Doctor's fees for Clem, 1827

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Title

Doctor's fees for Clem, 1827

Subject

Medical care; Slavery; Georgetown College

Description

On January 1, 1827 a payment of $2.50 was recorded in the college's cash book to "Negro Clem to pay doctors fees." Clem was hired out by the college for a number of years. See GSA168.

Other items of note on this page include payments to "Old" Dick and Charly for christmas gifts, as well as a payment of .25 cents to Hilary, "a black boy." Dick, Charly, and Hilary were all enslaved on campus.

Creator

Georgetown University Archives

Publisher

Georgetown Slavery Archive

Date

1827-01-01

Contributor

Julia Bernier

Rights

Georgetown University Library

Relation

Format

PDF

Language

English

Type

Financial Record

Identifier

GSA278

Text Item Type Metadata

Text

1826                                        Expenses

 

[Start at line 13]

 

       26 To Theod Jenkens & Jonas 25 cts each for feast     50

            To Vandevelde for a Christmas gift                        50

            To Old Dick a Christmas gift                                    50

            To Charly a Christmas gift                                       25

        29 To Br Mullen for expenses of the House           45 00

            To Hilary a black boy                                                25

 

1827

Januar 1 To Negro Clem to pay Doctors fees                               2 50

Original Format

Cash Book

Files

Citation

Georgetown University Archives , “Doctor's fees for Clem, 1827,” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed October 5, 2024, http://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/304.

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