Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 18

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Letterbook consisting of copies of internal and external letters sent by the head office of Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Snow Hill, June - November 1904.

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 offices in Sydney and Cape Town. 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, and a copy of the letter sent to Henry Dale, appointing him to the position of Pharmacologist at the Laboratories.

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

1000 pages used. Index as follows:

J A ATKINSON (Cairo) 310
Messrs W & J AVERY (London) 23
AYRTON SAUNDERS & KEMP (Liverpool) 221
J H ALLAN (Liverpool) 672
ANGLO-SWISS CONDENSED MILK CO (London) 783
ARMOUR & CO (London) 803
ANTIKAMNIA CHEMICAL CO (St Louis) 819

BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Dartford) 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 14, 21, 29/33, 34, 36, 46/7, 48, 50, 53, 54, 55/7, 59, 63, 68, 70/2, 74, 75, 79, 82, 83, 87, 90, 91, 102, 103, 104, 108/112, 116, 120/122, 126, 128, 133, 134, 138, 150, 155, 156, 158/62, 167, 168, 169, 170, 175, 177, 178, 180, 182/185, 194, 196/8, 200, 201, 204, 209, 211, 212, 216, 217, 218, 219, 224, 226, 227, 228, 231, 232, 233, 235/7, 239/40, 243, 245, 246, 247, 249/252, 264, 267, 273, 277, 278, 280/282, 284, 286, 298/302, 304, 315, 317, 319, 326, 328, 332, 333, 335, 339, 340, 343, 344, 347, 348, 350, 351, 364, 365, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 375, 377, 380, 382/384, 386/388, 395, 398, 399, 400, 402, 404, 407, 420, 421, 436, 439, 442/445, 447, 450, 451, 456, 460, 470, 471, 473, 474, 482, 485/7, 499, 500, 512, 513, 515, 518, 519, 521/524, 525, 526, 528, 535, 543, 545/548, 551, 553, 554, 556, 557, 559, 562/564, 567, 568, 569, 583, 586, 588, 589, 592, 594, 598, 600/602, 604, 609, 610, 612, 613, 619, 621, 628/30, 632, 633, 642/648, 649, 650, 655, 656, (658), (659), 662, 665, 666, 677/679, 684, 685, 688/691, 695, 705, 718/720, 728, 729, 731, 733, 735, 736, 738, 739/40, 743, 745, 746, 748, 753, 758, 760, 762, 764, 766, 768, 769, 770, 781, 784, 785, 792, 793, 796/7, 804, 805/7, 809, 812, 812, 815, 817, 819, 820, 821, 822, 824, 825, 826, 834, 838, 849/853, 855/858, 863, 865, 867, 868, 869, 871, 872, 873, 880, 886/893, 895, 896, 904, 905, 906, 908, 909, 915, 919, 926/8, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 935, 937, 938, 940, 942, 943, 944, 948/950, 951/953, 959, 961, 972/974, 975/979, 980, 984, 985, 988, 989, 995, 998
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Sydney) 36/46, 96/100, 137, 139/142, 145, 191/193, 238, 287/297, 352/362, 385, 389/392, 415/417, 419, 456, 457, 458, 492/497, 528/532, (533), 570/573, 575, 614/619, 667/671, 707/716, 750/752, 754/6, 786/91, 794, 795, 827, 833, 874/7, 916, 954/958, 990/994, 996
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Cape Town) 50, 51, 104, 105, 150, 152, 308, 312, 366, 422, 424, 431, (460/463), 466, 467, 501, 502, 541, 542, 543, (582), (583), 624, 625, 626, 721/724, 759, 801, 802, 840, 842, 881, 882, 923/5, 962/8, 998/1002
J F BURNETT (Traveller) 124, 126, 146, 147, (489), 599, 608, 667
A H BARNETT (Traveller) 13, 65, 76, 166, 338, 368, (489), 589, 706, 945
Messrs P P BORG (Malta) 15
T HARVEY BAILEY (RE) 960
Messrs John BATT & CO (London) 17, 18
BURCHARD & CO (London) 782
BOARD OF INLAND REVENUE (The Solicitor) 84, 153
BRADLEY & MARTIN (Newcastle) 907
G P BLANCHFLOWER (Traveller) 157, 243, 253, 941
BUTCHER & SON (London) 765
Messrs J BLAIR & SONS (Cork) 176
BANK OF AUSTRALIA (Sydney) 749, 917
A E H BLACKBURN (Manchester) 199
BARANDARAN Y CIA (Bilbao) 757
BOOTS LTD (London) 272
BURGOYNE BURBIDGES & CO (London) 912
E BING & CO (Canterbury) 268
BESSLER WAECHTER & CO 272
Rev. Canon. BECK (Rotherhithe) 336
Jesse BOOT (Nottingham) 376
Dr P BARHAM (East Dulwich Grove) 403
J E BOWES (Sydney) 418, 534, 878
BROOKWELL (Engineer) (re) 422
Sydney BERKS, Esq (Stockwell) 447
Dr G BELL (Dundee) 448, 449
BRITISH XYLONITE CO (London) 455
Mr BATES (Dublin) 778
BANK, STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (Long Street, Cape Town) 506
BOOTS DRUG STORES (Nottingham) 516
E D BAUMANN (London) 518
BAYLEY & CO (London) 585
Otto BJURLING (Stockholm) 638, 639
BOSTON BRUCE, Esq (London) 655
J BAIN (BAIN & CO) (Liverpool) 726
G BORTHWICK (Glasgow) 732

J A COLLINS (Lincoln's Inn) 9, 32, 129
H E COOPER (Traveller, South England) 116, 125, 126, 171, 283, (489), 519, 737, 811, 903, 941
CHANCELLOR & RIDLEY (Dartford) 133
Gerard CLAY (Burton-On-Trent) 248
C H R CHRISTIE (Traveller) 259, 363, 415, 687
CONDY & MITCHELL (London) 279
A B CARTER (Dartford) 345, 346
R G H COLE (BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO) (Sydney) 414
CRESSWELL SONS & CO (Basinghall Street) 433
W COLLINS (West Dulwich) 440
C COOKSON (Inverness-Shire) 560 (re 'Tabloid' Easton Syrup), 561
CHANDLER & SON (Bristol) 641
R A COIPEL (Madrid) 779
W COOPER (re) 816
CORBYN STACEY & CO 816

H H DALE, Esq (University College Hospital, Gower Street) 25 (letter of appointment from Henry Wellcome, to the position of Pharmacologist to the Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories)
DAVIDSON & SYME (Edinburgh) 326
J W DRYSDALE & CO (London) 408, 420
Mr T M DARROLL (BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO) (Cape Town) 460/463, 482
G DUSART, Esq & CO (Brighton) 651
DICCIONARIO ENCICLOPEDICO (Madrid) 780
Ernest R DURRELL (re) 803

Messrs ENDERLINE (London) 154
J EBERSTEIN & CO (London) 164
EUGERT & WOLFE (London) 165
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES 401, 452, 846
J EVANS (Dublin) 555
Miss W M ELLIS (re) 776, 777, 778
E W ELLIS (London) 778
EVANS SON LESCHER & WEBB (London) 960

FORBES & HAVILAND (New York) 26, 27, 101, 242, 320, 397, 591, 607, 717, 901
FAIRCHILD BROS & FOSTER (New York) 143, 520, 674
A FLETCHER CHUNE (The Charterhouse) 6
FROST, WARD & CO (London) 20, 484
Prof. Dr Ferdinand FRUHWALD (Austria) 67 (on not quoting the trade mark 'Tabloid' correctly)
S W FAIRCHILD (New York) 88, 89, 94, 95, 918
Messrs W FOSTER & SON (London) 163
J S FIELDING (re) 163, 164, 165
A FORDHAM (London) 371
FLOWERDEW & CO (London) 550
W F FOWKES (Dartford) 569
Harry FOULDS (re) 771, 772, 773, 774
FERRIS & CO (Bristol) 823, 851

GIONGO DALMAZZO & CO (Milan) 215A, 215B, 229, 230, 661, 695, 696, 698/702
J F GRAVES (Bethnal Green) 132
Henry GOTHARD (London) 303
GRINDLEY & CO (London) 349
L J GREENBERG (London) 351
G B GREAVES (Eastbourne) 378
H J GARDINERS & CO (Basinghall Street) 434
Lionel GREENING (re) 433, 434, 440
GLOBE-WERNICKE CO (London) 525

HAUSSKNECHT & FELS (Germany) 73, 92
Rev. F S HICKIN (London) 777
C T HAVILAND (New York) 85, 86
W & T HENLEYS (London) 808
A T HILL (St Louis) 114, 115, 270
HALL & RUCKEL (New York) 148
HARKER, STAGG & MORGAN (London) 220
M HICKS (London) 224, 269
W H HIVEY (Liverpool) 367
Max HILBERT (Germany) 394
R & J HILL LTD (Shoreditch) 459
HODGKINSON, PRESTONS & KING (London) 469
A B HECTOR c/o BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Cape Town) 507, 508/511, 540, 583, 798, 799, 801, 843, 884, 855, 969
HENRIQUES SONS & CO (Lisbon) 587, 590, 661, 703
Mr MACVIE HILL (re) 595
W P HERRINGHAM (Wimpole Street) 597
J M HILL (Devon) 606
W HATCHMAN (London) 611
A T HILL (Dartford) 658
HINTON HILL & COLES (London) 664, 665
J H HART (Glasgow) 682

INLAND REVENUE (Secretary) (Somerset House) 153, 323
INLAND REVENUE (Spoiled Stamp Office) (Telegraph Street) 200, 316

R JAGGER (Bradford) 205
Dr JOWETT (Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories, King Street) 603, 524
JOSEPH & SMITHEM (London) 637, 663
Herbert E JONES (re) 782, 783
D L KIRKPATRICK (Traveller) 6, 20, 71, 119, 126, 135, 214, 254, 864

M KRIS (Vienna) (BW&Co agent in Austria) 68, 117, 118, 123, 203, 213, 322, 610, 683, 728, 818, 853, 986
M MARTIN KALLMAN (New York) 172/174
Mr KENNINGHAM (re) 186, 187, 199
KENNINGHAM (Goswell Road) 190
W YOUNG KINLEYSIDE (Edinburgh) 206
Joseph KIRKLAND (Saltcoats) 208, 266
KUCHNER & WIECK Of Davos Platz (re) 453, 454, 456
KEMP & CO (India) 632
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL (Dartford) 744
C D KEMP & WELCH 939

T H LONG (Traveller, Asia) 334, 483 (on the registration of BW&Co trade marks in Japan), 574, 575, 878
LONDON CITY & MIDLAND BANK 24, 58, 406, 848
LIGHTFOOT BROS (Manchester) 66, 697
LINKENHEIL & CO (Berlin) 202, 241, 342, 441, 640, 727
LEVER BROS (Birkenhead) 257
General LOWRY (Maida Vale) 337
T R LESTER (Cork) 479
J & H LIEBERG (Prussia) 498, 810
LONDON & COUNTY BANKING CO (Dartford) 660
G V C LAST (Liverpool) 773
LINCOLN & MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG CO 818
LENNON LTD (London) 883 L'UNION DES FABRICANTS (Paris) 971

W McBRIDE (Traveller) 126, 255, 262, 335, 489, 999
MARKBY STEWART & CO (London) 2, 93, 105, 121, 130, 151, 152, 183, 293, 261, 285, 319, 329, 330, 341, 577, 648, 704, 854, 909, 910, 911, 934, 946
F MARRINGTON (Stockholm) 28, 106
J DOUGLAS MACDONOGH (Wales) 52
T H MOORE (Traveller) 129, 161, 179, 195, 296, 321, (489), 612
E MELLANBY 144
J MANGAR (re) 220, 221
Dr J MITCHELL (Cumberland) 373
R J McLEAN (Dublin) 480
Dr MITCHELL (Dublin) 481
MAY ROBERTS & CO (London) 490, 912
W MATTHEWS (Traveller) 527, 605, 914
T F MARCH (Torquay) 595
F MARRINGTON (re) 634
MILLARD (re) 673
MAJORS MESSRS BROS (London) 673
McKESSON & ROBBINS (New York) 680
A P MANFREDI (Milan) 844, 845, 905

NATIONAL TELEPHONE CO 488
F NEWBERY & SONS (London) 563, 567

OCEAN ACCIDENT & GUARANTEE CORPORATION LTD 19, 62, 77, 83, 276, 313, 314, 324, 325, 446, 476, 477, 536, 562, 570, 593, 859
OPPENHEIMER, SON & CO 237
Dr C H OSMOND (re) 672, 675, 676, 682,
Dr C H OSMOND (Bristol) 936

PATENT OFFICE, THE COMPTROLLER 37
Messrs George PAYNE & CO (London) 60
B C PORTCH (Lewisham) 78
Miss PENNY (re) 154
Henry PEET (Liverpool) 187
PLATINOTYPE (London) 453
PRONK DAVIS & CO (London) 472
PEMBERTON & MALCOLM (Middlesex) 565
T W PLEDGER (London) 634
PARKES DRUG STORES (Harmood Street N W) 774

Charles ROSS (Traveller) 321, 375, 376, 379, 385, 414, 904
F A ROGERS (Traveller) 425, 653, 681, 902
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE 10, 61, 80/1, 215, 263, 265, 274, 275, 309, 311, 372, 399, 445, 491, 514, 522, 524, 558, 688, 705, 736, 760, 864, 898, 981, 982, 983, 995
Dr Leonard ROGERS (Calcutta) 16
REGISTAR OF PATENTS (New Zealand) 22
Rev. E A A READ (Stoke Newington) 131
Harry M ROBERTS (Stevenston) 136
G ROSSI (Milan) 210, 381
P J RUTLAND (London) 364
E W RAVEN (BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO, Cape Town) 424
D F RITCHIE (Isle Of Wight) 566 Dr N C RIDLEY (Leicester) 576
Mr ROBERTS (Balham) 771
A RAYNER (Traveller) 920

J E SIXSMITH (Traveller) 48, 126, 254, (489), 684, 971
Prof. E A SCHAFER (Edinburgh & Dieppe) 5, 635 (on sending samples of BW&Co products)
A E SMITH (Singapore) 107
A M SHARP (Edinburgh) 127
Dr W M SMART (London) 207
Dr A M SHARP (re) 205, 206, 207
STRANAGHAN & STEPHENS (Cardiff) 234, 247
E R SYFRET (Cape Town) 305/307, 426/429, 430, 464, 465, 468, 503/505, 537, 538, 539, 578/581, 622, 623, 678, 725, 800, 840, 880, 921, 922, 970
Miss Gertrude STUTFIELD (re) 336, 337
F S SALAMAN (London) 349, 374
"STAR" BOTTLING CO (London) 379
STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (Lombard Street) 413, 839
Messrs F SCHUTZE & CO (London) 423
Miss R SOILLEUX (re) 488
J COLLET SMITH, Esq (Lisbon) 544, 761, 775
Mr SPETTIGUE (London) 675
SCOTT & CO (Paris) 733
W G STUCKEY (Traveller) 885, 921, 953, 980
Bertrand STEWART, Esq 767, 775
STUBBS MERCANTILE AGENCY (Gresham Street) 776

W E TAYLOR (Traveller) 126, 374, 432, 686, 734, 813, 902
F J W THOMPSON (St Louis) 4
Lionel E TOWNROE (Cannon Street E. C.) 8, 260
G R THARRATT (Liverpool) 186
TRADE MARK OWNERS ASSOCIATION 258
TAYLOR & CO (Liverpool) 327, 395, 620, 636, 642
A J THOMPSON (Switzerland) 393
THORNTON PICKARD MANUFACTURING CO 454
G W TAYLOR (re) 478/481, 555
TAYLOR & CO (Leeds) 517
G W TAYLOR (Dublin) 596, 685 Mr TAYLOR (Balham) 772

Messrs USHERS STORES (re) (Sittingbourne) 490
UNITED STATES TRADE MARK ASSOCIATION (New York) 657

S VALTIS (Athens) 222, 223
VEREINIGTE CHEMISCHE WERKE (Germany) 411, 435, 437, 438, 475, 652, 706, 792
VIDAL DYES SYNDICATE LTD (London) 422
VULCAN INSURANCE CO (Manchester) 692, 693, 694, 741, 742
Felix VINRACE (Birmingham) 897

WELLCOME PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES (SECRETARY & DIRECTOR) 11, 12, 49, 63, 64, 91, 137 (re draft letter from Henry Wellcome to Edward Mellanby), 147, 156, 318, 330, 405, 549, 552, 584, 609, 627, 631, 690, 747, 762, 763, 847, 894 (on an enquiry from a doctor concerning whether anti-diphtheria serum acts as a cardiac depressant), 975, 987
James WALKER (Stevenston) 69, 331 J L WICKIE (New York) 870
H P WHITE (Bournemouth) 76
G BRIGHT WILLIS (Birmingham) 900
C C WELD, Esq (Plymouth) 113
A C WATSON (re) 131, 132
Sir J WHITEHEAD (Near Dartford) 149
Miss E M WILSON (London) 181
WHITHALL TATUM & CO (New York) 188, 396
C WETMORE (New York) 213
C C WELD 225
Miss ADA WEBB (re) 303
W WOOD (BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO, Sydney) 533
Dr WINKLE (Bristol) 676
Miss Ada WILSON (London) 681
Rt. Hon. George WYNDHAM M.P. (London) (re BW&Co's business in Ireland) 860, 861, 862
WILLIBALD TWEER & CO (London) 866

ZIEGELE, SCHNEIDT & CO (London) 271

June - November 1904

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