Inventory of the Elbridge Gerry Walker Papers, 1801-1903

Abstract

Druggist and court clerk, of Scottsville and Glasgow, Ky.

Correspondence and business papers dealing primarily with the drug business and containing information on the practice of medicine in ante-bellum Tennessee and Kentucky. Includes papers relating to Walker's later activities as clerk of the Circuit Court of Allen County, Ky., and personal letters of various members of the Walker family of Kentucky.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
Creator: Walker, Elbridge Gerry, b. 1834.
Title: Elbridge Gerry Walker Papers, 1801-1903
Language of Material: English
Extent: 4.0 Linear Feet, 1155 Items
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Series Quick Links

Papers, 1801-1903 and undated

Collection Overview

Chiefly business papers of Elbridge Gerry Walker concerning the drug business, his partnership in the business with J. N. McKendrel, and a lawsuit against Walker brought by McKendrel. There is also correspondence relating to his father, A. S. Walker, Scottsville physician, and the practice of medicine in the antebellum South; letters and official records written by Elbridge Gerry Walker as clerk of the circuit court of Allen County; two deeds; and an essay entitled "Some Reflections on the Practice of Medicine by the System of Patent Receipts, Its Injurious Tendency, and a Method for the Remedy."

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