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Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 6

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Letterbook consisting of copies of internal and external letters sent by the head office of Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Snow Hill, January 1901 - July 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. 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 contains correspondence between Burroughs Wellcome & Co and the Home Office, relating to the Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories (WPRL) being registered under the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act. It also illustrates how the Burroughs Wellcome & Co trademarked term 'Tabloid' was coming under increasing use by newspapers.

The letterbook also shows the links between Burroughs Wellcome & Co and the newly established Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories and the Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories, with products being sent to the laboratories for testing.

Also included is a letter to Alfred Harmwsorth, the newspaper publisher, over the use of the Burroughs Wellcome & Co trademarked term 'Tabloid' in one of his publications (Harmsworth has been credited with being the first person to use the word 'Tabloid' in the context of journalism).

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.

1000 pages used. Index as follows:

"ANSWERS" 196 
AUSTIN & SONS 231 
J A ATKINSON 344, 345 
W L ALDEN 589 
AGENT GENERAL FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 712 
R W ANDERSON, H. M. S. "Medusa" 842 
ARNOLD & SONS 934

BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Sydney) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 30, 31, 32, 63, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 133, 147, 148, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 290, 291, 332, 339, 366, 367, 377, 394, 395, 397, 400, 400a, 400b, 444, 445, 466, 472, 473, 475, 476, 487, 488, 539, 541, 572, 586, 587, 595, 596, 633, 640, 641, 646, 648, 670, 674, 681, 683, 684, 691, 734, 770, 931, 935, 961, 988 
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Dartford) 17, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42, 43, 49, 50, 51, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111, 118, 121, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 134, 150, 152, 153, 157, 158, 162, 168, 176, 177, 178, 179, 186, 188, 189, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 204, 206, 209, 211, 212, 217, 220, 221, 222, 227, 234, 235, 236, 239, 249, 268, 272, 276, 277, 278, 279, 288, 292, 295, 297, 298, 299, 306, 307, 323, 327, 328, 329, 335, 336, 337, 338, 340, 343, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 359, 360, 361, 363, 365, 368, 378, 379, 380, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 392, 393, 396, 399, 402, 403, 404, 407, 409, 423, 424, 425, 429, 431, 433, 434, 437, 438, 439, 440, 442, 443, 447, 448, 449, 453, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 491, 492, 495, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 529, 530, 531, 537, 538, 540, 542, 555, 555b, 557, 558, 563, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 581, 583, 588, 593, 597, 601, 620, 623, 624, 625, 628, 629, 634, 635, 638, 639, 645, 647, 649, 659, 666, 667, 668, 671, 675, 678, 680, 682, 689, 690, 692, 707, 715, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 727, 732, 733, 738, 740, 741, 755, 759, 760, 764, 765, 766, 767, 768, 769, 782, 783, 784, 787, 788, 789, 790, 796, 797, 798, 815, 820, 822, 825, 826, 830, 837, 838, 839, 843, 847, 848, 849, 851, 857, 858, 864, 871, 885, 887, 888, 896, 901, 904, 905, 914, 918, 922, 925, 929, 932, 942, 950, 956, 958, 977, 983, 991, 1003 
BUTLER & CRISPE 114 
Wm BRANDT'S SONS & CO 155 
John BUCK 165 
G P BLANCHFLOWER (Traveller) 182, 362 
BURGOYNE BURBIDGES & CO 534 
BAIRD & TATLOCK 579 
J F BURNETT (Traveller) 664, 965 
F BAILEY 679 
E BALDWIN 757 
W Fletcher BARRETT 841, 947, 952, 969 
G S BOUTALL 926 
W J T BARKER 954 
Surg. Capt. F J BRACKENRIDGE 1003c (letter from Henry Wellcome, re equipment for the Tropical Research Laboratories)

CUXSON GERRARD & CO 135 
L J CULLINGFORD 280, 343 
CORBYN STACEY & CO 296 
Thos. COOK & SON LTD (re Wellcome's travels in Egypt) 301, 866 
F CURRY (Traveller) 528, 677, 680, 971, 972 
G R H CLARK 578 
J Ward COUSINS 663 
CADMAN & CO 685 
CHASE & CO 686, 711 
CARTER'S DRUG STORES (on complaints that BW&Co goods were not supplied when store was asked for 'Tabloid' products) 716, 754 
Rowland CARR & CO 729 
CADETT & NEALL LTD 783 
C J CHRISTIE 959 
John CLARK & CO LTD (Belfast) 963 
James CURRIE, BA, Khartoum 1003a (on the design of the Tropical Research Laboratories)

Dr W DOWSON (WPRL, Brockwell Hall) (mostly on the WPRL examining BW&Co products) 36, 43, 51, 67, 105, 237, 281, 289, 380, 401, 427, 535, 561, 563, 673, 709, 824, 839, 886, 904 
DIXON, ELKIN & DIXON 39, 81, 136, 585, 643, 929, 958, 965 
J L DAVY (J Tetley & Co) 82, 210, 325, 494, 536, 562 
J W DRYSDALE 140, 149, 205, 407, 540 (re 'Tabloid' Opium), 584 
"DAILY EXPRESS" 270 (re use of the word 'Tabloid' in an advertisement for the Chambers Encyclopaedia) 
G H DE'ATH (Medical Officer of Health, Buckingham) 383 
A V DAVIES (Shaw) 580 
The "DAILY GRAPHIC" 602 (re use of the word 'Tabloid' in an article in this newspaper) 
W A DUNKERLEY 727, 758 
E E DICKINSON & CO 960 
G C DUSART (see Sussex Co-op) 968

EVANS LESCHER & WEBB 269 
W M ELLIS 409, 632, 645, 706 
Wm EVE 728 
"THE EVENING NEWS" (re use of the word 'Tabloid' in an article in this newspaper), 752

FAIRCHILD BROS & FOSTER (New York) 16, 98, 99, 103, 116, 117, 226, 284, 293, 294, 347, 389, 390, 450, 489, 490, 527, 533, 599, 642, 661, 662, 725, 756, 799, 957 
A Chune FLETCHER 44, 151, 211, 309, 669, 671, 682, 815 
Dr FINDLAY 262, 263, 264, 265, 266 
FULLER HORSEY SONS & CASSELL 342, 720, 761, 762, 844, 860, 874, 920 
M E FOSTER & CO 687, 714 
FANNIN & CO 750 
E T FISON 900 
FUERST BROTHERS 964

A W GERRARD 215 
C F GILL (Dartford) 451, 818, 822 
GOODALL BACKHOUSE & CO 470 
THE GUARANTEE SOCIETY 521 
Fred W GILL (Dartford) 923 
C GIONGO (see also Raffo Dalmazzo) 981

A T HILL (B W &Co) 34, 239, 311, 322, 324, 368, 441, 468, 493, 514, 534, 583, 665, 690, 737, 819, 845, 852, 858, 917, 955 
A B HECTOR 69, 70, 71, 247, 592, 594, 831, 941 
HORNER & SONS (Aldgate) 97 
Alfred HARMSWORTH 120 (re use of the term 'Tabloid' in an issue of Answers) 
H A R HERVEY (H B M's Consul) 219 
J W HULL (Traveller) 300, 676 
J W HARRIS (Traveller) 331 (re 'Tabloid' Thyroid Gland), 428, 469, 790, 840, 997 
C HENNEQUIN (City Drug Co) 378 
H P HOGWOOD 382 
J R HILL (Bristol) 391, 401 
HEARON SQUIRE & FRANCIS 405, 474 
HOME OFFICE 432, 834-836 (detailed letter re proposed research work at the WPRL, under Home Office licence) 
E HESKETH (Messrs J & E Hall LTD) 515, 520 
HEADLANDS LTD 631 
Miss C B HAMILTON 833 
HERON & HERON 907 
HAMILTON LONG & CO 962

ILFORD LTD 623, 997

JEFFCOAT & CO (Scott & Co, Paris) 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 112, 447, 486, 584 
C F KEMP SONS & CO 40, 80 
M KRIS (Vienna) 883

T H B LONG (Traveller) (including letters from India), 10, 79, 191, 333, 408, 895 
LINKENHEIL & CO 27, 83, 171, 598, 622, 644, 660, 705, 718, 785, 861, 877, 906, 924, 949, 973 
Wm E LAW 162 
LORIMER & CO LTD 230 
Dr Oscar LIEBREICH 233, 428, 870 
Henry LOWE, MRCS 305 
J A LEA (Imperial Yeomanry) 426 (on BW&Co supplying a 'Tabloid' Medicine Case to each Medical Officer of the Imperial Yeomanry) 
LINCOLN & MIDLAND COUNTRIES DRUG COMPANY 706 
F LAUGHTON-SMITH 1000

S MAW, SON & SONS 17, 216, 739 
Wm McBRIDE (Traveller) 131, 334, 392, 673, 1002 
C D MOFFAT 163, 164 
MARKBY, STEWART & CO (continued) 185, 271, 330, 335, 430, 431, 433, 458, 459, 471, 496, 559, 560, 575 (see below) 
MILBURN'S LTD 713, 753 
JABES MURRO & CO 717, 763 
M A MORRIS 755 
John MELLANBY (re his appointment to the WPRL) 791, 817, 992 
H E MAKEPEACE 830 
JOHN MURDOCH & CO 991

F.NEWBURY & SONS 113, 364 
The NEWSAGENT & BOOKSELLERS REVIEW (re use of the word 'Tabloid' in an article in this newspaper) 455 
S.C. NOBLE 643 
The NEW YORK EVENING WORLD (re use of the word 'Tabloid' in an article in this newspaper - headline was "Tabloids of the Latest News") 688 
A.J. NOBLE 829 
G.J.L O'NEILL (Sydney) 832

G.E. PEARSON (Traveller) (letters to South Africa) 11, 159, 161, 183, 187 
PONTIFEX HEWITT & PITT 40, 311, 634 
PARISH & HICKSON 139 
Mrs PEARSON 183 
C.E POTTER 248 
Wm PALMER 280 
L. PELFER 382 
PIEKFORD & CO 819 
C.A. PARKER 974 
A. PINNER 976 
Major PENTON BEY 1003B (on the furnishings of the Tropical Research Laboratories).

RAFFO DALMAZZO & CO (BW&Co Agent in Italy), 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 137, 138, 169, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 207, 208, 213, 214, 223, 224, 225, 228, 229, 273, 274, 275, 282, 283, 302, 303, 304, 626, 627, 636, 637, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 778 ,779, 780, 781, 862, 875, 966, 981, 984, 998 
E.. RAVEN (Traveller) 122, 821, 829, 898 
F.A. ROGERS 149, 180, 238, 735, 736 
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE 123, 184, 267, 381, 406, 593, 603, 647, 666, 689, 710, 711, 724, 731, 763, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 843 
H.G. ROGERSON 310 
E.M RICHFORD 708 

J. SANGER & SONS 61 
R. SAUNDERSON 108 
SANSON 154 
B.M. STOAKES 166 
Geo. M. STEVENSON 391 
H. SNELLING 452, 529 
Rev Percy C. SMITH (Dartford) 452 
W.H. SILK 532 
ST PANCRAS IRON WORKS LTD 730 
SAFETY TREAD SYNDICATE LTD 887 
R.C. SUDLOW 892, 912 
A.W. SMITH 923 
SUSSEX CO-OPERATIVE DRUG CO. (see Dusant) 968

J. Roberts THOMSON 68 
Thomas TYRER & CO LTD 123, 167 
W.E. TAYLOR (Traveller) 156, 237, 342, 435, 436, 437, 467, 677 
J. TURNER & CO LTD 181, 204, 240, 554, 555A, 850, 873, 913, 948, 944 
J.L.W. THUDICHUM 276 
F.W.G. THOMAS 591 
J de TOROK (Budapest) 884

VINOLIA CO LTD 28 
VEREINIGTE CHEMISCHE WERKE 29, 33 (re complaints concerning 'Lanoline' products), 57, 115, 119, 132, 160, 218, 232, 285, 286, 287, 346, 398, 446, 456, 457, 621, 672, 786, 928 
VULCAN BOILER INSURANCE CO LTD 308 
VINES & FROOM 726

H.S. WELLCOME Esq 18 (on closing the Snow Hill Office on the day of Queen Victoria's funeral), 19, 20, 21, 22 (on a new contract to supply BW&Co with Malt), 23 (illustrations to BW&Co Medical Diaries), 24, 25 (re insurance claim to injury sustained by Wellcome), 26, 84 (reprints of articles by BW&Co staff), 85 (order from the War Office for 6 million 'Tabloid' products), 86 (re licence for the WPRL), 87, 88, 89, 141, 142, 143 (on HSW being sent coloured prints from Frank H Wellcome of Indian Chiefs), 144, 145 (G Pearson, unsanctioned interview with the press), 146, 196, 197, 198 (petition to Home Office re WPRL), 199, 200 (re Pearson establising a branch of BW&Co in South Africa), 201, 202, 203, 250, 251 (petition in Herne Hill for the removal of the WPRL), 252 (petition to the Home Office for the registration of the WPRL), 253 (on the possibility of creating Physiological Research Laboratories abroad), 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317 (on the rapid use in press of the word Tabloid), 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 410, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 477, 478, 479, 480 (petition to the Home Office for the registration of the WPRL), 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550 (petition to the Home Office for the registration of the WPRL), 551, 552, 553, 564, 565 (petition to the Home Office for the registration of the WPRL), 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 604, 605, 606 ("Antique Advertisements" in the British Medical Journal), 607, 608, 609, 610 (sales of BW&Co products in South Africa; establishing a branch of BW&Co in South Africa), 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617 (cable code for discussions re BW&Co South Africa branch), 618, 619, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655 (re Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association), 656, 657, 658, 693, 694 (petition to the Home Office for the registration of the WPRL), 695, 696, 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 758, 800 (establishing a branch of BW&Co in South Africa), 801, 802, 803, 805 (Wellcome Cricket Club), 806, 807, 809 (petition to the Home Office for the registration of the WPRL), 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 827, 828, 846, 853 (medical supplies for the "great Antarctic Medical Expedition" has been promised to BW&Co), 854, 855, 856, 867, 868, 869, 878, 879, 880, 881, 882, 889, 899, 908 
Arthur WATSON M.D. 96 
The "WORLD", New York (re use of the word 'Tabloid' in a circular issued by this newspaper) 129 
John WYETH & BROTHER 130 (on complaints re Wyeth's Beef Juices from India), 326, 341, 582, 970 
Wm WOODWARD 454, 630 
WHITE BROTHERS 749 
Mrs Lloyd WILLIAMS 916 

H. YOUNG & CO LTD 136 
B.W. YOUNG 590

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