Account Books and Ledgers
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
Account ledgers: These ledgers record the hospital’s expenses, accounts, and capital. Volume 1, which is from the early nineteenth century, focuses on payment from patients.
Cash books: These ledgers describe the petty cash disbursements of the hospital, essentially spending money for the staff. For example, some categories are petty cash, administrative miscellaneous, postage, maintenance supplies, household supplies, dietary provisions, etc.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
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