Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 13

** The original item is too fragile to be produced. The microfiche version, reference AMS/MF/188, will be produced instead. **

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

March - June 1903

1 volume

Copyright assigned to the Wellcome Trust