Papers of David Scott Meikleham, Accession #4726-C, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville,
Va., Accession #4726-c, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
The papers of David Scott Meikleham were loaned to the library by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation 1976 August 11.
Dr. Meikleham's medical papers contain an 1849 autopsy, an undated discussions, both original and copied, of gout, arsenic,
smallpox, morphine poisoning, leg amputation, tuberculosis, and yellow fever, as well as letters of recommendation from Glasgow
physicians, and scattered correspondence on medical topics including his ulcerated foot, and accusations of overcharging.
Family letters include descriptions of sleighing on Broadway, Jefferson and Randolph family genealogy, and photographs of
Septimia Ann Randolph Meikleham and an unidentified man.
Copy of David Scott Meikleham's medical degree from the University of Glasgow with receipt for the same from the United States
consulate
1833
ADS, 3 pp. on 2 l.
The copy made and notarized 1841 May 14. The receipt is attached by a wax seal.
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Copies of letters of recommendation written for D[avid] S[cott] Meikleham by Richard Miller, John MacFarlane, W. Auchinshloss,
John Burns, William Cooper, Alex Panton,
1833
ALS copy, 3 pp. on 1 l.
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. Letter of recommendation written for D[avid] S[cott] Meikleham by Dr. William Couper
1833 May 14
ALS, 1 p.; with handwritten copy.
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Letter of recommendation written for D[avid] S[cott] Meikleham by Dr. Alex Panton
1833 May 15
ALS, 2 pp. on 1 l.; with handwritten copy.
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Letter of recommendation written by D[avid] S[cott] Meikleham by Dr. M Auchinshloss
1837 February 23
ALS, 2 pp. on 1 l.
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His friends in Havana to D[avid] S[cott] Meikleham
1843 June 30
ALS, 3 pp. on 1 l.
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Joseph T. Crawford to David Scott Meikleham
1843 July 1
ALS, 2 pp. on 1 l.
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D[avid] S[cott] Meikleham to Sir Phillip Crampton
1844 April 27
ALS, 3 pp. on 1 l.; docketed.
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D[avid] S[cott] Meikleham to subscribers of the New York Medical Intelligence 1845 December 17
3 printed letters.
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D[avid] S[cott] Meikleham to Messrs. Goodhue and Company,
1847 July 3 to July 9
3 ALS copies, 5 pp. on 3 l.
Three copies of letters with and additional "copy of account of the late Mr. DeConinck," originally enclosed in the letter.
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[David Scott Meikleham] to [Messrs. Goodhue and Company],
1847 July 12
AL draft, 3 pp. on 1 l.
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Autopsy Report: "Examination of the body of A. Ogden Esq." by D[avid] S[cott] Meikleham
1849 July 30
AMsS, 2 pp. on 1 l.
Bottom of page tattered and torn.
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Cribson Shattleru to Randolph Meikleham,
1876 October 12
ALS, 4 pp. on 1 l.
Concerning the disposition of Miss Scott's Estate.
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Cribson Shattleru to Miss E. J. Meikleham
1876 October 12
ALS, 3 pp. on 1 l.
Concerning the disposition of Miss Scott's Estate.
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Cribson Shattleru to Miss E. A. Meikleham,
1876 October 12
ALS, 3 pp. on 1 l.
Concerning the disposition of Miss Scott's Estate.
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Cribson Shattleru to Randolph Meikleham,
1877 April 18
ALS, 2 pp. on 1 l.
Concerning the disposition of Miss Scott's Estate.
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Cribson Shattleru to Miss E. J. Meikleham,
1877 April 18
ALS, 2 pp. on 1 l.
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One receipt from Alice Meikleham to T. U. R. Meikleham
1877 December 15
ADS, 1 p.
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William Meikleham to Harry [Meikleham]
1888 February 26
ALS, 4 pp. on 1 l.
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Copied from a statement sent by Miss Meikleham by Landon C. Bell,
1924 May
ANs, 8 pp. on 4 l.
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Landon C. Bell to Mrs. James Morphy including an extract from Bell's "The Old Free State "1927 September 19
ALS, 10 pp. on 7 l.
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Katherine M. Morphy to Capt. Henry P. Meikleham,
1927 September 29
ALS copy, 8 pp. on 4 l.
Letter very brittle, and some cracked folds.
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Albemarle County Circuit Court notice informing heirs to the estate of Thomas J. Randolph that they are being sued for non
payment of taxes,
1954 May 1
TD, 4 pp. on 4 l.
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Notes on M. Boudin's discussion of the use of arsenic in the cure of disease taken by [David Scott Meikleham]
n.y. August 26
ANs, 2 pp. on 1 l.
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Description of leg amputation by [David Scott Meikleham]
n.y. October 19
Ms, 3 pp. on 1 l.
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Medical Discussion: Morbid States of Mucous Membranes by [David Scott Meikleham]
n.d.
AMs, 2 pp. on 1 l.
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M. Chomel on the treatment of Bariola by [David Scott Meikleham]
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ANs, 4 pp. on 1 l.
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Description of a case of morphine poisoning by [David Scott Meikleham]
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Ms, 3 pp. on 1 l.
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Discussion of the yellow fever symptoms issue by [David Scott Meikleham]
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Ms, 2 pp. on 1 l.
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Medical Report: Examination of the chest by [David Scott Meikleham]
n.d.
MsS, 3 pp. on 1 l.
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Fourteen receipts for newspaper subscription written for David Scottt Meikleham
1837 to 1838
ADS, 16 pp. on 16 l.
All items glued together.
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Calendar with Randolph family genealogical material written on the back
n.d.
ANs, 1 item.
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Randolph family genealogical materials
n.d.
6 items.
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Photograph of Septimia Ann Randolph Meikleham and three copies of a photograph of an unidentified person
n.d.
4 items.
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David Scott Meikleham's personal account of his travels and medical history from 1833 to ca. 1844
n.d.
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