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Port of Philadelphia Records: Records of the Health Office (Roll 4421)

Port of Philadelphia Records: Records of the Health Office, 1783-1798, includes financial accounts, receipts, orders, and list of sick passengers received at State Hospital, 1784, 1787, This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education., This series documents transactions between the Marine Hospital and the Health Office. Entries include ship's names, date of entry into port, the number of sick passengers, the amount paid to the hospital, and the port of origin. Also included are the accounts and receipts for expenditures of the hospital which contain such information as date of purchase and the name of the merchant, goods and supplies bought, and the names of laborers. There are also reports of the committee overseeing the Health Office. Additionally, accounts for 1794-1798 divide the Health Office into its various departments and list expenditures of these departments.
A Collection of Power Library: Pennsylvania’s Electronic Library
APA citation style
(1783). Port of Philadelphia Records: Records of the Health Office (Roll 4421). Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3A517860
MLA citation style
Port Of Philadelphia Records: Records Of The Health Office (Roll 4421). no date. Pennsylvania. Comptroller-General's Office, 1783.
Chicago Citation Style citation style
“Port Of Philadelphia Records: Records Of The Health Office (Roll 4421)”, Port of Philadelphia Records: Records of the Health Office, 1783-1798, 1783. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3A517860.
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[]Details

Title

Port of Philadelphia Records: Records of the Health Office (Roll 4421)

Subject

Pennsylvania. Comptroller-General's Office
Hospitals, Naval and marine
Hospital patients

Description

Port of Philadelphia Records: Records of the Health Office, 1783-1798, includes financial accounts, receipts, orders, and list of sick passengers received at State Hospital, 1784, 1787

Publisher

Pennsylvania. Comptroller-General's Office

Department

Office of the Comptroller General

Division

Port of Philadelphia

Date

1783-1798

Location Covered

Pennsylvania

Type

text

Original Format

microfilm

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

RG4-4421

Language

English

Relation

RG 4, Port of Philadelphia Records, Series 86, Records of the Health Office, 1783-1798

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Contact

Commercial use of this image requires permission and may be subject to a fee. Contact Pennsylvania State Archives at http://www.pastatearchives.com

Contributing Institution

Pennsylvania State Archives

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Notes

This series documents transactions between the Marine Hospital and the Health Office. Entries include ship's names, date of entry into port, the number of sick passengers, the amount paid to the hospital, and the port of origin. Also included are the accounts and receipts for expenditures of the hospital which contain such information as date of purchase and the name of the merchant, goods and supplies bought, and the names of laborers. There are also reports of the committee overseeing the Health Office. Additionally, accounts for 1794-1798 divide the Health Office into its various departments and list expenditures of these departments.