Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 5

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Letterbook consisting of copies of internal and external letters sent by the head office of Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Snow Hill, August 1900 - January 1901.

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 branch in Sydney. Internal 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.

This letterbook contains correspondence between Henry Wellcome and the Home Office, relating to the Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories being registered under the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act. It also includes correspondence concerning a proposed railway line, which will the cross the grounds of Burroughs Wellcome & Co in Dartford (correspondence is despatched to friends of Henry Wellcome, such as Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Dr Thomas Barnado and Dame Genevieve Ward, asking them to petition on the company's behalf).

The letterbook also shows the links between Burroughs Wellcome & Co and the newly established Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories and the Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories.

The letters to Henry Wellcome himself - written to him whilst he was on holiday - are detailed and offer a good summary of the range of issues in the rest of the volume.

1000 pages used. Index as follows:

P AUCHINACHIE 5
A AMANN 20, 248
M N ADLER 817
ADMIRALTY (Navy Contracts) 827, 828, 829

BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Dartford) 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 19, 25, 26, 27, 32, 36, 40, 41, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 55, 64, 83, 84, 85, 95, 100, 109, 110, 114, 115, 116, 117, 123, 132, 133, 134, 135, 139, 140, 142, 143, 158, 163, 164, 171, 182, 184, 191, 192, 193, 194, 199, 200, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 213, 216, 222, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 233, 240, 241, 243, 261, 265, 266, 267, 269, 270, 271, 182, 184, 191, 192, 193, 194, 199, 200, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 213, 216, 222, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 233, 240, 241, 243, 261, 265, 266, 267, 269, 270, 271, 274, 275, 282, 284, 291, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 312, 315, 319, 320, 322, 323, 324, 328, 329, 332, 333, 338, 340, 341, 356, 372, 377, 378, 381, 382, 384, 386, 388, 389, 392, 393, 399, 400, 403, 408, 409, 414, 415, 420, 426, 427, 438, 445, 447, 452, 453, 454 455, 460, 463, 465, 475, 497, 498, 502, 508, 512, 513, 519, 527, 528, 532, 539, 540, 541, 546, 547, 548, 574, 575, 577, 578, 580, 582, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 598, 601, 602, 610, 625, 641, 642, 644, 648, 650, 651, 655, 656, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 668, 669, 670, 672, 674, 694, 695, 697, 700, 707, 711, 713, 714, 723, 724, 725, 727, 737, 749, 751, 752, 760, 761, 767, 770, 774, 779, 782, 796, 800, 801, 805, 813, 843, 844, 845, 847, 857, 858, 872, 876, 878, 879, 883, 888, 892, 894, 896, 897, 898, 899, 910, 911, 912, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 942, 946, 947, 948, 949, 950, 975, 976, 977, 978, 981, 983, 986, 987, 990, 991, 992, 993, 994, 995
G F BLANCHFLOWER (Traveller) 64, 141, 240, 922
H BRODJOVIN 73
H BARNES 394
BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES (London) 398
Dr N W BOURNS 416, 417, 418, 439
BARCLAY & SONS (See May Roberts for this letter) 445, 775
BUTLER & CRISPE (See May Roberts for this letter) 445
BURGOYNE BURBRIDGES & CO (See May Roberts for this letter) 445, 951
BAKER (Dr) 449
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Sydney) 13, 37, 38, 66, 67, 68, 129, 130, 131, 166, 180, 186, 219, 220, 221, 224, 225, 226, 258, 259, 286, 287, 288, 331, 337, 339, 362, 363, 364, 365, 424, 425, 488, 489, 543, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 611, 612, 614, 615, 616, 618, 622, 653, 654, 671, 728, 729, 748, 772, 773, 778, 798, 824, 825, 874, 875, 902, 904. 905, 968, 972, 973, 974, 999, 1000
Dr W L BROWN (Netley Hospital) 2, 132, 244
Sir T Lauder BRUNTON (re consultation fees) 284, 312
E B BALDWIN 307
T BURGESS 375
J F BURNETT (Traveller) 459 (re Enule Meat), 464, 663
J BARR 468a
H Langley BROWNE 468a
Mr BANNERMAN 479
BARNARDO (Dr T J) (re proposed Dartford Light Railway) 483, 515
BRIDGE (Admiral Sir Cyprian) (re proposed Dartford Light Railway) 484, 517
Major BLACKWELL (India) 600
J L BUNCH 603
W G BUNN (Hospital Saturday Fund) 692
BRITISH & COLONIAL DRUGGIST (Editor) 761
W BOWDEN 818
G T BEATSON 873

F CURRY (Traveller, Ireland) 43, 140, 171, 178, 369 (given trial period as salesman in West End of London), 577, 853, 881, 884, 885
Dr W CONNSTEIN 102, 283
CLARKE & CO LTD 342
COOK (Thos) & SON 422, 423, 882
Andrew CLARK 468a
J Ward COUSINS 468a
H Radcliffe CROCKER 468a
Arthur COX 525, 559
J W COOK 535
CENTRAL LONDON RAILWAY. CO. 544
W B CLODE 643
Mrs CARLISLE 806
A E CUMBERBATCH 906
James CURRIE, B.A. 954

Dr W DOWSON (WPRL) 1, 21, 139, 183, 184, 254, 256, 310, 443, 461, 522, 523, 571, 573, 607, 672, 675, 694, 705, 715, 726 (re campaign to have the WPRL registered by the Home Office), 800, 803, 821, 822, 823, 886, 928, 931, 945 (on comparative physiological tests with Extract of Ergot), 951, 966 (on manufacture of ant-diphtheria serum for the Italian market), 986
DIXON ELKIN & DIXON 3, 101, 128, 175, 251, 252, 263, 264, 279, 281, 321, 328, 335, 336, 361, 407, 498, 584, 639, 640, 705, 753, 768, 830, 894, 923, 924, 984, 985, 996
DELACRE (Chas: & Co) (Brussels) 20, 245
DE GRAVE SHORT & CO 23
J W DRYSDALE 39, 174, 355, 383, 404, 982
J L DAVY (J Tetley & Co) 63, 162, 239, 320, 358, 524, 626, 736
Dr R DRINKWATER 436
DAVY HILL SON YATES & HICKS (See May Roberts for this letter) 445
Mrs Hepworth DIXON 482
Marcello DALMAZZO 579

EVANS LESCHER & WEBB (See May Roberts for this letter) 445
EDWARDS (W) & SON do.do.do. 445, 771
G EASTES 468a
W A ELLISTON 468a
EVANS SONS & CO 595, 943
Green F W EDRIDGE 800
Wm EVE & SONS 980

FORD & CO LTD (Newcastle-on-Tyne) 45
A Chune FLETCHER 266, 269, 275, 325, 486, 537, 702, 763, 848, 895, 990
A G FAULDS 276
FAIRCHILD BROS & FOSTER 308, 309, 466, 467, 637, 781
FULLER HORSEY SON & CASSELL 311
W H FOWKES 354
Letter from Frederick B Power (Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories) to Francis FOWKE (British Medical Journal) re separation of the Laboratories from Burroughs Wellcome & Co 366A
G Bagot FERGUSON 468a
Mr FINN (Park Street) 520, 521, 887
Francis FORBES 605
FUERST BROTHERS 854, 855, 856, 941

GLASGOW APOTHECARIES CO 74, 234, 397, 401
Dr Carlo GIONGO (re use of Wellcome serums in Italy) 75
Dr David GENESE 360
GENERAL POST OFFICE (London) 405
E B GRAY 478
Madame GILBERT 581

A T HILL (Dartford) 23, 35, 256, 257, 280, 356, 373, 378, 385, 440, 454, 462, 473, 474, 582, 609, 698, 802, 847
R HEATH 33
HICKS, DAVIS & HUNT 62
J W HULL (Traveller) 65, 93, 242, 260, 263, 272, 657
R F S HODGE 83
J H HARRIS (Traveller) 169, 195, 202 (on Harris's working of his territory), 203, 296, 330, 347, 348, 444, 509, 538, 587, 608 (re Mucin), 652, 971
C B HAMILTON 201
A B HECTOR (B W & Co, Sydney) 223, 780
W B HANKEY 242
HARRISON & SONS (St Martin's Lane) 359
HODDER & CO 387, 433
G P HOSSACK 402
HEYNES MATHEW & CO 428, 429
R HOVENDEN & SONS (See May Roberts for this letter) 445
HEWITT (Pontifex, Hewitt & Pitt) 448
R F HOCKEN 451
Victor HORSLEY 468a
Dr HAMILTON (Dartford) 658, 659
HAWKER BROTHERS 815

C IRISH 892

Benno JAFFE & DARMSTAEDTER (BW&Co acted as an agent for their 'Lanoline' products) 22, 106, 278, 317, 318, 353, 379, 411, 412, 413, 430, 435, 533, 534, 645, 646, 647, 701, 797, 814, 851, 877, 925, 926, 989, 997
J G JEFFCOAT 154, 247, 351, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 816, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939
E H JONES (Bristol) 374
T R JESSOP 468a
Evan JONES 468a

M KRIS (Vienna) 20, 249
P KELLY 820

LINKENHEIL & CO (agents to sell BW&Co products in Germany) 4, 20, 24, 53, 250, 350, 352, 391, 496, 576, 620, 649, 846, 907, 908, 944, 965, 967
LONDON PAPER MILLS CO (Dartford) 30, 31
J N B LONG (Traveller, India) 34, 54, 121 (insects affecting corks of Kepler bottles), 366, 613, 621, 687, 688, 712, 731 (on dealing with State Governments, Missionaries and Hospitals), 732, 733, 734, 735
LOWE & CO (Minories) 69
J LYONS & CO LTD 79
E L LOEWE (Berlin) 125, 168
Dr Oscar LIEBREICH 283, 903
E LAZENBY & SONS LTD 342
LIGHT RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS 367
A LLOYD & SONS LTD (Dockhead) 421
D. W. LIEBSTEIN 516
LADIES FIELD The 594 (re use of the word 'Tabloid' in an article in this magazine)
C. LOWE & CO (Surbiton) 699, 804, 852, 998

MACKEY, MACKEY & CO 28, 472, 514
MARKBY, STEWART & CO 234, 251, 369, 370, 376, 406, 410, 419, 441, 442, 446, 501, 639, 722, 764, 765, 769, 819, 852, 893, 927, 928
G W MATTHEWS 380
MELANOCA CO 396
W McBRIDE (Traveller) 431, 458, 476, 538, 815
W McKENZIE 434
MAY ROBERTS & CO 445
H B MUIR 457
Peter MacEWAN 480, 518
MACMILLAN & CO LTD 510, 598
MAW SON & THOMPSON 559
JOHN MURDOCH & CO 596
J FLETCHER MOULTON 763A, 888, 988
MASON, PERCY & CO 776, 777
F M MOIR 821

NATIONAL TELEPHONE CO LTD 94
F NEWBERY & SONS (See May Roberts for this letter) 445, 762

F ORTON 530
M OUSELEY 802

G E PEARSON (Traveller) 16, 17, 179 (re use of BW&Co products in Base Hospitals during the Boer War), 181, 188, 268, 313, 314, 487, 494, 623, 624, 693, 730
Dr F B POWER 18 (requesting information from Power re Vivesection laws in the United States), 889
Miss C POOLE 72
PICKERING, ESQ, F NEWBERY & SONS 218
S PUPLETT 341
W H PARKE 354
PASTEUR INSTITUTE 368 (re Vivesection laws in France)
E A PETERS 401, 476
PARKES DRUG STORES 432, 667
C H W PARKINSON 468A
C PARSONS 468A
F M POPE 468A
Dr PINKUS 572
Louis C PARKES MD 803
H J V PHILPOTT 848
Miralai PENTON BEY DSO, Principal Medical Officer, Egyptian Army 953
PHILLIPS & TRIBE 981

E W RAVEN (Traveller) 2, 273, 463
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE 15, 236, 237, 238, 255, 371, 376, 382, 696, 706, 724, 749, 845, 923
RAFFO, DELMAZZO & CO (Genoa) (BW&Co Agent in Italy) 20, 210, 211, 212, 277, 277a, 292, 293, 294, 297, 298, 299, 326, 327, 344, 345, 346, 499, 500, 545, 604, 606, 689, 690, 691, 703, 704, 708, 709, 710, 716, 718, 719, 720, 721, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 849, 850, 890, 891, 969, 970
F A ROGERS (Traveller) 39, 349
J RICHARDS 233
Allan ROSS & CO LTD 289
REED & CHAMPION 557, 558

SCOTT & CO (Paris) 8, 9
James SHOOLBRED & CO 65
SCOTT'S LTD (Old Bond Street) 70
L A SMART 102, 119
H SNELLING 235, 766
T Ernest SAUNT 311
J SANGER & SONS (See May Roberts for this letter) 445, 578
R SAUNDBY 468A
E M SKERRITT 468A
Sir H M STANLEY (re proposed Dartford Light Railway) 485, 517, 617, 650
Rev. Percy E SMITH (Dartford) 511, 526
D STEWART 529
Dr S B SCHRYVER 583

J TURNER & CO LTD (Queen's Ferry) 12, 165, 187, 290, 316, 395, 542, 842A, 940
Dr J ROBERTS THOMSON (Bournemouth) (re letter from F B Power to FOWKE) 468, 468A, 469, 470, 471, 871
A J THOMPSON 14
F J W THOMPSON (Wellcome Club & Institute) 120
W E TAYLOR (Traveller) 253, 588, 597
F H THOMPSON 531
J TRAVERS & SONS 544A
THOMAS TUCKEY 702, 799

Dr C F UNDERWOOD, Bombay, India 285

VINOLIA SOAP COMPANY 71, 722
VEREINIGTE CHEMISCHE WERKE (See Benno JAFFE & DARMSTAEDTER)
T J VERRALL 468A
A E VAUGHAN 900
M H VOSS 979

Henry S WELLCOME, Esq 29, 42, 46, 51 (re dealings with Linkenheil and Co), 52, 56 (construction of New Tabloid Building, BW&Co Chemical Works, Dartford), 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 96, 97, 98, 99, 103, 104, 105, 107 (re public bathing at the Wellcome Club & Institute), 108, 111, 112, 113, 118, 122, 124 (re supplying 'Tabloid' Medicine Case to the King of Siam); on J N B Long (Traveller) visiting Shanghai and Hong Kong), 126, 127, 136, 137, 138, 142, 144, 145, 146, 147 (on Dr F B Power's fears that the Chemical Research Laboratories are believed to be linked with BW&Co), 148, 149, 150, 151, 151A, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 167, 169, 217, 262, 295, 357, 495 (re proposed Dartford Light Railway), 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 560, 560A, 561, 562 (re lectures at the Wellcome Club & Institute), 563, 564 (on Captain Joseph Bernier asking for BW&Co supplies for an expedition to the Arctic Regions), 565, 566 ('antique advertisements' designed by C.J.S. Thompson), 567, 568, 569, 570, 585, 586, 599, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631 (distribution of medical diaries), 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 676, 677, 678 (compressed bandages and cotton wool), 679, 680 (unsatisfactory condition of 'Lanoline' Toilet Soap), 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 738, 739, 740, 741 (re propsed expedition to the North Pole led by Evelyn Baldwin), 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 792, 793 (re Mr Fowke and the WCRL), 794, 795, 831, 832 (re 'antique advertisements' C.J.S. Thompson researching them in the British Museum), 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 859 (re WPRL petition to Home Office), 860, 861, 862, 863, 864 (re vibrations to the Snow Hill Offices caused by the nearby railway lines), 865, 866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 955, 956, 957, 958 (re WPRL petition to Home Office), 959, 960 (re formula for 'Tabloid' Forced March), 961, 962, 963, 964
Charles W WHITE 134, 490, 491, 492, 493, 673, 909
WELLCOME PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES (See Dr DOWSON)
George WRIGHT & CO 334
J D WILLIAMS 343, 456
Dr Hunter U WALKER 437, 477, 518
S WOODCOCK 468A
John WARNER & SON LTD 478
Miss Genevieve WARD (re proposed Dartford Light Railway) 481
T HARRIS WHITE 536
John WYETH & Brother 619 (re legal action against Dompe & Co of Milan), 638
W H WALKER (Standard Malt Extract Company, Liverpool) 643
C C Weld 826
John WILLIAMS (Birmingham) 952

August 1900 - January 1901

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