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Preferred Citation

Doctor Hawkins Stone Ledgers, 1852-1902. Fredericksburg (Va.) Reel 97, Local government records collection, Fredericksburg (City) Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia under the accession number 42930.

Historical Information

Doctor Hawkins Stone practiced medicine during the late nineteenth century in Stafford County, Virginia.

James Withers Stone was a merchant who conducted business during the mid-nineteenth century in Stafford County, Virginia.

The ledgers were used as exhibits in an unidentified suit.

Scope and Content

Doctor Hawkins Stone Ledgers, 1852-1902, consist of two volumes that record the accounts of individual patients. Each account records transactions in chronological order. Each entry list date of transaction, style of transaction (service rendered, form of payment, etc.,), and amount owed or paid. Payments made by cash, credit, check, labor, and barter of items such as lumber, wheat, herring, and oats. Services rendered include visits to patients, medication, consultations, and examinations for lunacy. The first volume, 1852-1902, was originally a ledger used by merchant James Withers Stone to record the transactions of his mercantile business. These transactions are found in the first portion of the volume and date from 1852 to 1857. The majority of the volume records the transactions of Dr. Stone and date from 1875 to 1902. The ledgers include an index listing in alphabetical order the names of patients and the page numbers where their accounts can be found.

Related Material

Additional Fredericksburg Business Records can be found on microfilm at the Library of Virginia. Consult "A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm."

Index Terms

Persons:

• Stone, Hawkins. b. circa 1816.

Subjects:

• Barter--Virginia--Stafford County.
• Merchants--Virginia--Stafford County.
• Physicians--Virginia--Stafford County.

Geographical Names:

• Stafford County (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Business records--Virginia--Stafford County.
• Ledgers (account books)--Virginia--Stafford County.
• Local government records--Virginia--Fredericksburg.

Added Entry - Personal Name:

• Stone, James Withers. b. circa 1796.

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