Letterbook of Peter Dewitt, Philadelphia merchant, reflects his trade in lumber and other commodities, 1794-1813, continued as accounts current of an unidentified Philadelphia shipping line, 1818-1833, and domestic memoranda.
This notebook contains the observations of a mid-18th century New York apprentice. It is a record of clinical cases, in which Renaudet describes the patients' ailments, treatments prescribed and the result of those treatments. Common ailments include…