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Particulars respecting the preparation of Widow Welch's Female Pills: [ ]en'd by E Kearsley,  Mrs Davison written on verso ? c. 1787
Particulars respecting the preparation of Widow Welch's Female Pills: another copy in a different hand
Directions for making Kearsley's Pill n.d. ?C19th
Henry Faija, 're Kearsley's Widow Welch's Pills', 7 Dec 1893, with torn envelope '[To ] be opened only by one or other [of] my children HF'
Arthur Bailey, 'The following are the ingredients and proportions used in the manufacture of KWWP', 28 May 1895, with envelope 'M Bailey or any of the Proprietors of Kearsley's Widow Welch's Pills'
Invoice for liquorice powder from Davy Hill and Hodgkinsons Ltd, 2 Jan 1906
Analysis of Welchs Pills, 1910s
Letter from Castle Huskisson Ltd, Manufacturing Chemists to Messer C&G Kearsley Ltd, 'the recipe of the pills we are making for you is as follows', 18 Nov 1938

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