0.4 Linear Feet, Summary: 5 in. and 1 reel of microfilm
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Four account books of financial, medical and farm records of the Springdale Farm of Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West
Virginia, kept by Martha Banks and doctors I.S. Tanner and George Washington Banks. Account book, 1855-1867, records payments
made on accounts. It is organized according to date and lists the name of the customer and receipt of payment. Account book
1858-1866 also documents payments made on accounts, but it is organized in alphabetical order. The farm account book of Martha
Banks dates from 1897 to 1905. Several pages document wheat sold or taken to a mill in the late 1890s. It also contains notes
from 1899 related to the estate of George Washington Banks, including a detailed list of his personal property. A physician's
account book from 1841 to 1845 chiefly list patients treated and cost, but also includes several pages of notes regarding
treatments and observations of the physician. Original ledgers are in fragile condition; they are also available on microfilm.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Shepherdstown, West Virginia, Farm and Physician Account Books, A&M 2997,
West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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