Bill from Dr. Daniel King to Eneas Morgan and Stephen Billings, Overseers to the Western Pequot Indians
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Pequot Tribe of Indians to Dan King
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Debit
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1820
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September
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To visit and medicine for Sarah
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$1.00
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To visit for Dosia
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.75
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To visit and sundry medicine for John Nedson
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1.00
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To medicine for Betsy Wheeler
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.34
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To visit and sundry medicine for John Nedson
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1.00
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To visit and sundry medicine for Ann Wampey
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.92
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To opium1 for Ann Wampey
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.25
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October 18
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To medicine for John Nedson
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.50
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October 18
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To bleeding2 Ann Wampey
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.25
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October 20
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To rhubarb3 and direction for John Nedson
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.50
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To visit and sundry medicine for Sarah
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1.00
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November
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To visit and sundry medicine for John Nedson
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.50
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To visit and medicine for Sarah
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.58
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To visit and medicine for John Nedson
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.50
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To visit and medicine for Lois Charles
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.67
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November 10
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To medicine for Betsy Wheeler
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.17
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November 10
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To visit and medicine for Sarah
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1.00
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To medicine for Betsy Squib
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.38
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November 15
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To visit and medicine for Sarah
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1.00
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To visit and sundry medicine for Phebe in the night
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+1.25
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$13.73
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To medicine for Lois Charles
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.20
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February
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To visit and medicine for Hannah Miller
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.72
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To visit and sundry medicine for Phebe
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1.00
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To visit and medicine for Dosia
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.75
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To visit and medicine for Stephen
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.92
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To visit and sundry medicine for Lydia
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.84
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4.26
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[ Amount carried over ]
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+13.73
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$17.99
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October 20
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To visit and sundry medicines for Peter George in the night
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+1.00
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18.99
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-.175
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$ 18.82
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Dan King
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February 10, 1821
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Endorsement: Received payment in full, Dan King / Account Doctor Dan
King, Receipted February 14 / Pequot Tribe of Indians /
Amount $18.99
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- 1. Opium, whether in grain form or tincture (laudanum), was used to treat a variety of conditions to include, general pain, cough, rheumatism, insomnia, and, due to its constipating effect, cholera, dysentery, and diarrhea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium
- 2. Controlled bloodletting has a long history in medical practice dating back thousands of years. While technique and purpose evolved over the years, by the early nineteenth century many doctors still employed the practice as way bring into balance what were then believed to be the various elements in the body. https://bcmj.org/premise/history-bloodletting
- 3. The rhubarb mentioned here is most likely Rheum officinale. A powder derived from the root was then commonly used either as a purgative or as a mild stomach stimulant depending on the dosage. J. L. Corish, ed., Health Knowledge, Vol. 2 (New York, 1920), 1203.
- 4. Here King crossed out a November 1820 reference to “Bleeding Eunice Apes”. While his reason for removing this from his bill will likely remain unknown, it is possible that Eunice Apes was not recognized by either the overseer or the community itself as having a right to support from the tribal funds and hence was not a reimbursable expense. There are at least two individuals with the name Eunice Apes (mother and daughter) in the region at this general time making a definitive identification difficult. The assumption, based on context is that the Eunice Apes referenced here is the daughter.
- 5. The subtraction of this 17 cents is associated with the treatment of Eunice Apes referenced in an earlier footnote.
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