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Handley Regional Library

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives Room
The Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58
Winchester, VA 22604
100 W. Piccadilly Street
Winchester, VA 22601
Primary Collecting Areas:
History of City of Winchester, Frederick County, and Clarke County, Virginia
Description:
The Stewart Bell Jr. Archives is a specialized local history and genealogy collection located in Winchester, Virginia. It is jointly operated by Handley Regional Library and Winchester Frederick County Historical Society.
POC: Lorna M. Loring
Phone: (540) 662-9041 ext. 17
Start Over Repository Handley Regional Library

Macky-Dunbar Records, 1796-1814 1 volume ; 40 cm

Dunbar, Robert; Macky, Robert

This collection holds a ledger belonging to the medical practice of Doctors of Robert Macky and Robert Dunbar. The ledger contains records of treatment and sale of medicines to patients between the years 1796 t 1814, mainly in the Winchester-Frederick County area. The account book shows entries organized by individual account holders accompanied by the names of those whose treatment was billed to that account holder, often with details of treatment. Additionally, there are records of business transactions between the practice and individuals providing services of one kind or another, and names of other local doctors consulted by the practice.

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