Patent medicines -- Traveling sales personnel -- Nineteenth century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Joseph Hines correspondence
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 400
Overview
Joseph Hines was born 25 December 1835 in Hardwick, Vermont, to Nathan Hines and Martha (Griffin) Hines. By the time he was 18, in 1854, he was working for a Mr. Page, selling patent medicine (pills) throughout Wayne, Bradford, and other northern counties in Pennsylvania. Later, Hines was a druggist and stationer in Athens, Pennsylvania; by 1884, he had bought the business from a Dr. H. L. Gibbs. He was elected burgess of Athens in 1894. Hines died 15 June 1917 from pneumonia....
Dates:
1854 - 1866
