Papers, 1866-1918 1885-1903 (bulk).

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Plaster, George E. Papers, 1866-1918 1885-1903 (bulk).

Papers, 1866-1918 1885-1903 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154270337

Account books and miscellaneous letters, accounts, and memoranda relating primarily to Plaster's farming operations and medical practice. Plaster and Nichols' Ledger (80 p.), 1885-1918, contains mostly accounts, 1885-1888, with medical patients, including blacks. Dr. F.M. Nichols was a partner. Plaster's Farm Account Book (ca. 200 p.), 1866-1907, mostly 1892-1903, has a chronological listing of income and expenses and also accounts for individuals, mostly farm laborers and tenants. Includes also recipes for grafting wax and treating peach trees, building construction, records of horses and mules, contracts with laborers, wheat production, blacksmith and wheelwright expenses, and medical charges. This volume and a separate account list income, expenses, and profit and loss, 1866-1908.

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