GB 0120 MSS.5435-5460 and 8101 - Corbyn and Co., chemists and druggists, London

26 volumes

GB 0120 MSS.5435-5460 and 8101 1726-1910 Collection (fonds) 26 volumes Corbyn and Co.

The firm of Corbyn and Co., wholesale, retail and manufacturing chemists and druggists, was founded by Thomas Corbyn (1711-1791), who used his connections as a member of the Society of Friends to build up an extensive overseas trade. After successive changes of name, the firm became known as Corbyn, Stacey and Co. It was liquidated in 1927.

Purchased from Richard Hatchwell, 1986. Additional items were acquired at Phillips' 11 Dec. 1986, lot 65, and from Richard Hatchwell in 1991. Accession 1179 was given to the Library in September 2003 by Christopher Stacey.

Papers relating to Corbyn and Co., including deeds, correspondence, wages books, recipe books and accounts. Also includes the papers of the Clutton family.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

English

Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

Roy Porter and Dorothy Porter, "The rise of the English drugs industry: the role of Thomas Corbyn", Medical History 1989, 33: 277-295, and Richard Palmer, "Thomas Corbyn, Quaker merchant", Medical History 1989, 33: 371-376.

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Purchased from Richard Hatchwell, 1986. Additional items were acquired at Phillips' 11 Dec. 1986, lot 65, and from Richard Hatchwell in 1991. Accession 1179 was given to the Library in September 2003 by Christopher Stacey.

Papers relating to Corbyn and Co., including deeds, correspondence, wages books, recipe books and accounts. Also includes the papers of the Clutton family.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

• English

• Latin

English

Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English