Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 16

** The original item is too fragile to be produced. The microfiche version, reference AMS/MF/191, will be produced instead. **

Letterbook consisting of copies of internal and external letters sent by the head office of Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Snow Hill, December 1903 - March 1904.

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 mostly contains material on the aftermath of the case of Burroughs Wellcome & Co v Thompson and Capper (referred in the letterbook to the 'Manchester case' and the 'Tabloid' 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. BW&Co won the case.

1000 pages used. Index as follows:

J.A. ATKINSON (Traveller) 10, 25 (postponing Atkinson's visit to Persia), 272 (on distributing circulars re Wellcome's forthcoming Historical Exhibition), 274/5,469, 479 (on distributing circulars re Wellcome's forthcoming Historical Exhibition), 536/7 (on sales of Hazeline), 542, 564 (on looking for misuse of the 'Tabloid' BW&Co trade mark in Egypt), 584/5, 608, 644, 646, 667, 739, 923/6
J. ABERCROMBIE 23A
Thos ASPINALL (re) 99/100
G.F. ATTREE 139
AMERICAN LINE - NEW YORK SERVICE 185
ALEXANDER 214
J. ARNOLD (Co-op: Whl: Soc) 223
ALLENS & HANBURYS 325
D.A. ALDER (re) 408
ATKINSON BROTHERS LTD (re) 433/4
B.F. ABBOTT (his) (re) 489/90, 515
AFRICAN BANKING CORPORATION 527
AYRTON SAUNDERS & KEMP 691
A.B.W. AUMONT (Sydney) (re) 753
ASHTON & PARSONS LTD 833
ALLPORT (W.P.R.L) (re) 905
ALLISTON & CO 934A

BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Dartford) 3, 5, 7/8, 14, 22, 24, 28, 3, 35/6, 41/3, 46, 52, 55/8, 64/5, 68/70, 75/6, 82, 84, 87, 89/94, 103, 105/6, 111, 112/3, 117/21, 128, 135/7, 140/3, 146, 149, 175, 179, 182, 187/90, 195/8, 200/5, 210A, 215/9, 226/7, 231, 233/4, 241/2, 249, 269, 273, 285/93, 294, 302/4, 312/4, 316/7, 321/2, 324, 329/36, 339/41, 344/5, 349/50, 353, 359, 362, 364/6, 371, 375, 378/80, 383/4, 388/9, 392, 396/404, 406/9, 414/6, 420/2, 428/30, 435, 437/8, 454, 474, 478, 481, 486/8, 492, 496, 498/503, 506/9, 512/3, 516, 512/3, 516, 519/20, 532, 534, 543, 547, 549, 552, 557/8, 565, 580/1, 583, 586, 588, 595/6, 601/2, 604/5, 608/10, 612/5, 607/9, 625/7, 630/1, 637/8, 647/8, 653, 661/2, 666, 673, 688/9, 692/7, 700/3, 709/14, 718/20, 723/4, 727, 787/90, 798806, 809/10, 812, 818, 820/4, 826/30, 832, 841, 843/4, 848, 858, 864/5, 868/9, 874/5, 878/9, 881/2, 884/90, 894/5, 897/9, 904, 907, 918, 922, 926, 928/31, 935, 936/42, 944, 946, 948/50, 954/77, 966, 968/70, 973/6, 978/9, 995/6, 998, 1000/1
B.W. & CO (Sydney) 10, 13, 17/8, 21/2A, 28, 76, 79/81, 96/7, 103, 149/55, 157/8, 161/3, 253/68, 270/1, 276/7, 279, 281/2, 284, 354/9, 369/74, 454/68, 470, 475/8, 567/74, 65560, 663, 673, 753/6, 759, 836, 839/40, 843, 846/8, 909/17, 982/92
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO (Cape Town) 10, 21A, 31/4, 85/7, 168/73, 175, 380, 483/5, 588/91, 656, 860/3, 933
G.P. BLANCHFLOWER (Traveller) 1/2, 88, 211, 229, 428, 621, 713, 779, 901
Dr E.C. BOUSFIELD 3, 133/4 (on his appointment as a pathologist to the WPRL), 166
E. BARKER-BARBER 10A (on BW&Co winning 'Tabloid' case)
W. BROWN (re) 22, 24, 74, 186/7, 883, 953
J.F. BURNETT (Traveller) (many letters on the aftermath of the 'Tabloid' case) 23, 35, 45, 47, 48, 96, 101, 121, 123, 124, 191, 198, 210, 230, 235/6 (on chemists subsituting other products from BW&Co's), 238, 298, 582, 597, 699 (on the costs of the 'Tabloid' case), 708, 781, 796, 842, 980
H.C BASTIAN 23A
Miss D.V.C. BROOMFIELD (re) 30, 54, 56, 182, 219, 225, 273, 402, 438
Clayton BEADLE 39
T.H. BAILEY (Traveller) 40, 46, 132, 580, 859, 921
L. BOOKER (re) 52, 53, 116, 748
Murad BAROODY 960
B.K. BIDDY 102
BLACKIC & SON LTD 167, 326
BROOKS & CO (India) 220
BAISS BORTHERS & STEVENSON 252, 788A
BERRYMAN & CO (re) 306/7
W. BUTCHER & SONS 307, 875A
Rev John BRAND (re) 320
H.S. BRENTON 354
E.H. BLANKLEY 395
C.J. BURKE (re) 408
BURGOYNE BURBIELGES & CO 419
Antal BAYER of Budapest (re) 530
BARCLAY & SONS 540
BRITISH MUSEUM 647
W.R. BARNES (re) 705
BOOTS LTD 791, 872
Mabel. M. BODYCOMBE (re) 869/70, 929
BILLSON (W.P.R.L) (re) 905
H.A. BASLEY (Sydney) (re) 909
BUXTON & CO (re) 967
Miss BROOKS (re) 1001

C.J. CHRISTIE 10
C.H.R CHRISTIE 10, 309, 526, 867, 876/7, 879, 952
A.E. CURTIS 10A (on BW&Co winning 'Tabloid' case)
Alllan CURSWELL 15, 83, 239, 292
W.M. COLEMAN (Coleman & Co) 15
J. Wand COUSINS 23A
J.S. CHARSLEY 23A
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER 59
R.G.H COLE (re) 96, 199, 959
Dr Frank COLLIE 111C
CASSELL & CO LTD 125, 533, 562
A.S. COOKE (Brighton) 139
CONCENTRATED HOP CO 140, 405, 480, 639, 999, 1001
T & C CLARK (re) 203
A.T. COUCHER 214, 722
CO-OPERATIVE WHOLESALE SOCIETY (See Arnold)
CORK CHEMICAL & DRUG CO 230
COLLINGWOOD & CO 250, 252
H.M. BOARD OF CUSTOMS 280
E. CORDER 286
C. Warner COOKE (Southampton) 313
Miss D.C. CULBERT (re) 314A/B
J.T. CANTY (re) 408
CORBYN STACEY & CO 426
Prof: C. CASPARI 451
J.G. CLOKEY 494
Arthur COOKSON 553
S. COOK (Nottingham) 576
E.G. CHURCHMAN (re) 723
Dr CANTLIE 982

DELACRE & CO 4, 414
Dr Ludwig DARMSTAEDTER 9 (on the outcome of the 'Tabloid' case)
Clement DUKES 23A
J.S. DIEKIE 23A
J. DRESCHFELD 23A
A.F. DIMMOCK 23A
Dr W. DOWSON (W.P.R.L) 98, 129, 349, 379, 385, 387, 393, 421, 481/2, 491/2, 498, 603, 645, 691, 750, 786, 895, 905, 953, 978
C. DORRINGTON (re) 191
Mr T. W. DAVIES (re) 346
C.L DOHSE 449
Miss Adeline DAVIES (re) 468
DIRECTORN GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, Des services sanitaines, Cairo 579 (re BW&Co quinine products), 920
DICCIONAIRIO ENCICCLOPEDICO DE MEDICINA Y CIRUGIA PRACTICAS 592/4 (on the definition of Hazeline in the Encyclopaedia)
G.H. DUNMORE (re) 624
Mons DESTREM, Sous Directeur & Ministere du Commerce, Paris 634/5
DIRECTOR (under) & MINISTER OF COMMERCE, Paris (see Destrem)
Marcello DALMAZZO 676
DEUTSCHE VERTRIEBSGESELLSCHAFT "Pinol" 795
Geo: DUNN (Salop) (re) 892/3
A. DURONI (Turkey) 977

Bruce EDGE 23A
G.S. ELLISTON 23A
EVANS SONS LESCHER & WEBB 99, 180, 244, 873,
A. ELSEY 214
E. ELWOOD (see Inland revenue)
EAST LONDON RAILWAY CO 489
EAST LONDON RUBBER CO 515
ENGLISH SEWING COTTON CO 798

H.H. FOLKER 23A
T.W. FOWLER 23A
FORBES & HAVILAND 71/2, 328, 367, 442, 770
FORBES ACETYLENE GAS CO 2/3, 224
FURSMAN 214
FAIRCHILD BROTHERS & FOSTER 343, 412, 423, 440/1, 715/7, 775, 813
A. CHUNE FLETCHER 346, 418, 706, 709, 976
Giuseppe FORZANI 376/7, 672
W.J. FLINT 395
Mr FOXTON 411
H.W. FRASER 446
Ada FISHER (Sydney) (re) 470
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Max FISCHER 538, 849/50, 919
FROST WARD & CO 586
Mr FOWKES (re) 604(re), 745, 904(re), 909(re)
Dr S. Backwell FENN 636
Josiah FULLBROOK (re) 748
FORE STREET WAREHOUSE CO: LTD 819A
FROST (W.P.R.L.) (re) 905

GIONGO DALMAZZO & CO 4/5, 12/3, 66/7, 232/, 410/1, 550/1, 677/84, 741, 747, 844/5
Dr Carlo GIONGO 675
A. GRAY 23A
R.M. GOING 23A
PEREY GOODMAN 23A
GERRARD (re) 64
GORDON & BOYLE (re) 73
Annie M. GRAY 81
Calvin GATES 84
J. GOATER 190, 201, 213/4(re), 223/4(re), 381, 657, 722,
Miss N. GREGEEN 231
GLYN MILLS CURRIES & CO 306
GLASGOW, the Lord Provost of 651
J.H. GOOD (re) 748
R.E. GRIFFITHS (re) 950

R.E. HOWELL 23A
Henry HILBERY 27
HAUSSKRECHT & FELS 49, 183/4, 278, 386, 529, 545/6, 642/3, 971
J.E. HANDFORD 73
E. HATHWILL (re) 97, 429
A. T. HILL (Dartford) 111, 284, 293/4, 413, 521, 869, 900(re), 905
T.J. HEAD 111B
Dr Sidney HARVEY 111C (on the outcome of the 'Tabloid' case)
Mr HARDEASTLE 139
J.D. HIGGINS (See Concentrated hop co)
J.W. HULL (Traveller) 208 (on sales in Sheffield), 521
H.M BOARD OF CUSTOMS 280
R. HOVENDEN & SONS 305, 624
HERN & CO 308
E. HUNT 314B
HOWARD LLOYD & CO 427
R.J.S. HALL 447
A. NORMAN HIRST (re) 521, 748
A.B. HECTOR (B.W. & CO) 654
H. HICKEY (re) 733, 737, 786,
Wm HARDY (re) 736, 993
J. & J. HASLETT (re) 785
HERON DICKSON & CO (re) 819A
HEARON SQUIRE & FRANCIS 892
L.E. HUDSON (Sydney) (re) 909
M. HERTZ & CO (re) 934A
A.J. HENOCHSBERG & SONS (re) 935A

INDIA STONE DEPORT (see Superintendent)
INLAND REVENUE SURVEYOR OF TAXES 297
IMPERIAL DRY PLATE CO 433
Commissioner of INLAND REVENUE 729
H.L. IRONMONGER (re) 788A

P. JAMES 23A
H.F. JOEL & CO 213
T.J. JENKINS & SON 213
Dr David JONES 246
J.O. JACOBS & CO LTD 394
O. JOYCE 394
JEPSON & SCHROEDER 395
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 674
J.H. JESSOP 808
F.W. JOHNSON (re) 904
Miss R. JACKSON (re) 944

M. KRIS (Vienna) (BW&Co agent in Austria) 4 (re outcome of 'Tabloid' case), 38, 44, 51, 129, 240, 299, 337/8, 378, 424/5, 435, 530, 548/A, 552, 610, 616, 627, 790, 820, 838, 852
KNOWLES & PHILLIPO 63
KEMPNER & PINNER 107, 528
KENNETTS LTD (re) 130
A.S. KENT (re) 139
D.L. KIRKPATRICK (Traveller) 209, 283, 285, 346, 698, 785, 797, 810, 831, 901,
A. KITCHING 327
D.M. KERLY 351, 943
M. Martin KALLMAN 497, 897
KODAK LTD 779, 972 (on a town in the Sudan being renamed Kodok)

LINKENHEIL & CO 4, 26, 342, 652, 766, 825, 837
T.H.B LONG (Traveller) 10, 147 (re Wellcome's proposed Historical Medical Exhibition), 148, 156, 315, 363, 480A, 577/8, 739/40, 765
Jules LANG & CO 122
LONDON & CITY MIDLAND BANK 130
Adolph De LUQUE (re) 419
LEWIS & BURROWS LTD 472/3, 623, 778
LAND & HOUSE PROPERTY CORPORATION 587, 707
LORD PROVOST OF GLASGOW 651
L. LUEAS (re) 870, 993
LONDON & COUNTY BANKING CO (Dartford) 900
J & H LIEBERG 997

MARKBY STEWART & CO 16, 95, 138, 145, 159, 176, 251, 300, 318, 30, 368, 382, 453, 485/6, 531/2, 535, 544, 560//1, 566, 600, 609, 629, 640/1, 706, 751, 811, 862, 894, 901, 908, 943, 979, 999(re Moore)
A.M. MCALDOWIE 23A
R.A. MILLIGAN 23A
C.A. MACMUNN 23A
P. MCGREGOR 23A
Wm McBRIDE (Traveller) 81, 207, 335, 430/2, 551, 596, 622, 687, 725/6, 807
C. MIEHLE 108/10
J. Nelson MATTHEWS 111A
W. MATTHEWS (Traveller) 144, 206, 416, 565, 687, 794, 804, 901, 946, 967
C. MICKLEBURGH 213
MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (Paris) 360/1, 510/1, 632/3
Miss M. MILLS (re) 394
E.J. MURPHY (re) 408
Richard MORGAN (re) 408
A. MASON (re) 426/7
T.P. MAIN (?) wain 444
Wm MASSEY 445
Miss Lilian MILLS (Sydney) (re) 468, 989
J. LANSFORD MOORE 523
MEGGESON & CO 541
Hugh McLACHLAN 555/6, 721
J & R MORLEY 819A
MATERICA MEDICA OF INDIA AND THEIR THERAPEUTICS (the publishers of) 856/7 (on this publication not crediting BW&Co with trade marks)
F.H. MOORE (Regents Pk Rd) 858
S. MAW SON & SONS 893
T.H. MOORE (Traveller) 906, 922, 945, 951, 961 (on referring to the 'Tabloid' case when dealing with members of the medical profession), 963/5 (giving guidelines on how to deal with allegations that BW&Co promote self-regulation)
E. John MOLE (re) 918, 929,
Dr A. FERGUSON McCALLAN 962

James NEWELL 127
Mr NEATE 394
NORTH WEST LONDON HOSPITAL 405

E.J.P. OLIVE 23A
Mabel ORR 81
OCEAN ACCIDENT & GUARATEE CORPORATION 199
Dr Geo OLIVER 439, 559, 851
Molly O'ROURKE (Sydney) (re) 570
Henry OWEN (Sydney) (re) 658
Dr James OLIVER 767
OSBORNE BAUER & CHEESEMAN 854
OSBORNE GARRETT & CO 935A

Reg: PRATT 23A
W.R. PARKER 23A
J.C. PEARCE 23A
E. PAGE (re) 87
Frank PETTLE (re) 117, 429, 453, 513
PARIS MEDICINE CO 165
H.J.V. PHILPOTT 241, 505, 514, 664/5
PAGET PRICE PLATE CO 434
Elizabeth PETER (Sydney) (re) 470
E . Willmer PHILLIPS 493
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT 520
J. Irwin PALMER 704
John PITMAN (re) 779, 819
PAWSONS & LEAF LTD 934A
Fred PLAYER (re) 955, 960
PHOTOGRAPHERS ART PAPER (see Sparrow)

RIMMELS LTD 6
C. ROSS (Traveller) 10, 50/1 (re French tarriffs on BW&Co goods), 77/8 (itinerary for Ross's European tour), 295, 310/11, 347/8, 390/1, 436, 606/7, 620, 628, 648/9
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE 22, 24, 29/30, 53/4, 98, 116/7, 187, 191, 225, 429, 438, 453, 513, 736/7, 786, 870, 883, 918, 944, 953, 960, 993
J. ROWE (Crediton) 37
Mrs REASON 39
F.A. ROGERS (Traveller) 59, 164, 396, 687, 793, 841, 901
Dr D. ROLLESTON 111B
GEO. H. RODMAN 131
Mr ROY 139
E.W. RAVEN (Cape Town) 174
ROBINSON (Hoxton) 214
ROGERS (Kensal Rise) 214
E.E. ROBERTS (re) 408
Annis ROBERTS 408
J.P. REMINGTON 443
J. ROGERS (Walthamstow) 490
Dr A. ROBB 524/5
A.C. RAE (South Africa) (re) 588
ROWLING (Sydney) (re) 756, 990
R.J. REUTER 788A
F.W. ROBINSON & CO 875A

SUPERINTENDENT INDIA STORE DEPOT 9A (re BW&Co Hypodermic Syringes)
Robert SAUNDBY 23A
Guthrie STEIN 23A
M.G. STARK 23A
W.A. SHANN 23A
Miss A.E. SMITH (re) 29, 116
Miss E.M. SOUTEN (re) 30
W. SOPER 111A
Fred STEARNE & CO (Detroit) 126, 575
SHAPLEY & WEIR (re) 130
Mr STAMP 139
Urban A. SMITH 160, 212
W. Vernon SHAW 181
SOCIETA EDITRICE SONZOGNO 221/2
SANITAS COMPANY 250
J.E. SIXSMITH (Traveller) 326, 650, 791, 901, 980, 994
SKERRY'S COMERCIAL COLLEGE 394
Mr SIVAN 394
E. Mary SHARPE (re) 408
J. Collett SMITH (re) 442/52, 539, 730, 771/4, 814/7, 866, 880, 896, 932, 981
P. Von SCHASEK 452
S.P. SAYERS (re) 540/1
Dr W. Salisbury SHARPE 557
Dr E.A. SCHAFER 722
Messrs W.E. SMITH (India) 761/4 (re concessions from BW&Co)
J. SANGER & SONS 788A
STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA 634
STANLEY & HAWES 934A
J.V.P. SAWYER (re) 956
C.H.B. SPARROW, The Photographers Art Paper & Requisite Company Ltd) 958/9
SAUERLAND & TOEPFER (re) 966A
J. STONE & CO 966A
Miss SHEARER (Sydney) (re) 989

J. TURNER & CO LTD 11, 352, 355
A. TREVES 104
W.E. TAYLOR (Traveller) 115, 502, 522, 547, 792, 830, 927 (re Ant-Rheumatic Serum (Wellcome)
C. de TREY & CO 323
Joseph TETLEY & CO 417, 738, 871
TOWN CLERK (see Public Health)
THOMSON & TAYLOR (India) 668/71
TIMES OF INDIA PRESS (see Materia Medica of India etc)
Arthur TEW (re) 884
TRADE MARK OWNERS MUTUAL PROTECTION ASSOC: 902/3

UNION DES FABRICANTS (Paris) 19/20, 177/8, 247/8, 517/8, 598/9, 834/5
T.H. UNDERHILL 104
UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS 495

VEREINIGTE CHEMISCHE WERKE 61/2, 237, 301, 554, 563, 690, 728
VINOLA CO LTD 935A

Chas. W. WHITE (India) 10, 21A, 147, 148, 611
Sir Patrick Heron WATSON 10A (on BW&Co winning 'Tabloid' case)
Dr Holland WILLIAMS 42
Miss WOODWARD (re) 81
J. WOOLLEY SONS & CO 100, 243
W.L. WHITE (Traveller) 227, 296
Andrew WHITEHEAD (re) 325
WELLCOME PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES (Secretary or Director) 29, 44, 74, 128, 145, 176, 186, 241, 340, 571, 603, 640, 685, 702, 733, 832
H. WATTS (re) 243/4
WRIGHT LAYMEN & UMNEY 244/5, 705
WARDEN & HOTCHKINS (re) 305
WALTON 314A
Miss Ivy H. WOOD (re) 395
A.E.W. WHEATLEY 395
C.E.B. WELSH (re0 408
T.P. WAIN (MAIN?) 444
W.H. WICKHAM 448
John WYETH & BROTHER 450
Miss WARREN (re) 720, 858, 942
H.S. WELLCOME 731, 947
Wm WALLS & CO 853
WHYTE RIDSDALE & CO 875A
WARD (W.P.R.L) (re) 905

J. Rymer YOUNG (re) 906

L. ZIONS (re) 76

December 1903 - March 1904

1 volume

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