Henry Hicks ledgers, 1843, 1852-1873

Summary

Creator:

Hicks, Henry, 1834 or 1835-

Date:

1843, 1852-1873

Extent:

0.75 Linear Feet 1 box

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Henry Hicks ledgers, ms3219, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of three ledgers kept by Henry Hicks from 1852-1873. Hick's first ledger contains lecture notes from courses taken at the Medical College of Georgia, from lectures given by Drs. Louis A. Dugas, Paul F. Eve, and Robert S. Newton. The remainder of the ledger, and the remaining two ledgers, contains patient accounts, listing name of patient, services provided, charges and medicine dispensed. Ledgers also list the mileage Hicks charged as he traveled to visit his patients. Loose papers include a Freedmen list, an IOU, and a list of accounts. These accounts appear to be from an estate sale on December 28, 1843 and list household goods, livestock and names of people who were enslaved.

Biographical / historical:

Henry Hicks was a physician in Wrightsville, Georgia (Johnson County).

Related

Other descriptive data:

This collection is digitized and available through the Digital Library of Georgia: https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/guan_3219

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Medical records -- Georgia.
Promissory notes.
Freedmen -- Georgia.
Accounts.
Medicine -- Study and teaching.
Slave records.
Physicians -- Georgia.
Ledgers (account books)

Names:

Medical College of Georgia
Eve, Paul F. (Paul Fitzsimmons), 1806-1877
Dugas, Louis Alexander, 1806-1898

Preferred citation:

Henry Hicks ledgers, ms3219, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.