MSS 2/0034 Acc.1988-13
MADILL, THOMAS F.
(1828? 1906)
and
MADILL, WILLIAM A.
(fl.1859-1878)
Daybooks and Related Financial Records,
1857-1898
Box
1 I. Thomas F. Madill (Bradford County, Pennsylvania)
1. Daybook (1 volume) 1857-1858
2. Daybook (1 volume) 1858-1860
3. Daybook (1 volume) 1860-1861
4. Daybook (1 volume) 1861-1863
5a. Daybook 1864;
5b. Daybook (1 volume) 1865-1866
6a. Daybook 1870-1871;
6b. Daybook (1 volume) 1874
7. Daybook (1 volume) 1874-1876
Box
2 8. Daybook (1 volume) 1876-1877
9. Daybook (1 volume) 1877-1879
10. Daybook (1 volume) 1882-1885
11. Daybook (1 volume) 1885-1888
12. Daybook (1 volume) 1888-1892
13. Account book bill collection:
13a. Accounts of notes left with J. A. Codding for
collection 1883-1887;
13b. Accounts drawn from ledger by Daisy Madill
giving balances due to March 5, 1887
1887;
13c. Pharmaceuticals received from United States
Medical Company 1898;
13d. Account of pharmaceuticals sold
1898;
13e. Bills sent 1890-1891;
13f. Accounts sent out n.d.
(1 volume) 1883-1898
13g. Correspondence bill collection
(1 folder) 1885;1891
Box
2 II. William A. Madill (Bradford County and Sullivan County,
Pennsylvania)
1a. Daybook 1859-1860;
1b. Accounts (by town or county)
n.d.
1c. Daybook 1866;
1d. Daybook 1881-1882
(1 volume) 1859-1882
1857-1898
14 volumes, 1 folder
(2 boxes)
8/16/1989
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MSS 2/0035 Acc.1988-13
"MADILL, THOMAS F.
(1828? 1906)
(and
MADILL, WILLIAM A.
(fl.1859-1878)
Daybooks and Related Financial Records,
1857-1898
Biographical
Thomas F. Madill was born circa 1828. He received his M.D. from
Jefferson Medical College in 1855 and proceeded to practice
medicine in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He was based in
Towanda or Wysox but served many of the surrounding towns.
Madill was retired by 1902 and died of acute laryngitis at the
age of 78 on 27 June 1906.
Little is known of William A. Madill, except that he had a medical
practice based in Dunsmore, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, circa
1874-1878. His daybook indicates a practice from 1859 to 1882,
covering a large area of Bradford County. William A. Madill
was probably some close relation of Thomas F. Madill.
Scope and Contents
This collection of twelve of Thomas F. Madill's daybooks (1857-1892)
spans almost his entire professional career and gives a comprehensive
view of the daily practice of a country physician in the towns
of central Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The daybook entries
are chronological and provide each patient's name, a brief description
of the medical work, and the charge involved. Many entries
refer to pages in a ledger which has not survived as part of
the collection. An interesting adjunct to the daybooks is a volume
listing Madill's accounts which were turned over to William
Lewis and John A. Codding, who was a professional bill collector
in Wysox.
The William A. Madill daybook gives similar, though sketchy, information
about this more obscure Pennsylvania physician and his practice.
The three series of entries, 1859-1860, 1866, and 1881-1882,
contain information similar to that found in the daybooks of
Thomas F. Madill. The William A. Madill daybook also includes,
however, a breakdown of his patients and charges by town most
refer to towns in Bradford County.
Provenance
This collection of Madill daybooks and related financial records
was purchased by the Historical Collections of the College of
Physicians of Philadelphia from Carmen D. Valentino, 2956 Richmond
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134 on 22 September 1988. The purchase
was made possible by a gift from Eleanora Gordon.
The collection was processed in August, 1989.
1857-1898
14 volumes, 1 folder
(2 boxes)
8/16/1989
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