Chaffee family account book, 1807-1849 (majority within 1807-1814)

Summary

Creator:

Anonymous

Abstract:

This account book, probably kept by a physician in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, contains entries relating to medical and physical care, and others relating to clothing, foodstuffs, fabric, and services rendered. The entries were dated between 1807 and 1849 (bulk 1807-1814) and many refer to members of the Chaffee family. The accounts include dressing wounds, making visits to patients, and dispensing medicine, with the names of patrons, medicines, and costs.

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Bossio, October 2024

Background

Scope and Content:

This account book, probably kept by a physician in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, contains entries relating to medical and physical care, and others relating to clothing, foodstuffs, fabric, and services rendered. The entries were dated between 1807 and 1849 (bulk 1807-1814) and many refer to members of the Chaffee family. The accounts include dressing wounds, making visits to patients, and dispensing medicine, with the names of patrons, medicines, and costs. One entry appears to have been added later, dated 1849.

Laid into the volume are a recipe for syrup and copies of various documents, including one settling the estate of Jonathan Chaffee in 1819.

Biographical / Historical:

No additional historical or biographical information is available for this finding aid.

Acquisition Information:

2023. M-7721.4 .

Arrangement:

The collection is a single bound volume.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:

Medicine--United States--History--19th century.
Physicians--Massachusetts--19th century.

Formats:

Account books.
Documents (object genre)
Recipes.

Places:

Wilbraham (Mass.)