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Preferred Citation:

Gideon Christian Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

1993.63 is a gift from Elizabeth Binns. 1937.213 Purchase. 10 fee books. 1938.334 Purchase. Ledger of Gideon Christian, physician, of Charles City County, VA 1860. 142 pp

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Scope and Contents

Papers, 1838-1882, of Gideon Christian, physician, of Norfolk, Va. The collection includes letters, accounts, lotteries, prescriptions, and forms for excusing draftees into the Confederate Army on medical grounds.

A 1993 addendum to this collection (Mss. Acc. 1993.63) consists of two medical essays and one College of William and Mary student notebook belonging to Dr. Gideon Christian.  The student notebook begins October 15th 1840. Medical essays include notes made while attending medical lectures, a schedule of fees for physicians practicing in New Kent County (8 August 1844) and ledger of accounts for Dr. Christian's patients (1846).

Arrangement of Materials:

Original and addition filed together under Mss Sm Coll Christian.

Related Material

Mss. MsV 21-31 Gideon Christian Ledgers, Special Collections Research Center, College of William and Mary

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Account books
• College of William and Mary--History--19th century
• Confederate States of America. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc
• Correspondence
• Medical practice--Virginia--History
• Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
• New Kent County (Va.)--History--19th century
• Norfolk (Va.)--History--19th century
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865