Between the Covers

Unbound. Single octavo leaf. Old folds, one corner chipped affecting no text, very good. A bill submitted by "Miss M. Lewis, M.D." for $15 for two months of treatment for Amos Howard. Filed on the same day by the County Clerk on the verso. Below that is written, over a month later: "Seward. June 28, 1882, Not allowed By order of Co. Com. G. W. Learned, Chair." Amos Howard was a farmer and Civil War veteran in his 50s; Learned was indeed County Commissioner (and surprisingly, a published poet), but try as we might we can't seem to find out anything definitive about Dr. Lewis.

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