Williston, Thomas. Bill from Thomas Williston to the Provice of Massachusetts Bay, 1758 November 18. B MS Misc., Countway Library of Medicine.

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Contains an itemized bill, dated 18 November 1758, to the Province of Massachusetts Bay for sundry expenses of Dr. Thomas Williston during his attendance at a smallpox hospital in Boston in 1757. Provisions for his patients included beer, milk, butter, run, fish, pork, and assorted spices.

Biographical Notes

Thomas Williston was a physician active in Boston, Massachusetts in the 1750s. His services included attendance at the Boston smallpox hospital.

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August the 29 1757 [?]

The Province of the Massachusets to Thomas Williston For Sundres used for William Artboutnet that was sik of the Small Poxe at the Hospitall - {vide licet}

tow pound of butter Shuger Rice and oameal . . . 1:0:0
tow Quarts of Rum one Mugh and Pott . . . 1:3:0
beur and Nuckmeghs one Tea Pott one Pint of Meat . . . 0:16:6
tow quarts of Wine one brum and tow pales . . . 1:11:6
one pott and tow pound of Candels Cockalat . . . 1:3:0
Linament tow Mughs and Picher biesrts and Meatt . . . 2:0:6
Tas and Tamrans and Candels Cups and Sassers Tea . . . 1:18:0
Fish and butter and Rum one quarte Meatt Sass . . . 1:10:0
one quart of Rum one Milk pan and barly . . . 0:16:0
for Lemmons and Eggs tow pound of butter . . . 0:17:6
to one Legg of veal to Fish and porck . . . 1:2:6
tow quarts of Rum for Flower and Pepper . . . 0:16:6
For oyl and Mollases for vianin bottell and Drops . . . 1:4:0
one quarts of Rum and porck and Greens . . . 0:15:6
to butter and Pighins tow pound of Candels . . . 1:1:0
Porck and Pighins tow Pound of Shuger . . . 0:15:0
to Rum and Shuger quater of Lam and Sass . . . 1:11:0
one quart of Rum Fish and butter . . . 1:0:0
one quart of wine for Tea and one Lemmon . . . 1:6:6
one pound of Sago . . . 1:16:0
tow Pips and tow bladers one quart of Rum . . . 0:17:6
to Meat and Sass to Rum and Candels . . . 1:11:6
to Lemmons and Shuger tow Nuckmeghs . . . 0:15:0
tow pound Shuger tow pound butter and Fish . . . 1:2:0
√ one Cord of Wood . . . 5:10:0
Mett and Sass one quart of Rum . . . 1:6:6
to one Dosin of Eggs oameal and Salt . . . 0:9:0
Tea Meat and Sass one quart of Rum. . . . 1:19:0
tow pound of butter one quart of Rum and Lemmons . . . 1:4:6
Mutten and Sass Tamrins tow pound Shuger. . . 1:6:6
Mutten and Sass tow pound butter and Rum . . . 1:7:6
half peck of oysters brest neck of vell and porck . . . 1:0:8
five Lemmons one quart Rum Sass and Meat . . . 1:1:0
For beer . . . 1:13:0
For Milk . . . 0:17:6
to Lam and Fish one pint of Rum . . . 0:15:0
to one pound of Candels tow pound of butter . . . 0:14:6
to one Pint of Rum and Rice to Lam and Sass . . . 0:17:0
tow pound of Shuger . . .0 :8:0
old Tenner . . £48:19:8
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Brot Over . . . 48:19:0

tow pound of butter for porck and Sass . . . 1:0:0
to one pint of Rum to half Dusing Piging . . . 0:5:9
to one quarter of Mutten and Sass to one pint of Rum . . . 0:15:3
to beef and Sass one pint of Rum . . . 0:13:9
to bread for Pighing and tow pound butter . . . 0:18:0
For Pighing and porck Sass one pound Shuger . . . 0:14:6
to one quarter Lam and Sass pint of Rum . . . 0:12:0
to one pond of Candels tow pound of butter . . . 0:14:6
one pint Rum Mutten and Turnups . . . 0:16:3
one pound of Shuger For Wood . . . 2: [Text Lost]
to Mutten and Sasss and bread one pint Rum . . .0:1 [Text Lost
tow pound butter Fish and bread . . . 0:18 [Text Lost]
to one pound of Shuger to one Qater of Lam . . .0:12 [Text Lost]
to one pint of Rum and Sass . . . 0:15 [Text Lost]
For Milk and beur . . . 0:19:3
to Cach pade Mr biard . . . 1:15:0
tow Cach pade to woman for Clinin the house . . . 0:10:0
to one pint Rum Mutten Sass for Sope for Wachin . . . 1:19:3
For {Musing} Turbell and Atendenes . . . 19:15:0
For Musing Mr Arbuthnott . . . 4:10:0
For Musing Mr Blake . . . 4:10 [Text Lost}
to bring Mr Blake illegible . . . 4:10 [Text Lost]
For Men for Wachin at Night . . . 8:0 [Text Lost}
old Tenner . . .£107:17 [Text Lost}
Reduste into Lawfull Money .. £14:17:8
To Sundry Expences on {Elisabeth} Gardner belonging, to His Majestys 47th {Regiment}
as by particular Accts hereillegible Annex'd . . .2.14.6
To ditto on John Mcarkeys wife as {per} Accts annexd . . . - 15.5
To Cach {paid} {Nathaniel} Band for Sundries & Accts. annex'd . . . - 18.4
Lawful Money £18:15 [Text Lost]
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Boston {November} 9th: 1758. We the Subscribers Selectmen of he Town of Boston hereby Certify that Mr. {Thomas} Williston by our direction took care of, & paid the whole Expence that arose on the persons named in the aforewritten Accts. and which by order of the Government were to be reimburs'd out of the province Treasury, amounting in the whole to £18:15.11 p. – [Received?] Accts. We Judge to be reasonable illegible Charges necssary – -

Joshua Henshaw Thomas Cushing John Scollay {Benjamin }Austin {Andrew Oliver {junior} } Selectmen of Boston ~

Thomas Williston's Acct. £18.15.11 1/2

Filed {November} 18. 1758

Committed

£18:15:11:1/2

Reported JT Wars. advisd {November} 21. 1758

Issued App.a Crown {per} &c

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