[Diary of Henry Matthews - 1806-1844] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Diary of Henry Matthews - 1806-1844]
  • Series Title Henry Matthews Diaries

Creator

  • Author: Matthews, Henry
    Creator Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 1806-04-12/1844-05-17

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Henry Matthews (1799-18?) was a Methodist circuit rider, schoolteacher, and practicing physician from Ohio, who made his way from Ohio, through the Illinois Territory, to Texas. Primarily a circuit-riding preacher and schoolteacher in his early days in Ohio, Matthews practiced medicine more formally in the 1830s and 1840s in San Felipe, Texas, where Matthews and his wife Miranda eventually settled. Primarily a medical diary, this volume includes records of medical visits and attendance by Matthews; death notices that feature the names of the deceased and the diseases from which they died; and an account of pregnancies and births attended by Mathews. Of the illnesses that Matthews recorded, venereal diseases dominate the list with syphilis being a primary affliction. The entries include details about the patients'/deceased's lives and families. The diary does not follow consistent ordering and there are large sections of unused pages in between some entries, which are written sideways with the gutter at the top of the writing.
  • Physical Description: [79] p. ;

Subject

  • Keyword: diaries
  • Named Person: Matthews, Henry
  • Keyword: Circuit Rider
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Religion - Denominations - Methodist
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Medicine
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Ohio
  • Time Period: rep-tex

Collection

  • Name: Edward A. Clark Texana Collections
    Code: EDCLARK

Institution

  • Name: Southwestern University
    Code: SOUTHUN

Rights

  • Rights Statement: Available for research use; permission needed for publication.

Resource Type

  • Book

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: HenryMatthewsDiaries-Vol1-SM
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth612142

Note

  • Display Note: Funded in part by the Institute of Museum & Library Services and the Texas State Library & Archives Commission (2015).
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