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.
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- Author
- Robert B. Shaw
- Reading time
- About 100 minutes
- Pages
- 116
- Language
- English
- Genre
- American History
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