of Israel
Parsons in Marcellus, New York, and surrounding Onondaga County.
The daybooks list patients, services or prescriptions, and
amount charged; occasional descriptions of cases are included.
The final three volumes in the series have occasional marginal
notes in shorthand. The ledger, organized by name of patient
with references to pages in the corresponding daybooks, is...
Dates:
1855 - 1904
J. H. Marsden papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2/066
Scope and Contents
One volume documents medical practice, 1847-1861, of J. H. Marsden, homeopathic physician in Adams County, Pa. Lists charges and payments, made often with goods or services, for each patient and information concerning occupation of each patient; bulk spans 1847 to 1861 with occasional entries through 1870s. One folder of material laid in ledger contains bills, receipts, promissary notes, and miscellaneous financial papers, 1851-1881. Index to ledger account names included.A second...
Dates:
1847 - 1861
Jason Howard Ames daybooks and account books
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/316
Scope and Contents
The collection contains four daybooks, 1824-1873 (Bulk 1837-1852), and two account books, 1826-1850, documenting the medical practice of Jason Howard Ames in Bradford, N.H. and the surrounding area. Items found interleaved in the volumes were removed and placed in folders. The daybooks list the patient and the services rendered and their cost. A brief description of the service provided is included. One daybook, (dates), has a name index. Notable services rendered include reduction of a...
Dates:
1824 - 1873; Majority of material found within 1826 - 1852
Job Leonard Ledger and daybook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/284
Scope and Contents
Volume documenting medical practice of Job Leonard in Windham Co., Vt., 1814-1821; some accounts settled as late as 1823. Begins in ledger format, then changes to daybook format in Dec. 1817. Lists patient name, reason for visit, prescriptions, and settlement of accounts. Includes supplementary folder of receipts and miscellaneous financial papers, 1818-1843.
Dates:
1814 - 1843; Majority of material found within 1814 - 1821
John A. Hyde daybooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/222
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two daybooks, 1835 Feb. 1-1839 Aug.
25, and 1839 Aug. 26-1845 Dec. 31, describing the medical practice
of John A. Hyde in Freeport, Maine. The daybook entries are
chronological and provide the patient's name, a brief description
of the medical treatment, and the charge involved; for a birth,
the sex of the child is also provided. At the end of the entries
for each year, Hyde lists his annual earnings and the number
of births for that year. Receipts, bills,...
Dates:
1824 - 1846; Majority of material found within 1835 - 1845
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