Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 19

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Letterbook consisting of copies of internal and external letters sent by the head office of Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Snow Hill, November 1904 - June 1905.

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. The letterbook also contains a circular to all British-based salesmen concerning the separation of the company from the Physiological Laboratories.

Also included is correspondence with the Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories.

For correspondence between BW&Co and Henry Wellcome during this period see: WF/E/03/01/22.

1000 pages used. Index as follows:

Charles M ALDER (re) 105, 106, 107, 115
J A ATKINSON (Traveller) 132, 343 (on Atkinson's forthcoming trip to Greece), 509, 561, 648, 710
APOLLINARIS CO (London) 149
S S AMERSON (Kentucky) 439
C S ASHTON (Brighton) 505
R AYLWIN (re) Carpenter 623
W ALLARD (Traveller) 687
T ALBERIZZI 697, 698
ALLEN & HANBURYS (Bethnal Green) 790

BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Dartford) 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 31, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50/2, 53/59, 62, 63, 64, 76, 77, 80/82, 83/86, 89/92, 95/99, 110, 113, 114, 119, 128, 130, 131, 134, 137, 142, 150, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160/165, 167, 168, 169, 171, 173, 178, 181, 187, 190, 195, 197, 198, 204, 212, 214, 215, 218, 219, 226, 229/231, 233/236, 241, 242, 245/8, 255, 264, 269, 270, 271, 273, 274, 278, 279, 281, 284, 285, 288, 289, 290, 293, 294, 303, 304/306, 308/309, 312, 313, 316, 321, 322, 323, 324, 334, 335, 339, 341, 344, 345, 348, 350, 352, 359, 362, 363, 368, 373, 374, 376, 377, 381, 382, 386, 388, 391, 392, 394/396, 398, 399, 400, 403, 409/411, 412/414, 419, 420, 421, 429, 431, 433, 435, 445/8, 454, 455, 457, 458, 460, 463, 466, 473, 477, 480, 481, 492, 493, 499/501, 502, 503, 506/510, 511, 519, 528/530, 537/540, 542/544, 546, 549, 556/7, 558/9, 576, 577/578, 580, 581, 583, 584, 586/588, 590, 592, 593, 596, 597, 599, 600/2, 604, 614, 615, 620, 621, 624, 627, 633, 636, 637, 650/653, 657, 659, 662, 663/5, 667, 671, 672, 678, 681, 683, 685, 686, 692/95, 699, 701, 703, 705, 706, 708, 709, 711, 713, 715, 719/21, 729/730, 732, 733/36, 741, 742, 751, 754, 763, 770, 771, 772, 776/7, 780, 782, 785/788, 792, 796, 797, 800, 803, 804, 806, 812, 814, 816, 817, 818, 820, 828, 831, 832, 833, 834, 836, 837, 853, 854, 855, 860, 861, 862, 863/868, 869/874, 875, 877, 878, 880, 881, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 894/902, 904/906, 913/919, 921, 923/930, 932, 936, 944, 945, 947/949, 952/3, 956, 959/961, 963/964, 967, 968, 970, 971, 976, 978, 982, 983, 984, 988, 989, 990, 991, 993/995, 997, 999
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Cape Town) 2, 3, 4, 34/9, 69/74, 139, 142, 182, 185, 186, 187, 206, 207, 257, 258, 297/901, 339/341, 378/380, 406/8, 442, 443, 496, 497, 522/527, 568/572, 574, 593/5, 639/646, 678/680, 684, 723/726, 766/768, 801, 802, 825, 826, 884/6, 888, 920, 938/941, 978
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Sydney) 23/30, 32, 33, 65/68, 119/126, 133, 173/177, 201, 203, 252/254, 291/292, 325/333, 370/374, 404, 405, 436, 437, 487/492, 512/519, 562/6, 591, 628/630, 667/669, 682, 716, 718, 759/760, 792/5, 818, 819, 843/852, 882/884, 910/913, 933/4, 971/975
A H BARNETT (Traveller) 19, 464 (letter from BW&Co on the separation of the WPRL from the company), 950
J A B BALL (Simla) 754, 956
BROOKWELL (re) 78
J F BURNETT (Traveller) 83, 464 (letter from BW&Co on the separation of the WPRL from the company)
W J BUSH & CO (Hackney) 100
E J BRAY (London) 107
G P BLANCHFLOWER (Traveller) 113, 265, 375, 464 (letter from BW&Co on the separation of the WPRL from the company)
John BLOCK & CO (Moscow) 115
J R BARRETT (Leamington) 992
BANK OF AUSTRALASIA (Sydney) 127, 289, 486, 592, 758, 932
J BROWN (KODAK LTD) 146
J BREMER-SCHLESINGER (London) 828
BURGOYNE BURBIDGES & CO (London) 199
J E BOWES (New South Wales) 250
Dr John A BOUCK (London) 354
J J BERNARD (Dublin) 367
J BRADSHAW (East Finchley) 417
Mr RITSON BENNELL (re) 425, 426, 427, 428, 430
BOOTS DRUG STORES (Nottingham) 534 Alfred BLOM (Berlin) 547
Henry Walsh BARTLETT (Oxford Street) 800, 990
Henry Walsh BARTLETT (re) 663/7
BREFFITT & CO (London) 757

F STANLEY CLARKE (Wellcome Club & Institute) 214
H E COOPER (Traveller) 238, 464 (letter from BW&Co on the separation of the WPRL from the company), 498, 750, 811
W C CORBETT (Cork) 276
CARGILLS LTD (Colombo, Ceylon) 295/296, 560
CARGILLS LTD (Glasgow) 297
COPESTAKE, CRAMPTON & CO (Bow Churchyard) 337
C H R CHRISTIE (Traveller) (mostly on Christie's trip to Central America) 350, 397, 820, 839, 922, 966, 970
R G H COLE (Sydney) 369
Stephen COLERIDGE (London) 475
CURLING WYMAN & CO (London) 520
CHARING CROSS & STRAND ELECTRICITY CO 554
C COMPERTZ (Rotterdam) 585
J CLARKE (Brackley) 675
William CLEMENTS (Burton-On-Trent) 476
Dr J T CREERY (Coleraine) 748 (asking for a reference for Thomas Nevin)
Michael G CORONI (Port Said) 808, 809, 810
CADBURY BROS (London) 810
CAPSULOID CO (London) 853
CUNHA & CO (London) 903
Carlo CAPELLI (Milan) 954

M DALMAZZO (Milan) 262, 263, 319, 320, 389, 390, 450, 451, 469, 470, 494, 495, 550, 551, 616/619, 689/91, 773, 774, 827, 954
C DELACRE & CO (Brussels) 346, 347
Surgeon-Major DARWIN 360 (Manchester)
DIRECTOR GENERAL DE L'ADMINISTRATION DES SERVICES SANITAIRES (Cairo, Egypt) 635
J W DRYSDALE & CO 679, 728
DEUSTCHE DISMALT (Munich) 857, 858
George G DIEKMAN (New York) 969
DIXON & OLDHAM (London) 981

EVANS SON LESCHER & WEBB (Liverpool & London) 205, 739, 955, 998
ELLIMAN & SONS (Slough) 307
F J FOSTER ENGLISH (re) 415, 416, 417, 418
EVENING NEWS (London) 876 (on the misuse of the trade mark 'Tabloid' in describing the products of a chemists in Calcutta)

FRAME FOOD CO (Southfields) 15
FAIRCHILD BROS & FOSTER 216, 715, 957
W B FALDING (London) 711
FRÜHLING & G (London) 731
Max FISCHER (Cairo) 753, 764, 924, 996
G FORZANI (Genoa) 798, 799
J S FRY & SONS (London) 808
FROST, WARD & CO (London) 813
Walter H FOX (Messina) 835

H B GARNETT (Bournemouth) 143
GIONGO DALMAZZO & CO (Milan) 193, 194, 220, 221, 239, 240, 243, 244, 314, 315, 365, 366, 401, 402, 419, 452, 453, 467, 468, 552, 553, 758
E C GEALES (London) 427
GINNER & CO (Cannes) 674
L GIUSSANNI (Milan) 737, 955
Dr Carlo GIONGO (Milan) 773, 774
H A GOODALL & CO (London) 830

A B HECTOR (Cape Town) 1, 75, 138, 139, 140, 183, 184, 208, 209, 259, 302, 381, 573, 575, 727, 765
HINTON, HILL & COLES (London) 61
Fred. C HART (re) 143, 144, 145, 146
F C HART (Traveller) 464 (letter from BW&Co on the separation of the WPRL from the company), 709
CROSSLEY HOLLAND (re) 151, 152, 153, 154
F W CROSSLEY HOLLAND (Traveller) 388, 464 (letter from BW&Co on the separation of the WPRL from the company), 688
A J HILL (Dartford) 231, 336
HILL & COLES (London) 267, 752
J H HART (Glasgow) 355
Capt. J HOUSTON (London) 623
J M HILL (Traveller) 633
J HERTZ (London) 649
W HEMMINGS (Brackley) 673
HARRISON & SCHEAK (London) 686
F Edward HARRISON (re) 790, 791
W H & F J HORNIMAN & CO (London) 809
J W HUMPHREYS & SON (London) 840, 841, 842

Dr H R IRVINE (Belfast) 747 (asking for a reference for Thomas Nevin)
IMPERIAL OTTOMAN BANK, TURKEY 755

M KRIS (Vienna) (BW&Co agent in Austria) 68, 82, 116, 131, 156, 161, 172, 198, 215, 237, 256, 277, 303, 304, 392, 438, 444, 480, 581, 622, 660, 661, 869, 875, 904, 951
D L KIRKPATRICK (Traveller) 166, 316 (on Thomas Nevin's work for Kirkpatrick), 424, 444, 461, 486, 626, 655, 743 (on Nevin being a travelling salesman for BW&Co in Canada), 796
J KEENE (London Bridge) 426
Wilhelm KATHE (Halle Saale, Germany) 432

T H B LONG (Traveller) 74, 200 (re Shanghai Dispensary), 382, 528, 682, 833, 962
W B LORD (Wellcome Club & Institute) 90
LANCET (London) 159
LINKENHEIL & CO (Berlin) 256, 351, 440, 582, 666
R E LORRAINE (Castle Douglas) 266
Rev. J LEGGE (Buckhurst Hill) 416
J DIX LEWIS (Hornsey Lane, N) 428
LONDON & COUNTY BANKING CO (London) 504, 789
L'UNION DES FABRICANTS (Paris) 541, 942, 958
Dr J N LEAK (Plymouth) 546
T W LOWTHER (Birmingham) 676
Charles LEWES (Toronto) 749
LONDON, CITY & MIDLAND BANK (London) 781
LENNON LTD (London) 935

W MATTHEWS (Traveller) 60 (re Hazeline Snow in collapsible tubes), 345, 433, 464 (letter from BW&Co on the separation of the WPRL from the company), 478
T H MOORE (Cape Town) 855, 937
C L MITCHELL (Philadelphia) 805, 965
MARKBY STEWART & CO (London) 94, 129, 228, 232, 441, 656
C & B MORTON (London) 980
J MAY (Seven Kings) 105
MONNOT-BARTHOLIN & CO (Paris) 945, 946, 985
A P MANFREDI (Milan) 108, 117, 147, 148, 179, 180, 188, 189, 260, 261, 456, 598, 647
George MATTHEWS (Clapham) 222
LANGFORD MOORE (St. Bart's Hospital) 224
R MacLURE (Madras) 318
William MARTIN (St. George's Hospital) 338
R M MOIR (Hampstead) 415
KENRIC MURRAY (Cannon Street) 418
THOMAS D MURPHY CO (London) 425
F C MARRINGTON (Traveller) 435, 464 (letter from BW&Co on the separation of the WPRL from the company), 580, 660, 783 (itinerary for forthcoming tour of Germany), 784, 823, 856, 890, 943, 986, 987, 988
Thomas MORSON (London) 532
John C MOORE (Ireland) 606
W McBRIDE (Traveller) 631, 658, 763
MARION & CO LTD (London) 634
F W MACLEAN (Stockwell) 648
MAW, SON & SONS (London) 740

Hon. Stephen Coleridge, NATIONAL ANTI-VIVSECTION SOCIETY 475 (forwarding letter to WPRL)
Thomas NEVIN (re) 743/9 (letters of reference)
S C NICHOLL (Belfast) 744
NUGGET POLISH CO (London) 791
F NEWBERY & SONS (London) 887

OCEAN ACCIDENT & GUARANTEE CORPORATION 49, 79, 93, 191, 286, 383, 384, 449, 479, 484, 521, 722

Mr PERKIN (Tamworth) 152
Mr PRICE (Leamington) 153
M S PEMBREY (Guy's Hospital) 280

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE 43, 45, 54, 80, 101, 103, 104, 158, 167, 185, 191, 192, 211, 233, 275, 364, 394, 434, 472, 485, 579, 653, 655, 696, 700, 714, 723, 824, 836, 838, 856, 860, 878, 889, 928, 994
A C ROOBER (Paris) 106
Rev. Henry ROBINSON (York) 223
F A ROGERS (Traveller) 249, 317, 464 (letter from BW&Co on the separation of the WPRL from the company), 567
C ROSS (Traveller) 342, 393, 409, 431, 471, 476, 578, 605, 707, 737, 775, 879, 895
REILLY & CO (France) 349, 422, 482, 483
J REID & CO (London) 385
C V RADCLIFFE (Enfield) 531
RAIMES CLARK & CO (Edinburgh) 533
G A ROBERTSON (re) 531/536
Alban E RAGG (Canada) 606
ROYAL WATERLOO HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN 623
P A ROGERS (Oxford Street) 677
EUGENE RIMMEL LTD (London) 779
C B ROBINSON (Bombay) 815

STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA 6, 210, 380, 568, 730, 982
SAVORY & MOORE (London) 762
SYFRET & CO (Cape Town) 40, 41, 182, 769, 821, 822, 979
J COLLETT SMITH 87, 88, 135, 136, 608/614, 702/5, 893, 894, 907/909
SMITH STANISTREET & CO (India) 977, 1000
"SKETCH", THE (London) 135
SAUNDERS & SHEPHERD (London) 144
J C SMITH (Hatton Garden) 145
F A SPEAR (Plymouth) 151
STEELE & MARSH (Bath) 154
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS 170, 213
E B STAMP (Hampstead) 225
John STAMPER (Penrith) 227
W G STUCKEY (Traveller) 309, 310 (on trip to Belgium), 410, 437, 460, 493
J E SIXSMITH (Traveller) 353, 464 (letter from BW&Co on the separation of the WPRL from the company), 465, 473, 859
SCOTT & CO (Paris) 423, 459
F V De SENESCHAL (London) 430
A E SMITH (Traveller) 511, 661, 859, 879
W R STRAKER (Bristol) 577
H W SCOBELL (Nice) 626
STEINHARDT WALKER & CO (re) (Manchester) 731

W P THEAKSTON (Huntingdon) 78
C de TREY & CO (London) 102
G W TAYLOR (Traveller) 112, 311, 361, 464 (letter from BW&Co on the separation of the WPRL from the company), 829
Edwin THOMPSON (re) 222, 223, 224, 225
F J W THOMPSON (New York) 411, 582
J M TEBBOT (Kettering) 536
J R THOMSON & SONS (Constantinople) 670
J R THOMSON & SONS (re) 755, 756

J C UMNEY 5

VEREINIGTE CHEMISCHE WERKE (Charlottenburg) 196, 501, 545, 625, 654, 707, 712, 738, 778, 807
H H VREELAND (New York) 356, 358

WELLCOME PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (London) 6, 11, 162, 506, 529 (on a recent interview with the Brixton Free Press), 589, 603, 607, 638, 639, 700
WELLCOME CLUB & INSTITUTE (Dartford) 90
Dr A WALSH (Dublin) 745
W WOOD (BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO, Sydney) 251
W WHITELEY LTD (London) 272, 287
Edmund WETMORE (New York) 282
W H WHILES (Ontario) 462, 607
WRIGHT LAYMAN & UMNEY (London) 535
Dr P P WHITCOMBE (London) 931

Alex YOUNG & CO (re) (London) 739, 740

November 1904 - June 1905

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