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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 450 items) |
Abstract | William P. Graham (died circa 1844) was a physician and planter of Clarke County and Newton County, Ga. The collection consists mainly of orders and accounts with wholesale druggists, cotton buyers, and general merchants; business correspondence with creditors and debtors; accounts with patients; and miscellaneous financial and legal documents. Also included are family letters from Cahaba, Ala., and St. Mary Parish, La.; correspondence about medical questions; correspondence about selecting a school for Graham's daughter Margaret; letters written by Margaret Graham at Georgia Female College at Macon, Ga., 1842-1843; and business ledgers for medical services and blacksmithing, 1827-1841. |
Creator | Graham, William P., d. ca. 1844. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, September 2010; Nancy Kaiser, January 2021
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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William P. Graham (died circa 1844) was a physician and planter of Clarke and Newton counties, Ga.
Back to TopThe collection consists mainly of orders and accounts with wholesale druggists, cotton buyers, and general merchants; business correspondence with creditors and debtors; accounts with patients; and miscellaneous financial and legal documents. Also included are family letters from Cahaba, Ala., and St. Mary Parish, La.; correspondence about medical questions; correspondence about selecting a school for Graham's daughter Margaret; letters written by Margaret Graham at Georgia Female College at Macon, Ga., 1842-1843; and business ledgers, 1827-1841.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1812-1823 |
Folder 2 |
1824-1828 |
Folder 3 |
1829 |
Folder 4 |
1830-1831 |
Folder 5 |
1832-1833 |
Folder 6 |
1834-1835 |
Folder 7 |
1836-1838 |
Folder 8 |
1839 |
Folder 9 |
1840 |
Folder 10 |
1841-1842 |
Folder 11 |
1843-1844 |
Folder 12 |
1847-1857, undated |
Folder 13 |
Volume 1Graham's annotated copy of A Pocket Conspectus of the London and Edinburgh Pharmacopoeias. |
Folder 14 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-1118/2 |
Volume 2Physician's and druggist's ledger, 1827-1832. |
Folder 15-17
Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17 |
Volumes 3-5Ledger for blacksmith accounts. W. P. Graham, Salem, Ga., 1830-1832. |
Folder 18 |
Volume 6Ledger, Means & Graham, physicians, Covington, Ga., 1834-1836. |
Folder 19-26
Folder 19Folder 20Folder 21Folder 22Folder 23Folder 24Folder 25Folder 26 |
Volumes 7-14Day books of physician's fees, Dr. William P. Graham, Covington, Ga. 1834-1841. |
Folder 27 |
Folder number not used |
Oversize Volume SV-1118/15 |
Volume 15Physicians's ledger which corresponds with day books in volumes 7-14. |
Folder 28 |
Volume 16Sketchbook of watercolor drawings of flowers and birds by William P. Graham's daughter Miss Margaret Graham. |