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[Identification of item], in the William O. Macoughtry Diary and Account Books, #2904, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, April 2011

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Account books.
• Bell family.
• Bladensburg (Md.)--Commerce--History.
• Families--West Virginia--Social life and customs.
• Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)--Commerce--History.
• Jefferson County (W. Va.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Jefferson County (W. Va.)--Social conditions.
• Jefferson County (W. Va.)--Social life and customs.
• Macoughtry, William O., fl. 1869-1878.
• Martinsburg (W. Va.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
• Merchants--Washington (D.C.)--History.
• Merchants--West Virginia--History--19th century.
• Physicians--West Virginia--History--19th century.
• Washington (D.C.)--Commerce--History.

William O. Macoughtry was a physician of Jefferson County, W. Va.

The collection contains scattered diary entries, 1869-1878, of Macoughtry, recording details of his medical practice and family and neighborhood activities. The diary is written crosswise over three account books for merchandising businesses: 1798-1803, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and Bladensburg, Md.; 1803-1811 and 1851-1860, Jefferson County, Va. (now W. Va.); and 1843-1846, Martinsburg, Va. (now W. Va.). The diary also contains genealogical notes of the Bell family.