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Pharmacists--United States--History--19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

A.P. Woodward Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01147
Scope and Contents

Records of A.P. Woodward, an apothecary or druggist from Greenwood, New York. Consists predominantly of an journal recording accounts with individuals for book, listing medical conditions and medications sold. The middle section of the volume is left blank but both the front and back part have been used. In addition, there are some loose items, 1886-1907, consisting of business correspondence, orders, receipts and bills, as well as advertisements for A.P. Woodward's products.

Dates: 1886-1907

Richard S. and Celia Morgan Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 00265
Scope and Contents

This collection, 1860-1867, consists mainly of letters between Richard S. Morgan, a Chicago apothecary  and Celia Frary, a Morris, Illinois schoolteacher, who married in Grundy County, Illinois in 1863.  The correspondence begins in the Fall of 1862 when Richard was an Assistant Apothecary at the Federal Drug Store, Camp Douglas, IllinoisL.  In addition, there is correspondence with parents, other family members and friends, three photographs, and teachers' certificates.

Dates: 1860-1867; Majority of material found in 1862-1865