Brocklehurst, James (fl. 1835-1845)

Invoice book, consisting of many thousands of bills, (many with printed, sometimes illustrated, bill-heads), addressed to James Brocklehurst, druggist, Hyde. The bills were received from tradesmen of all kinds, including fellow chemists and druggists, surgeon apothecaries, and suppliers of bottles, jars, syringes etc. The bills are mounted on paper, now badly decayed, and bound as a volume. It is in a poor condition.

1835-1840

1 volume 1 volume: c. 437 × c. 250 mm. Original leather binding, badly damaged.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

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