Brocklehurst, James (fl. 1835-1845)

Date:
1841-1845
Reference:
MS.5948
Part of:
Brocklehurst, James (fl. 1835-45), chemist and druggist, Hyde, Cheshire
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About this work

Description

Invoice book, consisting of many thousands of bills, (many with printed, sometimes illustrated, bill-heads), addressed to James Brocklehurst, druggist, Hyde. The bills were received from tradesmen of all kinds, including fellow chemists and druggists, surgeon apothecaries, and suppliers of bottles, jars, syringes etc. The bills are mounted on paper, now badly decayed, and bound as a volume.

Publication/Creation

1841-1845

Physical description

1 volume 1 volume: c. 437 × c. 250 mm. Original leather binding. Paper and binding very badly decayed.

Finding aids

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

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