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Pharmacy and general store ledger
Biomed.0239  
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  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Pharmacy and general store ledger
    Identifier/Call Number: Biomed.0239
    Physical Description: 1 unknown (1 ledger)
    Date (inclusive): 1840-1852
    Language of Material: English .

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    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4895269 

    Scope and Contents

    Collection contains Holograph ledger of New England pharmacy and general store, with transactions dated from 1840-1852. Completed in two or more hands, on ruled paper, bound in quarter tan sheep and blue-grey paper over boards. Contains entries for opium, morphine, Russia salve, rum, brandy, spirits of turpentine, quinine, belladonna, gum Arabic, vials, iodine, strychnine, linament, cough mixture, etc.. Other items and services include 1/4 day pay soldier's muster, 1 day recording taxes, tobacco, calico, ribbon, rice, etc. Final page signed "John Rollins" and mentions Louden, N.H.. Dated entries each consist list of customer's name, list of items sold and their prices.