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Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 13

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Letterbook consisting of copies of internal and external letters sent by the head office of Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Snow Hill, March - June 1903.

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 branches 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.

This letterbook also contains material on the case of Burroughs Wellcome & Co v Thompson and Capper (referred in the letterbook to the 'Manchester case'). The case was brought about after BW&Co accused Thompson and Capper of manufacturing and selling their own pills as Tabloids, and so infringing on BW&C's trademarked term.

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 covered in the rest of the volume. A great deal of these letter concern the 'Manchester case'.

Also included is correspondence with various publications over their infringement of BW&Co's 'Tabloid' trade mark.

1000 pages used. Index as follows:

J A ATKINSON (Traveller) 46, 350/3, 705, 737/8 
AGENT GENERAL (Cape Good Hope) 48 
S R ATKINS 109 
P L ASLANOGLOU 174/5 
ARNOLD (See Burgoyne Burbidges) 
ALLEN & HANBURYS LTD 895

BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Dartford) 10, 12/3, 15, 17, 19, 35, 38, 41, 43/5, 47, 53, 84/5, 89, 101, 107, 109, 113, 120, 132, 138, 151, 159A, 161, 172, 185/6, 188, 190/4, 196, 220, 227, 250, 263/4, 266, 274, 294, 297/8, 302, 305, 314/6, 318, 340/1, 355, 374, 384, 389/90, 392/3, 397, 399, 401/2, 410, 412/3, 416, 431/2, 433, 438/9, 441, 455/7, 461, 473, 475, 477/8, 491, 493/6, 498/9, 508/10, 515, 521/2, 534/6, 540/1, 550/1, 553/5, 561/2, 570, 580, 588/9, 597, 601/2, 605/6, 607, 612, 617, 619/20, 623/5, 627, 637/44, 655/7, 660/1, 675/7, 685, 689, 691/2, 697, 702, 706/7, 711/3, 716/7, 723/4, 727, 739/40, 743, 761, 762, 771/33, 776/7, 778/9, 781/3, 786/8, 790/4, 798/9, 802/3, 805/8, 811/2, 816, 822/3, 831/2, 839/41, 844/8, 850/1, 853, 856/7, 861/2, 865/6, 879/80, 883/7, 891/3, 902/3, 910, 912/4, 916, 918/23, 929, 940, 947, 959, 961, 968/9, 973, 975/6, 979, 984/6, 988/90, 993/4, 996/7, 1000C/D 
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Sydney) 15/8, 42, 49/52, 56, 215/26, 325/39, 342/3, 355, 414, 417, 428/31, 445, 496/8, 500/2, 582/6, 590, 694/6, 700/1, 703/4, 746/54, 756/7, 817/9, 823, 869/78, 929/39, 941, 945/7, 999/1000B 
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Cape Town) 73/84, 88/9, 237/42, 370/3, 378/9, 432, 434/5, 441, 454/5, 512/4, 602/6, 709/11, 763/7, 880/3, 963/6, 1000D/H 
J F BURNETT (Traveller, Lancashire) 4, 14, 71, 151, 158/9, 163/5 (on calling on members of medical profession in his district, with the view of them appearing as witnesses for BW&Co in the 'Tabloid' trade mark case), 171, 205, 207, 244, 252, 273, 381, 384, 549, 654 (on avoiding discussions with chemists re articles in the Daily Mail on substitution), 655, 674, 852, 957, 968, 977, 995 
Judson SYKES BURY, ESQ 4 
G P BLANCHFLOWER (Traveller) 37, 40, 54, 99, 113, 135, 209, 235/6, 381, 383, 411, 977 
Sir W M BANKS 136 
Charles BARGATE (re) 184 
L H BAX (re) 184 
BALKWILL & CO (See HUNT) 206 
James BOLK 227 
Prof J B BRADBURY 248 
H BARNES 271 
Sir T Lauder BRUNTON 313A/B (on appearing as a witness for BW&Co in BW&Co v Thompson and Capper) 
Dr J BIERNAOKI 368 
T H BAILEY (Traveller) 388 
B K BIDDY 466, 467 
Alfred BENZON 531/3 
BURGOYNE BURBIDGES & CO 725 
A BARRITT (re) 915

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (See AGENT GENERAL) No page number 
Prof William CARTER 137 
Paul CALM 140, 270 
CITY OF LONDON POLICE 173 
William COOMBER (re) 184, 248 
F CURRY (Traveller) 242, 301 (on chemists in London not displaying BW&Co showcards), 382, 700, 721, 760, 967 
Maj. R H CASTOR 268, Civil Surgeon, Bassem, Burma (giving details of a new BW&Co Bacteriological Cabinet) 
Thomas COOK & SON LTD 462/3 
Ernest CLARKE 476, 852 
C H R CHRISTIE 540, 718/9, 744/5 
H PHILLIPS CHICK 548 
CONSUL GENERAL FOR USA 809 
William C CHURCH (re) 809 
J W CHAPMAN 844

Julius DRESCHFIELD 4 
Dr W DOWSON, Director, Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories, 107, 187 (on research into Cannabis Indica), 480, 742, 761, 788, 910, 963 
Dr Ludwig DARMSTAEDTER 112, 672/3, 730, 770, 804 
F DORVAULT (Paris) 345/8 
Charles DELACRE & CO 443, 899 
Rt Hon Sir H MORTIMER DURAND (Ambassador to Spain) 546 (on custom duties on Kepler products in Spain) 
DAILY CHRONICLE (See "NOVELTY") 
J W DRYSDALE 683, 728, 987 
W G DONALD (re) 734 
Prof W P DUNBAR (State Institute For Hygiene) 736 
DAILY EXPRESS 837 (on a reference to 'Tabloid' Photographic Chemicals), 901 
DIRECTOR GENERAL (Principle Medical Officer, Simla India) 854 (on sending samples of BW&CO 'Tabloid' Quinine Bisulphate0 
DAVY HILL & CO 896

G B ELLIS (See MEWBURN ELLIS & PRYOR) 
ESPANOLA MEDICINE CO 349, 442 
ELKIN & HENRIQUES 464 
EVANS GADD & CO 715 
Miss J ENGHOLM 792 
EVANS SONS LESCHER & WEBB 924

T E FULLER (See AGENT GENERAL) 
FAIRCHILD BROS & FOSTER 100, 375, 444, 608 (S W Fairchild), 834, 849, 980 
L T FARRIES (See BURGOYNE BURBIDGES) 252 
A CHUNE FLETCHER 296, 457, 590, 620, 693, 790, 920 
FORBES & HAVILAND 376/7, 609/11, 659, 833 
G P FORRESTER 400 
FORBES ALLAN & CO 442 
FOREIGN OFFICE 545 (on custom duties on Kepler products in Spain) 
W H FOWKES 811, 906 
Dr FINSELBACH (Sydney) 824

GILES SCHACHT & CO 108 
J GAUSSAIL (Bordeaux) 133/4 
GIONGO, DALMAZZO & CO 363/4, 552, 563/4, 566/7, 626, 726, 768/9, 796/7, 800/1, 820/1, 836, 900/1, 992 
J H GEAR 437 
P GIBBS 464 
GALE & CO 547 
H GADD (EVANS GADD & CO) 715 
GINNER & CO (Cannes) 813/5 
E H GAUSDEN (re) 812, 831 
G W GREEN (re) 895/6, 898 

A E HOLDEN 5, 196, 512 
J W HULL (Traveller) 53, 72, 170/1, 276, 618, 654, 685, 772 
J McVIE HILL 101 
A J HILL (Burroughs Wellcome & Co Dartford) 106, 139, 162, 312, 413 474, 476, 539, 662, 754, 781, 794, 799, 868, 904, 1000C 
Reginald HARRISON 136 
F W HUNT (Messrs BALKWILL & CO) 206 
E W HARPER (Traveller) 303/4, 479, 829 
W HOUGHTON & CO 344 
J C HUTCHESON 401 
R HOVENDEN 601 
Mrs HEITLAND (Office of "The Queen", Windsor House, E.C.) 720 
A B HECTOR 825/8, 942/4, 998 
R H HORSTMAN 867 
J D HIGGINS 907 
HODGKINSON CLARKE & WARD 915

INDIA (See DIRECTOR GENERAL & PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER)

M KRIS (Vienna) (BW&Co agent in Austria) 98, 149, 245, 249, 269, 419, 600, 698/9, 702, 731, 755, 842/3, 903, 997 
KEMPNER & PINNER 111, 472, 520, 579, 671, 679, 758 
D L KIRKPATRICK (Traveller) 279, 465, 500, 759 (on rival medical men and chemists to BW&Co in Cork) 
KILNER BROS LTD 362 
Dr A S KENNEDY 787 
J KINGSLEY & CO (re) 858 
D KING 924

LINKENHEIL & CO 11, 169, 537, 628, 678, 680, 810, 925, 927 
J & H LIEBERG 195, 277 
LUYTIES HOMEOPATHIC PHARMACY COMPANY (St Louis) (on perceived misuse of the trademarked term 'Tabloid' by this company) 319, 785 (mentions 'Tabloid' first registered as a trademark in the US in March 1885, and that it has appeared in dictionaries) 
LONDON CITY & MIDLAND BANK 589 
LENNON LTD 725 
H K LEWIS 774, 987 
John E LEWIS (Ireland) 991 
J LENNOX (re) 897, 924 
LABORATORIES DE SINIDAD (See Dr UBEDA)

John DIXON MANN, ESQ (Manchester) 4, 121 
William McBRIDE (Traveller) 19, 36, 55, 189/90, 207, 305, 511, 549, 928, 975 
MARKBY STEWART & CO 20, 42, 45, 104/5, 114, 131, 160, 166, 251, 265, 276, 374, 415, 571, 580, 587, 657, 729, 789, 981/2, 994, 1000I 
MAYNARD NASH & MUIRHEAD 86 
MEWBURN ELLIS & PRYOR 137, 244 
Dr R S MAIR 565 
H MACHIN (Traveller) 675, 732/3 (criticisms of Machin), 867, 914, 959 
Dr W S MANN (Birmingham) 714 
T T MACKLIN 723, 863 
MARTIN, NIERMEYER & CO 741, 777 
MAY ROBERTS & CO 784, 859 
Lt. Col. H K McKAY 830 
C & E MORTON 897 
Richard MACARTNEY 989 

F R NEWBERY 214 
Luigi NAGARI (Vigevano) 568/9 (on the use of the word 'Tabloid' in a cartoon called 'Tabloidi Pettorali Balsamici') 
NOVELTY 581 (re their advertisement in the Daily Telegraph headed 'Tabloid Fuel')

PATENT OFFICE (Trade Marks) 87, 380 
POLICE (See CITY OF LONDON) 
W R PARKER (Kendal) 306 
Andreas PETERSEN (Copenhagen) 317 
B H PAUL 325 
Henry PEET 475 
Miss G POWELL (re) 538 
H F PRITER (See WEST KENT MAIN SEWERAGE BOARD) 
PROVIDENT CLERKS & GENERAL GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION LTD 734 
PLYMOUTH CO-OPERATIVE DRUG CO 835 
PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER (Simla, India) 854 
J PADWICK 858 

"QUEEN" THE (Mrs HEITLAND) 720 

F A ROGERS (Traveller) 102, 135, 273, 300, 440, 637, 682, 722, 775 
RAFFO & LEVI (Milan) 110, 369, 436/7 
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE 184, 248, 562, 812, 848 
J E RACKETT 735 
ROMEIKE & CURTISS 793 
Nicolo RAFFO (Milan) 795, 888/9 

J E SIXSMITH (Traveller) 102, 173, 389, 529 
St BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL (See TWEEDY) 
A SAVORY (Savory & Moore) 209 
LT. COL. John SMYTH (Victoria Hospital, Bangalore, India) 320 (on sending samples of 'Tabloid' Quinine Bisulphate 
Dr Rudolph SCHWARZ 682 
A B SHUTTLEWOOD (A S WATSON & CO) 694 
STATE INSTITUTE FOR HYGIENE (Germany) (See DUNBAR) 
SALMON & GLUCKSTEIN 894 
STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA 962 
C G St JOHN 986

W E TAYLOR (Traveller) 39/40, 275, 674, 690, 735, 928, 960, 974 
A J THOMPSON 115/6, 139, 150, 161, 167/8, 197, 208 
S C G TWEEDY 141 
Joseph TETLEY & CO 295, 491/2, 677, 972, 978 
J TURNER & CO LTD 670, 890 
J C THRESH 693

VEREINIGTE CHEMISCHE WERKE 299, 681, 864, 911, 983 
A P VAUGHAN 565

U.S.A (See CONSUL GENERAL) 
UNION DES FABRICANTS, LE (Paris) 908/9, 948/57 
Dr UBEDA 970/1

H S WELLCOME (Manchester case) 1/3, 6/9 (on the completion of a BW&Co circular in Arabic), 21/35 (on tenders being turned down by the India Office), 57/70 (on substitution including BW&Co meeting with Editor of the Medical Times & Hospital Gazette, 90/7 (describes code words to use when sending cables re business), 103, 117/9, 122/30, 142/8, 153/7, 176/83 (on sending snakes to the Research Laboratories, Khartoum), 198/204, 210/3, 229/34, 246/7, 253/62, 280/93, 307/11A, 313, 321/4 (C.J.S. Thompson buys book 'Observations on the Unicorn'), 356/61, 365/7, 385/7, 391, 394/6, 403/9, 420/7, 446/53, 458/60 (on specimens being sent to Cuba for examination), 468/71, 481/90, 503/7 (on Dr Power, WCRL, commenting on research into the suprarenal gland / adrenaline in Germany), 516/9, 523/30 (on the appearance in the Daily Express of the column heading "Tabloid London"), 542/4, 556/60, 572/8, 591/6, 598/9, 613/6, 622, 629/36, 645/53, 663/9, 686/8 
WELLCOME PHYSIOLOGICAL LABORATORY (Secretary & Director) 106, 121, 172, 214, 318, 398, 411, 511, 619, 640, 707, 729, 841 
Walter WHITEHEAD 4 
F H WESTMACOTT 4 
E C WHITBY 108 
H WILSON 152 
T A WALL 228 
John WYETH (& BROTHER) 243, 621, 708, 860, 926 
Captain E WILKINSON (Chief Plague Medical Officer) (Lahore) 267 (sending particulars of a BW&Co Bateriological Cabinet) 
C GRANVILLE WOOD 272 
A H WARDLE (Shanghai) 354 
Miss WILSON 515 
WENBORN & CO LTD 538 
E J WRIGHT (re) 562, 848 
WAR OFFICE (Egypt) 606A 
WEST KENT MAIN SEWERAGE BOARD 658, 684, 905 
A S WATSON & CO 694 
Prof WENDELSTADT (Bonn) 780 
WOODS & SNELLING 802 
W D & H O WILLS 805 
J A WALSH (re) 859 
E A WEBB 878 
WRIGHT LAYMAN & UMNEY 898 
S L BUTTERWORTH WILKS (Skipton) 917

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