IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0120 MSS.5855-5859
Held at: Wellcome Library
Title: Stearns, William (fl 1781-1829)
Date(s): 1781-1875
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 5 volumes
Name of creator(s): Stearns | William | fl 1781-1829 | druggist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Stearns of Salem, Massachusetts has been described variously as 'Dr Stearns', 'apothecary', and 'druggist',
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Correspondence and financial papers of William Stearns (described variously as 'Dr Stearns', 'apothecary', and 'druggist'), and of Major Joseph Sprague and Seth Low (described as 'Dr Low', and 'druggist'), with whom Stearns appears to have been in partnership.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction:
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.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Described in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Immediate source of acquisition:
Acquired 1911 or earlier.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jan 2009