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Certificates, of the singular efficacy of those justly esteemed and highly approved medicines : prepared and sold, wholesale by W.T. Conway, chemist--no. 1, Bumstead-Place, Common-Street--Boston. And retailed by his appointment, by most druggists and booksellers of respectability, and also by most postmasters, throughout the U. States. : To prevent imposition the outside printed wrapper is signed by the sole proprietor, "W.T. Conway." As you value health, observe this! : Take care of this pamphlet--it may be of service on some future occasion.

Author/creator Conway, W. T. (Wallace T.), 1773?-1822
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Boston?] : [publisher not identified], [1819?]
Description12 pages ; 19 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 43724. ^A575643
General noteDated [1818?] in Shaw & Shoemaker. Another issue (Shoemaker 863), dated [1820?], has "Sold by special appointment, by Mr. Samuel Pilsberry [i.e., Pilsbury], successor to Cyrus Holbrook, druggist, at the Sign of St. Luke's Head, no. 56, Hanover Street" inserted between "observe this" and "Take care of this pamphlet" on the title page.
General noteConway is listed at 1 Bumstead-Place in Boston directories for 1818 through 1820. Cyrus Holbrook died on Oct. 6, 1819, and Samuel Pilsbury is listed at 56 Hanover St. in the Boston directory for 1820. The latest dated certificate is that of Apr. 14, 1817.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 43724
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 43724).
Genre/formAdvertisements Patent medicines.

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