H History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills Robert B. Shaw

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History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills

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In the riverside village of Morristown, New York, a small pill factory became a major source of work and a link to customers far beyond the region. Robert B. Shaw reconstructs the Comstock firm's history from company records recovered after the factory's abandonment. His account follows a family business through changing partnerships and disputes, placing its remedies within the wider American patent medicine trade.

The factory's place in village life gives this business history a local focus. Shaw describes electric lighting supplied to nearby homes, a hotel overlooking the waterfront, and a town hall built by the Comstock family. Advertising circulars, packaging and company names also reveal how remedies reached distant buyers. Readers interested in American commerce or small industrial communities can trace the connections between selling a familiar product and shaping the everyday life of a village.

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Author: Robert B. Shaw
Pages: 116
Language: English
Genre: American History
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