F. W. Power Receipt to Elizabeth Elliott, 1850

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Title

F. W. Power Receipt to Elizabeth Elliott, 1850

Subject

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

Description

Receipt from Dr. F. W. Power to Elizabeth Elliott for medical treatments for several enslaved people named Anna, Billy, John, Peter, and Thomas. This may or may not be the same F. W. Power mentioned in the wills and court documents.

Creator

Power, F. W.
Elliott, Elizabeth G.

Publisher

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

Date

1850

Format

jpeg

Language

Eng

Type

Text

Identifier

MS1989.25.48

Document Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Ink on paper

Text

Page 1

Mrs E. G. Elliott 1850 To F. W. Power Dr
Jany 11 Visiting Girl Anna Solut:Bit:argent(?) tns 1.75
  16 Visiting Anna blister 6 aut puls tns 2.00
  19 Visiting Anna tns 9/ 1.50
  21 Visiting Anna aut(unclear) tns 1.75
Feby 12 Visiting Anna alt:Diaph tns 1.75
  15 Visiting Anna Expect Medi tns 1.75
March 4 Visiting Anna tns 9/ 1.50
  20 Visiting Anna Enpict Med alt puld tns 2.00
  22 Visiting Anna blister tns 1.75
  23 Visiting Anna Enpict Meds blister tns 2.00
  24 Visiting Anna Demulct Meds tns 1.75
  25 Visiting Anna tns 9/ 1.50
  26 Visiting Billy at H.H. Wynnes large (unclear) 2.00
  27 Visiting Billy Demuld Med Puld (unclear) tns 2.00
  28 Visiting Billy antiml Puld tns 2.25
  30 Visiting Billy Demuld Adml Puld tns 2.25
  31 Visiting Billy Blister Sip to tns 2.25
  " alt amd Expect tns 1/6 .25
Apl 1 Visiting Billy Tns 10/6 1.75
  4 Call Visit to Billy tns 7/6 1.25
  6 Call Visit to Billy tns by 1.00
  10 Visiting Billy at Jno. F Power Tns 6/ 1.00
  12 Riding to see Girl 6/ 1.00
May 8 Visiting By Jno (unclear) tns 2.25
  10 Visiting by Jno act (unclear) tns 1.75
Aug 31 to Quinine to woman + vial (unclear and fading) at JF Power 62½
      43.13½

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    accot brot forward + contud. 43.13½
Sept 25 To Quinine + Cath med to Fanny tns. 4/6 $ .75
Oct 6 Visiting Peter at Jno Skinner 15p Quine tns. 3.00
  17 Visiting self absorb Meds tns. 10/6 1.75
  19 Visiting self 9/ 40p Quinine tns 6/ 2.50
  " 6 aloct cath pills to Fanny tns 1/6 .25
  21 Visiting self + girl tns 9/ 1.50
  25 Visiting self + Fanny 20p Quine to Fanny tns. 2.00
  28 Visiting self + girl Quinine depd. tns 2.00
Oct 2 Visiting self + negro tns 1.50
Decb. 27 Visiting boy Bill at Grays bleeding 12/ 2.00
  " blistering meds tns .75
  28 Visiting Boy Bill bleeding (unclear)tns 2.00
  29 Visiting Boy Bill blister (unclear) & tns 10/6 2.75
  30 Visiting Boy tns 6/ 1.00
    Visiting Boy act puld & tns 1.50
      $67.37
    a/c on you from July 1840to Jany 1850 .. 17.13
      $84.50

Recd of Mrs E. G. Elliott the sum of Eighty dollars
in full for this a/c of $84.50.
F. W. Power

1850

Rcd payment of thirty dollars being the amt of
her due bill a balance due me on this a/cfor 1840 +
1850. This due bill has been mislaid by me + this receipt is
given vs it in case it may hereafter be found.
F. W. Power.

Mrs. E. G. Elliott
to a/c.
F. W. Power
$67.37/-

Citation

Power, F. W. and Elliott, Elizabeth G. , “F. W. Power Receipt to Elizabeth Elliott, 1850,” John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed April 24, 2024, https://rocklib.omeka.net/items/show/843.