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

January 1901 - July 1901

1 volume

Copyright assigned to the Wellcome Trust