Doctor Hawkins Stone Ledgers, 1852-1902

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Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
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Preferred citation:

Doctor Hawkins Stone Ledgers, 1852-1902. Fredericksburg (Va.) Reel 97, Local government records collection, Fredericksburg (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Creator:
Stone, Hawkins. b. circa 1816.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Doctor Hawkins Stone Ledgers, 1852-1902. Fredericksburg (Va.) Reel 97, Local government records collection, Fredericksburg (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Doctor Hawkins Stone Ledgers, 1852-1902, consist of two volumes that record the accounts of individual patients. Each account records transactions in chronological order. Each entry list date of transaction, style of transaction (service rendered, form of payment, etc.,), and amount owed or paid. Payments made by cash, credit, check, labor, and barter of items such as lumber, wheat, herring, and oats. Services rendered include visits to patients, medication, consultations, and examinations for lunacy. The first volume, 1852-1902, was originally a ledger used by merchant James Withers Stone to record the transactions of his mercantile business. These transactions are found in the first portion of the volume and date from 1852 to 1857. The majority of the volume records the transactions of Dr. Stone and date from 1875 to 1902. The ledgers include an index listing in alphabetical order the names of patients and the page numbers where their accounts can be found.

Biographical / historical:

Doctor Hawkins Stone practiced medicine during the late nineteenth century in Stafford County, Virginia.

James Withers Stone was a merchant who conducted business during the mid-nineteenth century in Stafford County, Virginia.

The ledgers were used as exhibits in an unidentified suit.

Acquisition information:
This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 42930.
Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
1 reel (503 images)