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Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Western State Hospital Records, 1825-1884

5.4 cu. ft. (12 boxes)

Records, 1825-1884, including accounts, checks, lists of patients, promissory notes, receipts, reports, and vouchers of the Western State Hospital located in Staunton, Virginia. The bulk of the records relate to the expenses for building the hospital as well as running and maintaining the hospital and inmates. The accounts and receipts, 1825-1884, detail purchases of materials (timber, rail, nails), food (beef, veal, sugar, molasses, butter), salaries of the keepers and doctors, hire of slaves, transportation costs to jailers for bringing patients to the hospital, clothing, repairs to the building, purchases of furniture, and other sundry items.

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Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts - Western State Hospital Records, 1825-1884 5.4 cu. ft. (12 boxes)

Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts

Records, 1825-1884, including accounts, checks, lists of patients, promissory notes, receipts, reports, and vouchers of the Western State Hospital located in Staunton, Virginia. The bulk of the records relate to the expenses for building the hospital as well as running and maintaining the hospital and inmates. The accounts and receipts, 1825-1884, detail purchases of materials (timber, rail, nails), food (beef, veal, sugar, molasses, butter), salaries of the keepers and doctors, hire of slaves, transportation costs to jailers for bringing patients to the hospital, clothing, repairs to the building, purchases of furniture, and other sundry items.

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