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J.W. Porter papers

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Nothing is known of J. W. Porter except that he lived in Champaign or Urbana, Illinois, circa 1877-1897, was married, and had children.

This small collection contains 31 bills, receipts, and account statements sent by five homeopathic physicians in the Champaign and Urbana area to J. W. Porter, 1877-1897. The physicians are: T. J. Merryman, J. E. Morrison, George R. Spooner, F. O'Dee Springer, and C. D. Tufford. Many of the bills and accounts concern treatments with electricity.

1. T. J. Merryman (8 items) 1877-1881 2. J. E. Morrison (18 items) 1880-1897 3. George R. Spooner (2 items) 1879,1880 4. F. O'Dee Springer (1 item) 1879 5. C. D. Tufford (2 items) 1879,1880

The J. W. Porter Collection was donated to the Historical Collections of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia as part of a larger gift by Samuel X Radbill, circa April 1984.

The collection was processed and catalogued in 1990.

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Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Collection Inventory

T. J. Merryman (8 items), 1877-1881.
J. E. Morrison (18 items), 1880-1891.
George R. Spooner (2 items), 1879-1880.
F. O'Dee Springer (1 item), 1879.
C. D. Tufford (2 items), 1879-1880.

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