Samuel Hazen account book, 1852-1862

Contributor:

Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- (donor); Kaplan, Deanne (donor)

Name:

Hazen, Samuel, 1801-1878

Timespan:

19th century

Date:

1852

Description:

This volume is a physician's account book kept by Dr. Hazen in Euclid, Ohio spanning the years from 1852 to 1862. The volume consists of patients' names, services performed, and cost of services provided. Hazen was a family doctor and saw adults and children. Many of the services consisted of visiting patients and providing medicines. The ailments of each patient are not mentioned with the exception of tooth extractions. In some cases the medicines provided are listed such as balsams, cordials, and plasters. Noted in the account book are payments received from patients. Some Jewish families of Euclid are listed as patients. Written on the inside front cover: Dr. Samuel Hazen. Some notes and math calculations made on inside front and back covers. Covers and spine are detached with many loose leaves and gatherings.

Identifier:

2007.05.03.00001; (OCoLC)on1106367848; (OCoLC)1106367848

Language:

English

Provenance:

Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (Collectify accession no. 2007.05.03.00001).

Subject:

Physicians -- Ohio -- Euclid -- 19th century; Medicine -- Practice -- 19th century; Jews -- Ohio -- Euclid -- History -- 19th century -- Sources; Jews; History; Medicine -- Practice; Physicians

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices (bound manuscripts); Account books; Manuscripts, American -- 19th century; Sources

Physical Description:

1 volume

Geographic Subject:

Ohio -- Euclid

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

A prominent physician with a large practice in Euclid, Ohio. Hazen was one of twelve children born to Azel and Lovisa Fletcher Hazen in North Hero, Vermont. When Hazen was a young boy the family moved to Euclid, Ohio. Around 1825 Hazen returned to North Hero for a few years where he met and married his first wife Huldah S. Dodds and they had six children. Huldah died in 1843. Two years after later Samuel married Clarissa Converse on June 5, 1845. The couple had seven children.; Kaplan Collectify acc. no. 2007.05.03.00001.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Archives Room, MS 56, Codex 019.1

Collection:

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)