Hedges & Son, chemists, Birmingham

Notebook containing a record of the turnover of patent medicines and other products by Hedges & Son of Birmingham, wholesale cash chemists. A number of the patents were their own, including 'Hedges' Gout Pills', 'Hedges' Blood Elixir', and 'Hedges' Hair Restorer'.

1881-1896

64 ff. 1 volume, 160 x 100 mm. Red leather-covered boards.

Purchased from Judith Grant, 1997, together with a quantity of printed ephemera relating to the business; transferred from the Modern Collections, 2000.

Ownership inscription (f.1r.): "W R Hedges, 11, 12, 13 Dale End".

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts