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Smallpox

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Burton-Alston Letters

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00167
Scope and Contents Letter to Elizabeth Burton in Williamsboro, Granville County, North Carolina from her Aunt Adeline Alston, dated 1850 and letter to niece Margaret Burton in Williamsboro, Granville County, North Carolina from Aunt M. P. Alston, dated 1863.  Family news, particularly health of family members.Per an Alston researcher: "Marina Priscilla Williams Alston (1810-1897) was married to George Washington Alston (1801-1849) in 1829. They had 3 sons, Philip, William, and George Jr. After...
Dates: 1850 April 20, 1863 January 19

Daily Physician's Pocket Record Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV M4
Scope and Contents

Notebook, 1877-1878, of an unidentified physician, kept in The Physician's Daily Pocket Record . . . 1877 and used as a daily record of patient visits and as a [smallpox ?] vaccination record.

Dates: 1877-1878

Physician's Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV M3
Scope and Contents

Notebook, 1867-1868, of an unidentified physician containing case histories of patients and a record of [smallpox ?] vaccine sent to various places on the east coast of the United States, but mostly in Virginia and the southern states.  In the remarks section, the physician has sometimes noted "failed."

Dates: 1867-1868