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Letterbook consisting of copies of internal and external letters sent by the head office of Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Snow Hill, August 1900 - January 1901.

Topics covered in this letterbook include the day-to-day running of the business, with detailed correspondence with the Burroughs Wellcome productions site in Dartford and also the branch in Sydney. Internal correspondence covers such administrative details as terms of employment and recruitment.

There is also correspondence with Burroughs Wellcome's Travelling Salesmen, such letters include discussion on such topics as sales techniques, the opening of new markets, the threat from rival companies and BW&Co products over which complaints have arisen.

This letterbook contains correspondence between Henry Wellcome and the Home Office, relating to the Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories being registered under the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act. It also includes correspondence concerning a proposed railway line, which will the cross the grounds of Burroughs Wellcome & Co in Dartford (correspondence is despatched to friends of Henry Wellcome, such as Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Dr Thomas Barnado and Dame Genevieve Ward, asking them to petition on the company's behalf).

The letterbook also shows the links between Burroughs Wellcome & Co and the newly established Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories and the Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories.

The letters to Henry Wellcome himself - written to him whilst he was on holiday - are detailed and offer a good summary of the range of issues in the rest of the volume.

1000 pages used. Index as follows:

P AUCHINACHIE 5 
A AMANN 20, 248 
M N ADLER 817 
ADMIRALTY (Navy Contracts) 827, 828, 829

BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO
(Dartford) 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 19, 25, 26, 27, 32, 36, 40, 41, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 55, 64, 83, 84, 85, 95, 100, 109, 110, 114, 115, 116, 117, 123, 132, 133, 134, 135, 139, 140, 142, 143, 158, 163, 164, 171, 182, 184, 191, 192, 193, 194, 199, 200, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 213, 216, 222, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 233, 240, 241, 243, 261, 265, 266, 267, 269, 270, 271, 182, 184, 191, 192, 193, 194, 199, 200, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 213, 216, 222, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 233, 240, 241, 243, 261, 265, 266, 267, 269, 270, 271, 274, 275, 282, 284, 291, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 312, 315, 319, 320, 322, 323, 324, 328, 329, 332, 333, 338, 340, 341, 356, 372, 377, 378, 381, 382, 384, 386, 388, 389, 392, 393, 399, 400, 403, 408, 409, 414, 415, 420, 426, 427, 438, 445, 447, 452, 453, 454 455, 460, 463, 465, 475, 497, 498, 502, 508, 512, 513, 519, 527, 528, 532, 539, 540, 541, 546, 547, 548, 574, 575, 577, 578, 580, 582, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 598, 601, 602, 610, 625, 641, 642, 644, 648, 650, 651, 655, 656, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 668, 669, 670, 672, 674, 694, 695, 697, 700, 707, 711, 713, 714, 723, 724, 725, 727, 737, 749, 751, 752, 760, 761, 767, 770, 774, 779, 782, 796, 800, 801, 805, 813, 843, 844, 845, 847, 857, 858, 872, 876, 878, 879, 883, 888, 892, 894, 896, 897, 898, 899, 910, 911, 912, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 942, 946, 947, 948, 949, 950, 975, 976, 977, 978, 981, 983, 986, 987, 990, 991, 992, 993, 994, 995 
G F BLANCHFLOWER (Traveller) 64, 141, 240, 922 
H BRODJOVIN 73 
H BARNES 394 
BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES (London) 398 
Dr N W BOURNS 416, 417, 418, 439 
BARCLAY & SONS (See May Roberts for this letter) 445, 775 
BUTLER & CRISPE (See May Roberts for this letter) 445 
BURGOYNE BURBRIDGES & CO (See May Roberts for this letter) 445, 951 
BAKER (Dr) 449 
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO
(Sydney) 13, 37, 38, 66, 67, 68, 129, 130, 131, 166, 180, 186, 219, 220, 221, 224, 225, 226, 258, 259, 286, 287, 288, 331, 337, 339, 362, 363, 364, 365, 424, 425, 488, 489, 543, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 611, 612, 614, 615, 616, 618, 622, 653, 654, 671, 728, 729, 748, 772, 773, 778, 798, 824, 825, 874, 875, 902, 904. 905, 968, 972, 973, 974, 999, 1000 
Dr W L BROWN (Netley Hospital) 2, 132, 244 
Sir T Lauder BRUNTON (re consultation fees) 284, 312 
E B BALDWIN 307 
T BURGESS 375 
J F BURNETT (Traveller) 459 (re Enule Meat), 464, 663 
J BARR 468a 
H Langley BROWNE 468a 
Mr BANNERMAN 479 
BARNARDO (Dr T J) (re proposed Dartford Light Railway) 483, 515 
BRIDGE (Admiral Sir Cyprian) (re proposed Dartford Light Railway) 484, 517 
Major BLACKWELL (India) 600 
J L BUNCH 603 
W G BUNN (Hospital Saturday Fund) 692 
BRITISH & COLONIAL DRUGGIST (Editor) 761 
W BOWDEN 818 
G T BEATSON 873

F CURRY (Traveller, Ireland) 43, 140, 171, 178, 369 (given trial period as salesman in West End of London), 577, 853, 881, 884, 885 
Dr W CONNSTEIN 102, 283 
CLARKE & CO LTD 342 
COOK (Thos) & SON 422, 423, 882 
Andrew CLARK 468a 
J Ward COUSINS 468a 
H Radcliffe CROCKER 468a 
Arthur COX 525, 559 
J W COOK 535 
CENTRAL LONDON RAILWAY. CO. 544 
W B CLODE 643 
Mrs CARLISLE 806 
A E CUMBERBATCH 906 
James CURRIE, B.A. 954 

Dr W DOWSON (WPRL) 1, 21, 139, 183, 184, 254, 256, 310, 443, 461, 522, 523, 571, 573, 607, 672, 675, 694, 705, 715, 726 (re campaign to have the WPRL registered by the Home Office), 800, 803, 821, 822, 823, 886, 928, 931, 945 (on comparative physiological tests with Extract of Ergot), 951, 966 (on manufacture of ant-diphtheria serum for the Italian market), 986 
DIXON ELKIN & DIXON 3, 101, 128, 175, 251, 252, 263, 264, 279, 281, 321, 328, 335, 336, 361, 407, 498, 584, 639, 640, 705, 753, 768, 830, 894, 923, 924, 984, 985, 996 
DELACRE (Chas: & Co) (Brussels) 20, 245 
DE GRAVE SHORT & CO 23 
J W DRYSDALE 39, 174, 355, 383, 404, 982 
J L DAVY (J Tetley & Co) 63, 162, 239, 320, 358, 524, 626, 736 
Dr R DRINKWATER 436 
DAVY HILL SON YATES & HICKS (See May Roberts for this letter) 445 
Mrs Hepworth DIXON 482 
Marcello DALMAZZO 579

EVANS LESCHER & WEBB (See May Roberts for this letter) 445 
EDWARDS (W) & SON do.do.do. 445, 771 
G EASTES 468a 
W A ELLISTON 468a 
EVANS SONS & CO 595, 943 
Green F W EDRIDGE 800 
Wm EVE & SONS 980 

FORD & CO LTD (Newcastle-on-Tyne) 45 
A Chune FLETCHER 266, 269, 275, 325, 486, 537, 702, 763, 848, 895, 990 
A G FAULDS 276 
FAIRCHILD BROS & FOSTER 308, 309, 466, 467, 637, 781 
FULLER HORSEY SON & CASSELL 311 
W H FOWKES 354 
Letter from Frederick B Power (Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories) to Francis FOWKE (British Medical Journal) re separation of the Laboratories from Burroughs Wellcome & Co 366A 
G Bagot FERGUSON 468a 
Mr FINN (Park Street) 520, 521, 887 
Francis FORBES 605 
FUERST BROTHERS 854, 855, 856, 941

GLASGOW APOTHECARIES CO 74, 234, 397, 401 
Dr Carlo GIONGO (re use of Wellcome serums in Italy) 75 
Dr David GENESE 360 
GENERAL POST OFFICE (London) 405 
E B GRAY 478 
Madame GILBERT 581

A T HILL (Dartford) 23, 35, 256, 257, 280, 356, 373, 378, 385, 440, 454, 462, 473, 474, 582, 609, 698, 802, 847 
R HEATH 33 
HICKS, DAVIS & HUNT 62 
J W HULL (Traveller) 65, 93, 242, 260, 263, 272, 657 
R F S HODGE 83 
J H HARRIS (Traveller) 169, 195, 202 (on Harris's working of his territory), 203, 296, 330, 347, 348, 444, 509, 538, 587, 608 (re Mucin), 652, 971 
C B HAMILTON 201 
A B HECTOR (B W & Co, Sydney) 223, 780 
W B HANKEY 242 
HARRISON & SONS (St Martin's Lane) 359 
HODDER & CO 387, 433 
G P HOSSACK 402 
HEYNES MATHEW & CO 428, 429 
R HOVENDEN & SONS (See May Roberts for this letter) 445 
HEWITT (Pontifex, Hewitt & Pitt) 448 
R F HOCKEN 451 
Victor HORSLEY 468a 
Dr HAMILTON (Dartford) 658, 659 
HAWKER BROTHERS 815 

C IRISH 892

Benno JAFFE & DARMSTAEDTER (BW&Co acted as an agent for their 'Lanoline' products) 22, 106, 278, 317, 318, 353, 379, 411, 412, 413, 430, 435, 533, 534, 645, 646, 647, 701, 797, 814, 851, 877, 925, 926, 989, 997 
J G JEFFCOAT 154, 247, 351, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 816, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939 
E H JONES (Bristol) 374 
T R JESSOP 468a 
Evan JONES 468a 

M KRIS (Vienna) 20, 249 
P KELLY 820

LINKENHEIL & CO (agents to sell BW&Co products in Germany) 4, 20, 24, 53, 250, 350, 352, 391, 496, 576, 620, 649, 846, 907, 908, 944, 965, 967 
LONDON PAPER MILLS CO (Dartford) 30, 31 
J N B LONG (Traveller, India) 34, 54, 121 (insects affecting corks of Kepler bottles), 366, 613, 621, 687, 688, 712, 731 (on dealing with State Governments, Missionaries and Hospitals), 732, 733, 734, 735 
LOWE & CO (Minories) 69 
J LYONS & CO LTD 79 
E L LOEWE (Berlin) 125, 168 
Dr Oscar LIEBREICH 283, 903 
E LAZENBY & SONS LTD 342 
LIGHT RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS 367 
A LLOYD & SONS LTD (Dockhead) 421 
D. W. LIEBSTEIN 516 
LADIES FIELD The 594 (re use of the word 'Tabloid' in an article in this magazine) 
C. LOWE & CO (Surbiton) 699, 804, 852, 998 

MACKEY, MACKEY & CO 28, 472, 514 
MARKBY, STEWART & CO 234, 251, 369, 370, 376, 406, 410, 419, 441, 442, 446, 501, 639, 722, 764, 765, 769, 819, 852, 893, 927, 928 
G W MATTHEWS 380 
MELANOCA CO 396 
W McBRIDE (Traveller) 431, 458, 476, 538, 815 
W McKENZIE 434 
MAY ROBERTS & CO 445 
H B MUIR 457 
Peter MacEWAN 480, 518 
MACMILLAN & CO LTD 510, 598 
MAW SON & THOMPSON 559 
JOHN MURDOCH & CO 596 
J FLETCHER MOULTON 763A, 888, 988 
MASON, PERCY & CO 776, 777 
F M MOIR 821

NATIONAL TELEPHONE CO LTD 94 
F NEWBERY & SONS (See May Roberts for this letter) 445, 762

F ORTON 530 
M OUSELEY 802

G E PEARSON (Traveller) 16, 17, 179 (re use of BW&Co products in Base Hospitals during the Boer War), 181, 188, 268, 313, 314, 487, 494, 623, 624, 693, 730 
Dr F B POWER 18 (requesting information from Power re Vivesection laws in the United States), 889 
Miss C POOLE 72 
PICKERING, ESQ, F NEWBERY & SONS 218 
S PUPLETT 341 
W H PARKE 354 
PASTEUR INSTITUTE 368 (re Vivesection laws in France) 
E A PETERS 401, 476 
PARKES DRUG STORES 432, 667 
C H W PARKINSON 468A 
C PARSONS 468A 
F M POPE 468A 
Dr PINKUS 572 
Louis C PARKES MD 803 
H J V PHILPOTT 848 
Miralai PENTON BEY DSO, Principal Medical Officer, Egyptian Army 953 
PHILLIPS & TRIBE 981 

E W RAVEN (Traveller) 2, 273, 463 
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE 15, 236, 237, 238, 255, 371, 376, 382, 696, 706, 724, 749, 845, 923 
RAFFO, DELMAZZO & CO (Genoa) (BW&Co Agent in Italy) 20, 210, 211, 212, 277, 277a, 292, 293, 294, 297, 298, 299, 326, 327, 344, 345, 346, 499, 500, 545, 604, 606, 689, 690, 691, 703, 704, 708, 709, 710, 716, 718, 719, 720, 721, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 849, 850, 890, 891, 969, 970 
F A ROGERS (Traveller) 39, 349 
J RICHARDS 233 
Allan ROSS & CO LTD 289 
REED & CHAMPION 557, 558 

SCOTT & CO (Paris) 8, 9 
James SHOOLBRED & CO 65 
SCOTT'S LTD (Old Bond Street) 70 
L A SMART 102, 119 
H SNELLING 235, 766 
T Ernest SAUNT 311 
J SANGER & SONS (See May Roberts for this letter) 445, 578 
R SAUNDBY 468A 
E M SKERRITT 468A 
Sir H M STANLEY (re proposed Dartford Light Railway) 485, 517, 617, 650 
Rev. Percy E SMITH (Dartford) 511, 526 
D STEWART 529 
Dr S B SCHRYVER 583 

J TURNER & CO LTD (Queen's Ferry) 12, 165, 187, 290, 316, 395, 542, 842A, 940 
Dr J ROBERTS THOMSON (Bournemouth) (re letter from F B Power to FOWKE) 468, 468A, 469, 470, 471, 871 
A J THOMPSON 14 
F J W THOMPSON (Wellcome Club & Institute) 120 
W E TAYLOR (Traveller) 253, 588, 597 
F H THOMPSON 531 
J TRAVERS & SONS 544A 
THOMAS TUCKEY 702, 799 

Dr C F UNDERWOOD, Bombay, India 285 

VINOLIA SOAP COMPANY 71, 722 
VEREINIGTE CHEMISCHE WERKE (See Benno JAFFE & DARMSTAEDTER) 
T J VERRALL 468A 
A E VAUGHAN 900 
M H VOSS 979

Henry S WELLCOME, Esq 29, 42, 46, 51 (re dealings with Linkenheil and Co), 52, 56 (construction of New Tabloid Building, BW&Co Chemical Works, Dartford), 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 96, 97, 98, 99, 103, 104, 105, 107 (re public bathing at the Wellcome Club & Institute), 108, 111, 112, 113, 118, 122, 124 (re supplying 'Tabloid' Medicine Case to the King of Siam); on J N B Long (Traveller) visiting Shanghai and Hong Kong), 126, 127, 136, 137, 138, 142, 144, 145, 146, 147 (on Dr F B Power's fears that the Chemical Research Laboratories are believed to be linked with BW&Co), 148, 149, 150, 151, 151A, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 167, 169, 217, 262, 295, 357, 495 (re proposed Dartford Light Railway), 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 560, 560A, 561, 562 (re lectures at the Wellcome Club & Institute), 563, 564 (on Captain Joseph Bernier asking for BW&Co supplies for an expedition to the Arctic Regions), 565, 566 ('antique advertisements' designed by C.J.S. Thompson), 567, 568, 569, 570, 585, 586, 599, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631 (distribution of medical diaries), 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 676, 677, 678 (compressed bandages and cotton wool), 679, 680 (unsatisfactory condition of 'Lanoline' Toilet Soap), 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 738, 739, 740, 741 (re propsed expedition to the North Pole led by Evelyn Baldwin), 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 792, 793 (re Mr Fowke and the WCRL), 794, 795, 831, 832 (re 'antique advertisements' C.J.S. Thompson researching them in the British Museum), 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 859 (re WPRL petition to Home Office), 860, 861, 862, 863, 864 (re vibrations to the Snow Hill Offices caused by the nearby railway lines), 865, 866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 955, 956, 957, 958 (re WPRL petition to Home Office), 959, 960 (re formula for 'Tabloid' Forced March), 961, 962, 963, 964 
Charles W WHITE 134, 490, 491, 492, 493, 673, 909 
WELLCOME PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES (See Dr DOWSON) 
George WRIGHT & CO 334 
J D WILLIAMS 343, 456 
Dr Hunter U WALKER 437, 477, 518 
S WOODCOCK 468A 
John WARNER & SON LTD 478 
Miss Genevieve WARD (re proposed Dartford Light Railway) 481 
T HARRIS WHITE 536 
John WYETH & Brother 619 (re legal action against Dompe & Co of Milan), 638 
W H WALKER (Standard Malt Extract Company, Liverpool) 643 
C C Weld 826 
John WILLIAMS (Birmingham) 952

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