[MEDICAL]. CLARK, PARKER

Single Ledger Leaf Listing Medical Payments

Ink on foolscap, approximately 12 x 8/1/2,” folded and spotted, but overall very good. Both sides have been employed recording the visits of Doctor Parker Clark, “Clerk for the Poor of Newbury Port [Massachusetts]” in 1789 and 1780 noting “Medicine Administered,” and the fees (in pounds and shillings) paid for these services. At this time, Newburyport, at the mouth of the Merrimack River, was a shipbuilding center and thriving port when oceangoing vessels were smaller than most of today’s mega-yachts.

[Book #38019P]

Price: $225.00