Josiah Look financial memoranda book, 1871 - 1877

This collection contains papers of the Dickinson family of Marion (Smyth County), Virginia. Included in the collection are letters written by Ralph Dickinson, an officer in the U. S. Army. Most of these letters are addressed to Dickinson's parents, Smelt and Sarah Dickinson, though a few were written to his sister Ruby. The majority of the letters were written from Alaska and Washington state, where Dickinson served. Included among the letters is an invitation to the 1904 U. S. Military Academy graduation ceremonies. A folder of correspondence from others includes letters from other Dickinson family and friends, as well as one from novelist Mary Johnston. The collection also includes the medical account books of Dr. S. W. Dickinson. The ledgers contain patient names and amounts owed, with treatments or medicines prescribed sometimes included as well. In the back of some of the ledgers are account records for Dickinson's rental properties. Scattered throughout the ledgers are a few pieces of correspondence and financial documents. Also found within the collection is a small financial memoranda book maintained by Josiah Look of Saltville, Virginia, and a few stock certificates issued to George D. and Lucy Dickinson Urquhart.