F. W. Power receipt to Elizabeth Elliott, 1849

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Title

F. W. Power receipt to Elizabeth Elliott, 1849

Subject

Medical care--Virginia--History--Slaves.
Medical care--Virginia--History.
Debtor and creditor--Virginia.

Description

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.

Source

Power, F. W.
Elliott, Elizabeth G.

Publisher

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

Date

1849

Format

jpeg

Language

Eng

Type

Text

Identifier

MS1989.25.46

Document Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Ink on paper

Text

Page 1

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

Page 2

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

Citation

“F. W. Power receipt to Elizabeth Elliott, 1849,” John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed November 9, 2024, https://rocklib.omeka.net/items/show/839.