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Statement of Account from James Mulholland, April–September 1839

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Statement of Account from James Mulholland, April–September 1839

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, Statement of Account, [, Hancock Co., IL], to [JS,], 22 Apr.–13 Sept. 1839; handwriting of ; docket in handwriting of ; three pages; Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU. Includes archival marking.
$ cts
Amount brought up 23.45¼
July 29th By Cash per Prest Smith 20.00
One pair pantaloons cloth <​Mrs Smith 1¼ y[ar]d at 5.50​> 6.87½
Paper at sundries 0.50
Sewing silk p[e]r Mrs S 0.12½
August 15 Potatoes 1/2 bushel 0.31
By 27 lb bacon at 2.16
31st By one box Sappingdon’s [Sappington’s] pills 1.50
Septr 7 By 27 lb pork at 8 pr 2.16
Sept[embe]r 7th By two 1/2 bushels corn 0.37½
13th By Cash pr Mr Smith 1.00—
By 4¾ lb hogs lard at <​0.06¼​> pr lb 0.31¼
By 12lb pork at— 0.08½ 1.02
By flour pr 41 lb at 3.50 [0.03½]— 1.43½
By 12 lb beef pork— 8½ 1.02
By 1 bowlful of Honey pr Mrs Smith 1 lb 0.12
By House logs pr 30.00
By first payment on Lot 30.00
By 10 lb beef— at 0.04½ pr lb 0.45
By 1/2 bushel corn 0.18¾
By 2 bushel potatoes at $0.50 <​$0.37½​> 0.75
By Clap boards and window sash
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Statement of Account from James Mulholland, April–September 1839
ID #
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Total Pages
4
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  • James Mulholland

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  1. These pills, created by Dr. John Sappington, were used to treat fevers as well as malaria. They were made from quinine, licorice, and myrrh—as well as sassafras oil to add “an agreeable odor.” (Sappington, Theory and Treatment of Fevers , vii, 78–79; Swift, “Sappington’s Theory & Treatment of Fevers.”

    Sappington, John. The Theory and Treatment of Fevers. Rev. and corr. ed., Ferdinando Stith. Arrow Rock, MO: By the Author, 1844.

    Swift, Gabriel. “Sappington’s Theory & Treatment of Fevers.” Early American Collections at Princeton, 12 July 2012. https://americana.princeton.edu/2012/07/12/sappintgons-theory-treatment-of-fevers/.

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