F. W. Power receipt to Elizabeth Elliott, 1849

F. W. Power receipt to Elizabeth Elliott, 1849

Medical care--Virginia--History--Slaves.

Medical care--Virginia--History.

Debtor and creditor--Virginia.

Receipt from Dr. F. W. Power for medical treatments for Elizabeth Elliott and an enslaved woman named Polly. This may or may not be the same F. W. Power mentioned in the wills and court documents.

Power, F. W.

Elliott, Elizabeth G.

Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

1849

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MS1989.25.46

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Mrs E. G. Elliott
1849 to F W Power Dr

February	4th	Visitg Polly bandages act tns	1.50
	5	Visiting Polly 24oz Sotion (solution?) flax seed for	1.50
		poultice 2 anod(?) tns	.25
	6	Visitg Polly anodynes dressing foot tns	1.50
	7	Visitg Polly 24oz solut:acct:plumb	1.25
		dressing foot 2 (unclear) puld tns	..75
	8	Visiting Polly (unclear) puld tns	1.50
	9	Visitg Polly lancing abcess on each	1.25
	"	ankle dressing do	1.00
	10	visiting Polly tns 7/6	1.25
	12	Visitg Polly Elm for Poultices tns	1.50
	16	Visitg Polly Elm for Poultices tns	1.50
	18	Visitg Polly tns 7/6	1.25
		Mat for 1 gallon Compd Decoct Sarsaparilla tns	1.70
	23	Visiting Polly tns 7/6	1.25
March	17	to Meds to Negro tns 1/6	.25
	20	Visitg self in the night (unclear, paper damaged)	2.50
	21	Visitg self act Cath tns	1.50
	22	Visitg Self 5 act pills tns	1.25
	23	Visiting self tns 7/6	1.25
	24	to 12 alact Cath to pills to self (unclear) Math
		for 32oz infur fof Jno tns	1.00
	25	Visiting self tns 7/6	1.25
	27	Visiting self tns 7/6	1.25
			$28.50

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a/c continued

			$28.50
apl.	30th	visitg Anna in the night (unclear)	2.50
May	2nd	Visitg negroes 8oz solut Iodide (unclear)	1.50
	4	To 8 oz Solut Iodide: (unclear) for Jno H Palz	.50
24	June	Visitg Self cath meds tur	1.25
	26	Visitg self tur 7/6
	27	vistg self spts Intro tns } Medicines	1.25
	29	Vistg self 4 ach pills tns } to you not
July	2	Visitg Self act dose tns } chg. at all	1.25
			$39.25
		Amt of my a/c of Sister Elliott for the year 1848	9.25
		Settled up to this date July 1849 in full	$48:50

F. W. Power

Mrs. E. G. Elliott
to a/c
F. W. Power 1849
Settled July 1849
F. W. Power