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40 pages in total, pg. 40 blank. Calais France to Belgium, inc letters to SMB [front cover detached]

BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 33 re advertising space.

SM BURROUGHS 
1-4, from Calais re.SMB meeting with the Easts and Van Schaacks; also re. Henry Wellcome's travel plans on the continent.

BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO 15-16, 17-18, 26-30, 34-36 from Germany. 
The first two letters, re. search for apparatus and travel plans. 
26-30 re supply (and an order of) malt from Germany to Burroughs Wellcome & Co., and the search for apparatus. 
34-36 re Harpers, advertising of Hazeline, also additional business orders. 
39 notified them of his return travel arrangements and arrival.

McKESSON ROBBINS 38 Henry Wellcome warned them of delay to correspondence until he returned to London.

POWELL 19-22 re. whether Powell (McKesson & Robbins) was to come to England, Henry Wellcome's proposed trip to America, also re Mr Woodard from Portland.

Carl SCHACT 37 re. imminent arrival in Berlin.

Mr SMALLWOOD, Birmingham, 5 ack letter.

Mr STRANGE [Lancet?] 31-32 re advertising space.

Mrs WELLCOME [Henry Wellcome's mother], 8-14 re. his travel plans, general tourist observations - history of Cologne, requested full details of his family - wanted a 'Christmas tree like grandmothers', travel plans to go to America in December. 
23-25 This appears to be missing the initial part of the letter [there is no salutation. However, it is clear from the closing remarks that this is a letter to his mother, and gives Henry Wellcome's personal observations upon arrival in Dresden].

'Dear Robert' p.6-7, 13 Oct ack letter, outlined his travel plans.

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