Receipt for Thomson's Patent, Samuel Thomson, Boston, Mass., dated August 17, 1839

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Ephemera

Date

1839-08-17

GUSN

GUSN-258548

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Medicines
General
Medicines - General - Folder 1
Receipt for Thomson's Patent, Samuel Thomson, Boston, Mass., dated August 17, 1839
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Medicines
    - General
      - Medicines - General - Folder 1
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        Trade card for medicines featuring "weather and medicine signals for daily reference," J.C. Ayer and Company, Lowell, Mass., 1886
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        Trade card for Nichols' Bark and Iron, manufactured by Billings Clapp and Company, Boston, Mass., undated
        Hood's pocket calendar, C.I. Hood & Co., apothecaries, Lowell, Mass., 1881
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        Treatise on fevers in general, but more particularly of chills and fever, ague, and all malarial diseases, giving simple directions for their treatment, with Thermaline, Dundas Dick & Co., New York, 1878
        Story of a gold headed cane, Otis Clapp & Son, Inc., 439 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Receipt for Thomson's Patent, Samuel Thomson, Boston, Mass., dated August 17, 1839 (current record)
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        Trade card for Parker's Tonic, the great health and strength restorer, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Hunt's Remedy, the great kidney & liver medicine, William E. Clarke, proprietor, Providence, Rhode Island, undated
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        Trade card for C.I. Hood Family Medicines, C.I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass., 1903
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        Trade card for Hoffman's Harmless Headache Powders, Hoffman Drug Co., New Rochelle, New York, undated
        Advertisment for Turner's Tic Douloureux or Universal Neuralgia Pill, Turner & Co., proprietors, 120 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1867
        Advertisements for Dr. Babcock's Hair Dressing, American Dermatological Institute, 28 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., December 1867
        Advertisement for Dr. J.W. Poland's White Pine Compound, New England Botanic Depot, Boston, Mass., October 1867
        Advertisement for Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient, location unknown, September 1867
        Perry's Moth and Freckle Lotion, B.C. Perry, dermatologist, No. 49 Bond Street, New York, New York, November 1867
        Circular for Renne's Pain-Killing Magic Oil, Wm. Renne & Sons, Pittsfield, Mass., undated
        Receipt for Thomson's Patent, Samuel Thomson, Boston, Mass., dated August 30, 1839
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        Trade card for Hunt's Remedy, the great kidney & liver medicine, William E. Clarke, proprietor, Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for Hunt's Remedy, the great kidney medicine never known to fail, William E. Clarke, proprietor, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

Description

The receipt is for the right to prepare and use the Medicine and System of Practice for Thomson's Patent. The subscriber is now a member of the Friendly Botanic Society.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
people in health and medicine
receipts (financial records)

Physical Description

1 receipt ; 3 3/4 x 6 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.076.01.01.017

Image Dimensions

3 3/4 x 6 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

receipts (financial records)

Subjects

Patent medicines
Drugs

Description Level

Item

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