Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 12

** The original item is too fragile to be produced. The microfiche version, reference AMS/MF/187, will be produced instead. **

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

Also included is correspondence with the New York World newspaper over their use of the word 'Tabloid'.

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'.

1000 pages used. Index as follows:

ASSELIN & HOZEAU (Paris) 35/8
J A ATKINSON (Traveller) 323
John ATFIELD 547, 606
C B ALLEN 880
AGENT GENERAL CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (See FULLER) 918
John ABERCROMBIE 946

BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Dartford) 5, 8, 9, 11/6, 23/5, 28, 30/2, 39, 51, 66/9, 80/4, 88, 92/1, 95, 104/5, 108/9, 113, 115, 118, 128, 132, 136/41, 144/7, 157, 159/61, 163, 173/4, 176, 179/80, 182, 192/3, 196, 208, 211, 216/7, 236, 248/9, 264/5, 272A/2B, 275/6, 281, 294/5, 304/7, 311, 339, 353, 354/5, 358/62, 364, 368/9, 376/8, 380, 387, 391, 403/4, 406, 408/9, 412, 422/7, 430/2, 440/2, 450/2, 459/62, 471, 486, 491/2, 496/7, 509/10, 514/5, 519, 539/40/41, 550/1, 557, 579/81, 594/7, 604/6, 615, 617, 619, 625/6, 644/6, 677/81, 684/5, 701/2, 708/9, 719/23, 725/7, 730/1, 737, 740, 742/3, 745, 752/3, 754/5, 760, 777/8, 785, 788, 793, 804, 810, 835/7, 838/9, 841, 853/4, 858/9, 877, 881, 893, 897, 921, 924, 954, 956, 958/63, 969, 981/4, 986/9, 998/1000
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Sydney) 42/4, 46/57, 59/60, 119/20, 122/3, 194, 196, 311, 313/8, 320/1, 432, 434/8, 542, 544/5, 553/6, 631/4, 647/52, 661, 779/84, 790/3, 795/6, 914/7, 919, 922/3, 924/36
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Cape Town) 70/3, 126/7, 129/31, 214/6, 218/28, 336/40, 448/9, 582/6/7, 685/91, 812/6, 818, 944
J F BURNETT (Traveller) 8, 208, 296, 327, 369, 718, 802, 912/3, 945, 965/6, 969
B K BIDDY 89/90, 614
BANKRUPTCY (OFFICIAL RECEIVER) 111
William BAKER & CO 137
T HARVEY BAILEY (Reference) 328, 379
W S BROWN (re T H BAILEY) 328
E C BOUSFIELD 439, 576
Dr James BURNET (Edinburgh) 487
G P BLANCHFLOWER (Traveller) 578, 711, 831, 955, 958, 985
BARCLAY & SONS 626, 844
BRUNNER MOND & CO 706
Charles BARGATE (re) 725, 741
William BULL (re) 741
T H BATEMAN 880
J BOURDAS 880
James BRODIE (re J MACVIE HILL) 894
H C BASTIAN 946
Letter from C.J.S. Thompson to BOSCAWEN 964

Thomas CHRISTY & CO 1
R G H COLE (re) (Sydney) 17, 19
W & R CHAMBERS LTD 6/7, 635
F CURRY (Traveller) 21 (on visiting Giongo Dalmazzo & Co and Mr Kris, BW&Co agents in Italy and Austria respectively), 116/7, 324, 736F, 831, 833/4 (on calling on doctors who have contacted Henry Wellcome personally), 852, 873 (on letters of introduction from Henry Wellcome to Dr James Cantlie and Dr Patrick Manson), 945, 990
CUBAN MEDICAL REVIEW CO (Dr KOHLY) (Havana) 22, 573
Dr F M CORNER (re) 45
H CRACKNELL 246
Dr A B CALDER 273
J CONNAH 303
CURTIS & CO (re T H BAILEY) 328
Rev. T J COPE (re T H BAILEY) 328
Miss CUTLER (re H MACHIN) 363
R ELLIS CUNLIFFE 370
C J CHRISTIE 558
CHEMIST & DRUGGIST Editor 701, 794
William COOMBER (re) 725, 741
H B CLAFLIN CO (Manchester) 744, 757
Sir W S CHURCH 879
Albert COOPER 880
Sir G A CRITCHET 893
S COUPLAND 946
F H CHAMPNEYS 946

William DUNKERLEY (See ROSS & CO)
W DOWSON, Director, Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories, 27/8, 80, 93, 158, 175, 199, 211, 388, 393, 407, 459, 491, 510/1, 517, 546, 682/3, 837
Dr Ludwig DARMSTAEDTER 78, 85, 114, 209
P F DAY (re) 106, 164, 198
George DAVISON (See KODAK) 559
J W DRYSDALE 659, 844
Charles DELACRE & CO 663/4
DIXON, ELKIN & DIXON (See ELKIN & HENRIQUES)
G C DRUCE 860, 923
W DICKINSON 946
DETECTIVE DEPARTMENT (City Police) 980

EDWARDS & SON 629
ELKIN & HENRIQUES 729
EVANS LESCHER & WEBB (Liverpool) 757
T F ELTON 850, 920
J J EVANS (re J MACVIE HILL) 894

FERRIS & CO 14
FOWKES (re guarantee) 25, 843, 912
FORBES & HAVILAND 33, 34 (re MERZ CAPSULE CO)
FAIRCHILD BROS & FOSTER 62, 229 (S W FAIRCHILD), 335, 498/500
W H FLOOD (Veterinary Establishment) 294, 431
A FLETCHER CHUNE 460, 517, 577, 728
Sir J R FRASER 605A
F J FOOT 880
J FINLAY (re MACVIE HILL) 894
Thomas E FULLER (Agent General) 918
Dr David FERRIER 946
P FRANK 946

GEHE & CO (Dresden) 76
GIONGO DALMAZZO & CO 177/8, 452/3, 488/90, 520/1, 636/7, 805/6
GILBERT & HALL (re T HARVEY BAILEY) 328
M GLENDINNING (re T H BAILEY) 328
Joseph GAUSSAIL 353, 357, 454, 970
GRAETZ (re H MACHIN) 363
GLASGOW APOTHECARIES CO (See McADAM) 700
GUEST, KEEN & NETTLEFOLDS LTD (Birmingham) 803
GUARANTEE SOCIETY (Birchin Lane) 842
J F GOODHART 946
Sir W R GOWERS 946
S J GEE 946

HOWARDS STORES LTD 23
A B HECTOR (Burroughs Wellcome & CO) 45, 543
HAUSSKNECHT & FELS (Berlin) 61
A J HILL (Burroughs Wellcome & CO, Dartford) 94, 141, 235, 250, 352, 516, 684, 787, 874/6
A J HOLDEN 105, 178, 303, 406, 515, 636, 804, 897
J W HULL (Traveller) 124, 700, 710, 718, 723, 760, 787, 832, 962, 985
E W HARPER (Traveller) 312, 392, 653
HORSEY & BAILEY (re T H BAILEY) 328
E HAVILAND 405
HOBSON & SONS 485
A HOVENDEN 859
J F HARRINGTON 880
J MACVIE HILL 894/5

JEFFCOAT & CO (SCOTT & CO) 98/103, 628
R E JACKSON (Burroughs Wellcome & CO) 5
JOHNSON (re guarantee) 25, 842

ILFORD LIMITED 991

Dr C E KOHLY (Cuban Medical Review Co) 22, 573
KEMPNER & PINNER 41, 77, 210
KILBY PEARS & SON (See also PEARS) (re T H BAILEY) 328
S KUTNOW & CO LTD 426
M KRIS (BW&Co agent in Austria) 428, 789
KODAK 559

LEWIS & LEWIS 91, 604, 811, 892
LYNCH & CO 355
LONDON PAPER MILLS CO 376
T H B LONG (Traveller) 392
LONDON CITY & MIDLAND BANK 740
LIEBENTHAL (re) 844
Sir Francis LAKING 946

MARKBY STEWART & CO 29, 58, 86, 107, 138, 181, 250, 319, 329, 338, 341, 351/2, 361, 381, 394, 471, 485, 516, 546, 548/9, 552, 577, 627, 681, 692, 704/5, 707, 736E, 753A, 835, 839, 840, 855/6, 885 (C STEWART) , 892
MERZ CAPSULE CO (re) 33/4
MacSYMONS & CO LTD (Liverpool) 86
Richard MAYGER (re) 106
H MACHIN (Reference) 363
A MACHIN (re H MACHIN) 363
William McBRIDE (Traveller) 389/90, 711, 837A, 919
Dr William MURRELL 547, 893
C McLIN & CO 578
J A N MURRAY 630
Robert McADAM (GLASGOW APOTHECARIES CO) 700
D MORGAN 880
Dr Norman MOORE 946
W MACVIE 957

NORIS, ZAHN & CO HANDELSGESELLSCHAFT (Nuremberg) 195, 593
F NEWBERY & SON 629, 718
NICHOLLS & PASSERON (Nice) 758
G T W NEWSHOLME (Sheffield) 878

OCEAN ACCIDENT & GUARANTEE CORPORATION 17, 18, 19, 247, 843, 912

PEARSALL (re guarantee) 25, 842
H J V PHILPOTT 92
PROPRIETARY ARTICLES TRADE ASSOCIATION 123
Mr KILBY PEARS (re H MACHIN) 363
A H PRICE (re H MACHIN) 363
A R POULTER (?L) London Paper Mills Company 376
Sir Douglas POWELL 880
Elmer PETTINGER 880
PATENT OFFICE, TRADE MARKS 896
J F PAYNE 946
G V POORE 946
P H PYE-SMITH 946
POLICE, CITY OF LONDON (Detective) 980

W ORMEROD 538

ALLAN ROSS & CO 18
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE 106, 164, 198, 741
E W RAVEN (Cape Town) 212/3, 817
F A ROGERS (Traveller) 296, 575 (re the sale of syringes claiming to be made by BW&Co), 618, 776, 873
Sir John ROGERS (Anglo American Hospital) 786 (presenting BW&Co Medical Equipment to the Hospital)
Sir James REID 879
F A ROGERS (Oxford Street) (see list of names) 880
A RUTHERFORD (re J MACVIE HILL) 894/5
F T ROBERTS 946

Dr A F STREET 26
Prof. E A SCHAFER 82, 429
SCOTT & CO (Paris) See JEFFCOAT No page number
Henri SANDERS (Amsterdam) 120/1, 325/6
Henry SALMON 128
J E SIXSMITH (Traveller) 322
SOUTHALL BROTHERS & BARCLAY 410
W HOWARD STEWART (Bournemouth) 411
J SANGER & SONS 616
SHARP & DOHME 660
Dr Charles SYMES 736E
W J SCHOLES 759
E STANLEY SMITH M.D. 805
Charles STEWART (MARKBY STEWART & CO) 855/6
P W SQUIRE 860
W H SAUNDERS 880
A GORDON SALAMON 885
S J SHARKEY 946

Joseph TETLEY & CO 9, 29, 87
J TURNER & CO LTD 20, 65, 109, 703
THOMPSON & CAPPER 110
W E TAYLOR (Traveller) 295, 490 (also sent to all home travellers except Burnett), 518, 574 (re the sale of syringes claiming to be made by BW&Co), 739, 756, 967/8
TRADE MARK OWNERS MUTUAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATION 319
F H TULLY (Traveller) 710
THOMAS BROTHERS (Cheltenham) 991

VEREINIGTE CHEMISCHE WERKE 10, 96/7, 433, 508
VETERINARY ESTABLISHMENT 294
A J VENN 801

H S WELLCOME (mostly correspondence on the 'Manchester case') 2/4, 40, 63/4, 74/5, 133/5, 142/4 (on the design of an advertisement showing a doctor in a motor car), 149/56, 165/72, 183/91 (re custom duty on BW&Co products in South Africa), 200/7 (article by Dr Power, WCRL, in American Journal of Pharmacy), 233/4, 237/45, 251/63, 266/72 (Advertising re Substitution), 274, 277/81, 283/90, 292/3, 297/302, 308/10, 330/4, 342/50, 356, 365/7, 371/5, 382/6, 395/402 (on Philadelphia College of Pharmacy awarding Wellcome the degree of Master in Pharmacy), 413/21, 443/7 (report by Dr Power on Lanoline), 455/8, 463/70, 472/84 (on BW&Co Medicine Case for King Edward VII), 493/5, 501/7, 523/37, 560/72, 588/92, 598/603, 607/13, 620/4, 638/43, 665/76 (re supply of 'Tabloids', 'Soloids' and Serums to the War Office), 693/9, 712/7, 732/6D, 746/50/51, 761/75, 794, 797/800, 807/9 (See p819), 819/30, 845/51, 861/72, 882/4, 886/91, 898/911, 937/43, 947/53, 971/9, 992/7
WELLCOME PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES 93, 125, 148, 197, 450 (on the possibility of a serum for distemper in dogs), 544, 580, 594, 683, 810, 965
WHEATLEY KIRK PRICE & CO 26, 198, 282
Mrs WALLIS 125
A WARE 147, 192
W B WAMSLEY 162
THE WORLDEditor Of 230/2 (on the use of the word 'Tabloid' by the publication; mentions example of Alfred Harmsworth; illustrates argument with the example of 'Kodak' a term trademarked by Eastman Photographic Co; discusses previous relationship with the paper)
Harold WILSON (re MACHIN) 363
John WYETH & BROTHER 512/3
Dr P H WATSON 605A, 617, 785
Charles W WHITE (India) 654/8, 857
J E WOOD 877
A W WARING 880

January - March 1903

1 volume

Copyright assigned to the Wellcome Trust