Bills of sale
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Property records of the Office of the Treasurer of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 5/005-01
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, deeds, deed polls,
mortgages, and surveys documenting the acquisition,
ownership, lease, and sale of buildings and properties by
the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1795-1984.Series 1 includes a series of deeds and other documents
concerning properties at 13th and Locust Street, 1795-1948.
An agreement of sale, brief of title, certificates of
searches, contracts, correspondence, leases, and receipts
are included.Series 2...
Dates:
1795 - 1984
Records of M. H. Tucker and Company
Collection
Identifier: MSS 385
Overview
George W. Merchant, a druggist, began manufacturing his Gargling Oil in Lockport, NY, in 1833. Merchant’s Gargling Oil was not meant to be gargled, as the name suggests, but used as a liniment. Like many 19th-century patent medicines, it was advertised to effectively treat numerous ailments, including rheumatism, burns and scalds, flesh wounds, toothaches, cracked heels, hemorrhoids, and sprains and bruises.Around 1855, Merchant sold the business to M. H. Tucker, who continued...
Dates:
1856-1857; 1870
