James Fountain Heustis Logbooks, . 1851-1853

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James Fountain Heustis Logbooks, . 1851-1853

James Fountain Heustis (died 1891) of Cahaba, Ala., was a surgeon in the United States navy. The collection includes books kept by Heustis as surgeon on the including notes on weather, work, the ship's position, prescriptions, quarterly reports of cases of illness on board, medical notes, poems, and notes on church history. The logbooks were kept while Heustis's ship was stationed near Norfolk, Va., at sea, and cruising off the west coast of Africa. John Adams,

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James Fountain Heustis (died 1891) of Cahaba, Ala., was a surgeon in the United States navy. He was married first to Anita Watson and later to Rachel Lyons of Columbia, S.C. From the guide to the James Fountain Heustis Logbooks, ., 1851-1853, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...