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Receipt for land Handwritten bill on lined paper
Receipt for payment on league of land from
documents of Thomas J. Gazley
Portion of bill for medical services from documents of S.J. Haynie

This collection includes historical deeds, medical records, bills, and receipts from the pre-Republic era to the beginning of the 20th century. 117 Texas medical personnel, primarily physicians, were the creators of these 142 digitized documents.

The documents are listed alphabetically by the last name of the primary medical person associated with the item. The city and county shown for each individual are the Texas area where they lived the longest, were most active in their profession, or where the document originated. References are provided for as many personnel as possible.

Each document is given a genre and a subject heading. A list of documents classed under each heading can be accessed through the lists below. Other Personnel contains names referred to in the documents. If there are no other names in a document, none is shown; if the name is incomplete or illegible, a dash is shown.

John P. McGovern, M.D. donated this collection to the Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center.


Document Genres

Account payable Government document Pamphlet
Account receivable Legal document Promissory note
Coupon Letters Receipt

Document Subjects

Audit Land Professional service
Certificate of election Loan Property
Certificate of marriage Louisianna Quarantine
Cholera Medical equipment and supplies Rent
Climate Medications and drugs Republic of Texas
Confederate notes Military Slavery
Department of Brazos Military record Smallpox
Epidemic National Union Convention Spanish language
Estate Oath Sympathy
Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company Pharmacist Stock certificate
Galveston County Politics Tax
Health Departments Prisoners Texas Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
Hospitals   Yellow fever

Biograpical References

Abbreviation Title
GTP Gazetteer of Texas Physicians. HAM-TMC Library - McGovern Center: 713.799.7141 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu
HCMS Harris County Medical Society. A history of organized medicine in Harris County, Texas. HAM-TMC Library Book Stacks: WZ 70 AT4.1H3 H313H 1948
NHT Nixon, Pat. History of the Texas Medical Association, 1853-1953. HAM-TMC Library Book Stacks: WB 1 AT4 T355N 1953
NMS Nixon, Pat. The medical story of early Texas, 1528-1853. HAM-TMC Library - McGovern Center: 713.799.7141 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu
RMM Red, S.C., Mrs. The medicine man in Texas. (online) HAM-TMC Library Book Stacks: WZ 70 AT4 R312M 1930
TSHA Texas State Historical Association. Handbook of Texas. (online)
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