Inventory of the William O. Macoughtry Diary and Account Books, 1798-1878

Collection Number 2904


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Macoughtry, William O., fl. 1869-1878.
Title
William O. Macoughtry Diary and Account Books, 1798-1878.
Call Number
2904
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
3 volumes (1.0 linear foot).
Abstract
Scattered diary entries, 1869-1878, of Macoughtry, a Jefferson County, W. Va., physician, recording details of his medical practice and family and neighborhood activities. The diary is written crosswise over three account books for merchandising businesses: 1798-1803, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and Bladensburg, Md.; 1803-1811 and 1851-1860, Jefferson County, Va. (now W. Va.); and 1843-1846, Martinsburg, Va. (now W. Va.). The diary also contains genealogical notes of the Bell family.


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Administrative Information

Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the William O. Macoughtry Diary and Account Books, #2904, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Account books.
Bell family.
Bladensburg (Md.)--Commerce--History.
Family--West Virginia--Social life and customs.
Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)--Commerce--History.
Jefferson County (W. Va.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
Jefferson County (W. Va.)--Social conditions.
Jefferson County (W. Va.)--Social life and customs.
Macoughtry, William O., fl. 1869-1878.
Martinsburg (W. Va.)--Commerce--History--19th century.
Merchants--Washington (D.C.)--History.
Merchants--West Virginia--History--19th century.
Physicians--West Virginia--History--19th century.
Washington (D.C.)--Commerce--History.
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Collection Overview

Scattered diary entries, 1869-1878, of Macoughtry, a Jefferson County, W. Va., physician, recording details of his medical practice and family and neighborhood activities. The diary is written crosswise over three account books for merchandising businesses: 1798-1803, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and Bladensburg, Md.; 1803-1811 and 1851-1860, Jefferson County, Va. (now W. Va.); and 1843-1846, Martinsburg, Va. (now W. Va.). The diary also contains genealogical notes of the Bell family.