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Accounts Current and Financial Statement Ledger, 1864-1865

 Item — Box: LOC 289, Item: 1
Identifier: MS D92

Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

Financial records and medical notes of Fort Smith, Arkansas physician and surgeon, pertaining to his war-time service as Confederate States Army surgeon and to his post-war practice.

One volume contains weekly "Accounts Current" and monthly financial statements compiled by Dunlap in his capacity as Surgeon-in Charge of the Confederate Army's general hospitals at Monticello, Arkansas, July 23, 1864 to October 7, 1864, and at Washington, Arkansas, October 15, 1864 to May 22, 1865. Also included are a few undated notes on medical diagnoses and treatments, and a few undated bibliographical notes and maps made by his daughter, Maud. One map is dated 1865.

The second volume is mostly an accounts receivable ledger for Dunlap's practice in Fort Smith, January 3, 1867 through 1868. A few entries dated January to May, 1861 pertain to his military service, and on six pages are daily journal entries, dated 1869 or 1870, of receipts and disbursements on account of Dunlap or his father-in-law, Dr. Nicholas Spring, with whom he practiced in partnership.

Dates

  • 1864-1865

Access Information

From the Collection:

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Department Repository

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
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