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Ledger on the medical care of freedmen by Dr. J. B. Carlton, Athens, Georgia, from 1867 to 1872
Medical ledger documenting emancipated African Americans in Athens, Georgia from 1860 to 1872
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Date of Original
1867/1872
Subject
Freedmen--Georgia--Athens
African Americans--History--19th century
Medical records--Georgia--Athens
Location
United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
Medium
medical records
Type
Text
Description
Ledger documenting the African American freedmen and women cared for by Dr. Joseph Barnett Carlton in his Athens, Georgia medical practice. Dr. Carlton was a graduate of the University of Georgia and Medical College in Augusta, and served as a surgeon in the Toombs Regiment for the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War. Dr. Barnett additionally served in both the Georgia House and Senate. He died February 3, 1881. Funding for this project provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
Language
eng
Original Collection
MSS 032 Dr. J.B. Carlton Freedman medical ledger
Holding Institution
Athens-Clarke County Library
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