Pharmacy Registers
Finding aid created by Monterey Public Library staff using RecordEXPRESS
Monterey Public Library
2023
625 Pacific Street
Monterey, California 93940
(831) 646-3741
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Title: Pharmacy Registers
Dates: 1876-1914
Collection Number: ARC 512
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 10 registers: 38 x 47 cm.
Repository:
Monterey Public Library
Monterey, California 93940
Abstract: Pharmacy prescriptions pasted into register books.
Language of Material: English
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[Identification of item]. Pharmacy Registers. Collection Number: ARC 512. Monterey Public Library
Biography/Administrative History
Dr. James Rice Hadsell opened the first apothecary on Alvarado Street in Monterey in 1869. By 1879 he expanded his popular
practice to include a partner, druggist George W. Reed. In 1887 Hadsell sold his business to Francis Martin Hilby. In 1891
Hilby moved the "Monterey Pharmacy" to the southeast corner of Franklin and Alvarado streets. In 1902 Benjamin Franklin Wright
established the "Palace Drug Company" in a store at 318 Alvarado street. By 1907 Wright entered into partnership with M. W.
Menamin and, in 1914, they bought Hilby's Drug Store and moved the business to 401 Alvarado Street.
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes registers of Pacific Hotel reused as prescription registers. Prescription slips include those of Dr. James R. Hadsell,
as well as his competitor Alexander Westfall and various customers including Mrs. David Jacks, Jose Abrego, Charles Crocker,
and others.