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Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 20

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** The original item is too fragile to be produced. The description below applies to the entire original volume, which is now spread across three microfilms (AMS/MF/196-198). Please order all three films to be sure of finding material listed below. **

Letterbook consisting of copies of internal and external letters sent by the head office of Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Snow Hill, May - December 1905.

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 branches in Sydney, Cape Town and Milan. Iinternal 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.

Also included is correspondence with the Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories.

A great deal of this letterbook is illegible.

For correspondence between BW&Co and Henry Wellcome during this period see: WF/E/03/01/22.

1000 pages used. Index as follows:

W. ALLARD (Traveller) 33, 34 
ALLEN & HANBURY (London) 90 , 426, 665, 738 
ARNOLD & SONS w. Smithfield 479 
H.E. ATKINSON LD (London) 201, 635 
Major B.C. ARNOLD 560 
ANDERSON, ANDERSON & ANDERSON (London) 570 
J.A. ATKINSON (Traveller) 649/51 (Chloroform 'Wellcome' Brand), 654, 702, 874/5 
Mrs ANDREWS (London) 999

BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Dartford) 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 26/29, 31, 32, 39, 41, 42, 46, 57, 59, 44, 70, 71/73, 75/79, 80/71, 88, 89, 91, 96/8, 104/8, 108/111, 112, 124, 127/8, 135, 136, 141, 142, 146, 148, 152, 154, 155, 157, 160, 161, 164, 165, 167, 168, 169, 170, 173, 176, 177, 191, 196, 197, 198, 201, 203, 2004, 209, 211, 215, 218, 220, 221, 222, 226, 232/3, 234/6, 246, 249, 252/3, 255/6, 259, 560, 261, 267, 272/4, 276, 277, 279, 281, 283/6, 287/90, 291, 292, 293, 294, 304, 319, 3296, 329, 332, 334, 337, 341, 342, 343, 355, 366, 370, 378, 379/383, 384, 391/2, 395, 397, 399, 409, 411/412, 413, 414, 419, 420, 421, 423, 424, 425, 430, 436, 439, 440/43, 444/6, 447, 448, 450, 451, 456/8, 459, 472/4, 495/78, 480, 481, 486, 487, 488, 491, 503, 504, 505, 512, 515/18, 520, 524, 531, 538, 545, 546/9, 552, 553, 556, 557, 573, 574, 577, 578, 579, 581, 582, 583, 584, 589, 591, 592, 594, 598, 601, 604, 607, 608, 616, 619, 622, 624, 626, 628/31, 632, 632/4, 638, 639, 640, 641, 643, 644, 647, 652, 653, 662/4, 666, 667, 669, 670, 672, 674, 676, 677, 680/2, 686, 687, 688, 693, 697/8, 703/4, 705/6, 709, 712, 720, 722/5, 728, 730, 735/6, 737, 746, 755/8, 761/4, 766/771, 772/3, 775, 781, 785, 792/4, 795, 800, 802, 803/6, 807, 811, 813/4, 819/22, 824, 825, 831/6, 837, 842, 843/45, 846/7, 850/2, 854, 856/64, 873, 876, 879, 880, 883, 884/889, 891/4, 896/901, 904, 918, 920, 924/6, 928, 931, 940, 944, 946, 949/51, 977/80, 985/7, 989, 991/5, 1000/1, 1002 
BURROUGH WELLCOME & CO (Italy) 173, 174, 175, 177, 197, 200, 207, 211, 216, 229, 230, 280, 292, 294, 298, 300, 312, 320, 325, 326, 334, 336, 337, 340, 341, 350/2, 396, 409, 410, 415, 417, 417, 512, 539, 555, 585, 586, 590, 595, 596, 597, 600/1, 603, 627, 630, 708, 709, 715, 783/4, 846, 849, 890, 905/6, 926, 953/4, 958 
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Sydney) 5, 6, 49/56, 81/87, 115/123, 125, 131, 156, 158/9, 178/80, 225, 228, 242/4, 245, 263/5, 301/311, 353, 355, 393/395, 427/430, 459/63, 491, 494/501, 531, 532, 535, 536, 537, 539, 540, 562/3, 565/9, 571, 593, 605/7, 609/15, 644, 645, 646, 689/91, 693, 694/6, 716, 717, 740/5, 747/9, 774/80, 782, 815/7, 865/71, 902, 903, 905, 908, 909, 929/30, 932/7, 939, 962/65 
BURROUGH WELLCOME & CO (Cape Town) 9/11, 13, 60/64, 92/94, 114, 115, 136/8, 161/162, 183/189, 222, 228, 247/8, 268/70, 317/20, 323, 364, 365, 400, 407, 437/8, 463/5, 470, 506/8, 540, 544, 575, 576, 593, 620, 623/5, 655/6, 699/701, 717, 750/4, 786/8, 827/830, 877/9, 881, 912/16, 941/2, 969/75 
H.W. BARTLETT (Traveller) 25, 170, 237, 284, 441, 591, 711, 739, 794, 812, 947, 955, 987 
BANK OF ITALY (Milan) 37, 38 
BARCLAY & FRY LD (Beuthwark) 45 
BANK OF AUSTRALASIA 47, 221, 316, 461 
F.N. BEAUMANN (Milan) 65, 176, 227, 338 
Miss Meredith BROWN (London) 199 
BANL OF MONTREAL (London) 330 
BANG & JEGREN (Copenhagen) 347 
Alfred BENZON (Copenhagen) 348 
P.J. BREMING (Copenhagen) 349 
BRANSON & BRANSON (India) 398 
J.E. BOWES (Sydney) 431 
W. BAFTER (Bromley) 477 
BYREE & EDEY (Bridgetown) 580 
Rev. H. BURY (London) 789 
J.K. BLACK (Traveller) 797/9 (re interviews with Medical Men carried out in the South of Scotland) 
BURGONE BURBIDGES & CO 922 
BAISS BROS & STEVENSON 996

Care CAPELLI (Milan) 15 
CAIRNCROSS & LAWRENCE (Ontario) 20 
R.G.H. COLE (Sydney) 47, 266 
C.H.R. CHRISTIE (Traveller) 99, 100, 205, 212, 215, 219, 259, 416, 448, 519, 538, 583, 759 
A.B. CARTER (Dartford) 367, 368, 369 
Prof V. COBLERTS (New York) 136 
C.J. CHRISTIE (Buenos Aires) 679 
A. COMYN (Madrid) 774 
C.H. CLAYTON (London) 789 
CENTRAL BEUREU FOR EMPLOYMENT OF WOMAN 796

M. DALMAZZO (Italy) 14, 17, 18 
C.S. DENT & CO (London) 74 
Dr A. DENGARDINS (France) 213, 214 
Mr E. DEL MAR (Cairo) 239, 241 
J. A. DRYSDALE (London) 328, 523 
Rev J.A. DUNN (Laisterdyke) 374 
C.C. DICKMANN (New York) 467 
DAKIN BROS (London) 668, 945 
Dr DOWSON (See W.P.R.L) 
DAWES & SON (London) 839/40, 872, 939 
Wm DANKERLEY (London) 998

L.B. EGELAND (Copenhagen, Denmark) 149 (re 'Tabloid' Photographic Products), 150, 362, 363 
EVANS, SONS, LESEKEN & WEBB 713

FAIRCHILD BROS & FOSTER (New York) 7, 58, 166, 257, 258, 321, 493, 956/7 
Max FISCHER (Carlsbad) 238, 943 
FORST, WARD & CO (London) 455, 542, 938 
FOSTER. MCCEELAR & CO (London) 707

GIONGO DALMAZZO & CO (Milan) 68/9, 101 
Dr Carlo GIONGO (Milan) 102, 103, 250, 257, 344, 345, 385, 386 
A. GUTMANN & CO (London) 181 
GUARANTEE SOCY (London) 522 
J. GASKELL & CO LD (London) 558 
R.S. GRACCIE (Edinburgh) 587, 710 
John GRAHAM (Cape Town) 621 
GEKE & CO (Dresden) 853

HINTON, HILL & COLES (London) 35, 36, 451, 882, 938 
F.W. HOLLAND (Crossby) (Traveller) 40, 439 
HUNTLEY & PALMERS (Reading) 126, 140 
HILL BROS (Hackney) 133 
HOLROYD'S AUTOMATIC MACHINES (See C. Scott) also (R. Whitaken) 
F.W. HIGBY (New York) 322 
A.B. HECTAR (Sydney) 427, 432, 533/534, 564, 745, 808 
HANDELSGESELLSCHAFT NERIS CO (Berlin) 471 
HOWARDS & SONS (Stratford) 573, 948 
R. HERSCH (Berlin) 525 
J.W. HUMPHREY & SON (London) 564 
Mrs Ernest HART (London) 602 
HERNER & SONS (London) 660 
F. HUTH & CO (London) 760 
A.J. HILL (Dartford) 849, 940 
H. HEBBLEWHITE (Traveller) 976 
J.P. HOGG (Paris) 984

INLAND REVENUE (London) 721, 961 
INLAND REVENUE (Dartford) 968

KEMP, SONS & CO 8 
Thos KEATING (London) 145 
W.L. KIRKPATRICK (Traveller, Ireland) 172, 313, 636, 654, 719, 755, 808, 811, 895, 947, 952, 979, 981/3 
M. KRIS (Vienna) (BW&Co agent in Austria) 192, ,511, 578, 580, 517, 633, 637, 683, 685, 689, 757, 919, 966, 968 
John B. KNIGHT (London) 262 
A. KRAKOWSKY (London) 315, 333

LINKENHEIL & CO (Berlin) 22, 147, 193, 210, 449, 637, 958 
J.H.B. LONG (Traveller) 24, 74, 111, 112, 175, 201, 652, 647/51, 781, 818, 907, 994 
LONDON, CITY & MIDLAND BANK (London) 43, 130, 132, 143, 153, 485, 559, 660, 671, 673, 841, 921, 924 
LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 95 
L'UNION DES FABRICANTS (Paris) 261, 550, 551, 678, 765, 903 
J.H. LUSECOMBE (Canada) 337, 960 
F.C.LARGE (Atry) 371 
Maris LANG (Austria) 422 
M.N. LANDAU (Vienna) 433, 434 
Chas. LYMAN (Montreal) 466

A.P. MANFREDI (Milan) 16 
MAUS SON & SONS (London) 838 
MADDOCKS & COLSON (London) 19 
MORGAN CRUCIBLE CO London 855 
F. MARRINGTON (Traveller) 21, 55, 71, 189, 208, 278, 294, 372, 424, 492, 618, 678, 730 
METROPOLITAN WATER BOARD 89 
K.B. MURRAY (London Chamber of Com.) 95 
W. MATTHEWS (Traveller) 139, 438 
J.H. MOORE (Cape Town) 190, 223, 224, 808, 826 
Mr E. MAR, DEL Cairo (See "D") 
MARKBY STEWART & CO (London) 356 
Dr McCLURE Madras 357 
MCKESSON & ROBBINS (New York) 372 
R. MAJOR London 376 
Mr MAUENSTEIN (New York) 468 
C & C MERTON (London) 484 
W. McBRIDE (Traveller) 489 
Mr MUDDIMAN (London) 658 
W. MARTINDALE (London) 659 
Prince M. MIRZA (Persia) 727 (on interview with a BW&Co travelling salesman, request for details of a medical man skilled in the treatment of malaria) 
Miss G. MEAKIN (re) 759

F. NEWBURY & SONS (London) 144 
NADOLNY & CO (Basle) 195 
T. NEVIN (Traveller, Canada) 204, 329, 338, 519, 649/51 (on Chloroform 'Wellcome' Brand), 669, 675, 734, 871, 967 (on interviews with Government officials in Canada) 
NICHOLSON & CO (London) 231

OCEAN ACCIDENT & GUARANTEE 23, 217, 478, 509, 510, 634, 666, 683, 723, 886, 895, 911, 966, 977

Davis PARKES & CO 202 
PILGRIMS & FILS (Brussels) 358/61, 988 
C & C.J. PLAGYERS (Rotterdam) 552 
PAYNE & CO (Bombay) 692 

QUININE (re) (Sent to all travellers, home & foreign, & depots)

Mr C.ROSS (Traveller) 14, 25, 27, 39, 628 
W.K. REIKARDS (Damascus) 134 
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE 164,226, 267, 272, 275, 300, 335, 530, 399, 604, 622, 62, 661, 633, 801, 810, 848, 990 
J. Basie RHODES (Timperley) 295 
H. ROBERTS & CO (Florence) 375 
REILLEY & CO (Nice) 389 
F.W REYNOLDS (Dartford) 684 
W. Grahame ROSS (London) 729 
Allan ROSS & CO LD (London) 997

C.A. SMITH (Traveller) 24, 227, 312, 505, 521, 554, 555, 572, 647, 648, 649/51 (on Chloroform 'Wellcome' Brand), 785, 809, 923, 954, 999 
J.C. SIXSMITH (Traveller) 30, 31, 388, 944 
C.R. SYFRET & CO (Cape Town) 113 
C. SCOTT (London) 157 
STANDARD BANK OF S.AFRICA 191, 271, 436 
Henri SANDERS (Amsterdam) 194 
H. SADMERSON (London) 254 
SCOTT & CO (Paris) 378, 397, 516 
John SANGER & SONS (London) 408 
SULTAN MIRZA (Persia) 726, 727 (on interview with a BW&Co travelling salesman, request for details of a medical man skilled in the treatment of malaria)

F.J.W. THOMPSON (Staff) 128, 129, 339, 421 
G. White TAYLOR (Traveller) 282, 502 
C.A. TURNER (London) 377 
Mrs TYTE (Reading) 482 
W.B.TAYLOR (London) 490 
J. TOWNSEND & CO (Exeter) 708 
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY (Washington) 790 791

V.C.W. (Charlottenburg) 67, 296, 336, 387, 483, 492, 664, 718, 837, 910 
C.VINCENT (Sussex) 657 
VINOLIA LTD (London) 707

John WYETH & BROS (Philadelphia) 1 
M.C. WALLER (Home Office) 171 
R. WHITAKER (London) 182 
C. WETMERE (New York) 274 
WELLCOME PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES (Brockwell Hall, London) 297 (on a complaint re 'Wellcome' Brand Chloroform), 298, 415, 588, 648, 719, 823 
C.C. WELD (Edinburgh) 332 
WOODHOUSE & WILKINSON (London) 452 
A.S. WATSON & CO LTD (Hong Kong) 561 
F. WEINTRAND (Falcon Sq) 714 
G. WATERSTON & SONS (London) 917 
G. WATT (near Devon) 991 

Carl ZEIRNET (Cuba) 412

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