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A country of strangers : blacks and whites in America
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John T. B. McMaster ledger of the medical practice of John T. B. McMaster and John L. Hearn
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This bound-volume is a ledger kept by Dr. John T. B. McMaster and his partner Dr. Hearn regarding their medical visits to citizens of New Town, Worcester County, Maryland from 1850 to 1852. The doctors include name of patient (some of the time), reason for visiting, treatment, date of visit, and the fee paid to them for services. The doctors treated both whites and blacks (free blacks, fugitives and slaves). In their ledger, if the patient was black, they would write "Negro" after the patients' name (although it is expected that not every black is identified as such). The patients include a slave at Beverly, a large estate owned by John Upshur Dennis.
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The new baby : a howling success chaperoned by David De Wolf
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Oblivion
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People's yellow pages of America
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Ethnic Groups - Blacks
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