Drake’s Plantation Bitters Label Question

Posted on 13 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

“This is the only black with gold lettering S.T. DRAKE’S PLANTATION BITTERS label (see below) I have ever seen. I thought it might be unique to the 5 log mold, but Micheal George had a 5 log with the normal white label (black lettering). This label has a log cabin pictured where the usual labels have a more Plantation type house. This is a real stumper for me. ANY INFO out there?”

Brian Shultis

New York City, NY- Plantation Bank – Drakes Plantation Bitters Ad Note circa 1860’s. This is a great ad note on this merchant that issued encased postage stamps in many different denominations for his product.

Labeled DRAKE’S PLANTATION BITTERS (center) flanked by a HALLS BITTERS and a GREELEY’S BOURBON WHISKEY BITTERS – Stecher Collection

Read More: Information on the Drake’s Plantation Bitters Variants

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Oxygenated Bitters – A Sovereign Remedy

Posted on 13 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Oxygenated Bitters

A Sovereign Remedy

13 October 2012 (R•102313) (R•102115) (R•032118) (R•101618) (R•082619)

Apple-Touch-IconAMy friend, collector and Civil War author Jim Schmidt (pictured signing his latest book above) sent me the full text and images of an 1845, 8-page pamphlet for “Oxygenated Bitters.” Enjoy! See pamphlet. This prompted me to pull out my three examples and take a closer look at them. This includes two, O 99 examples and one, O 100 example (pictured below). Read more on Jim at: Civil War Medicine (and Writing)

George Barrett Green was born in Windsor, Vermont on 14 April 1798, the fourth in a family of seven children of Dr. Isaac (1759-1842) and Ann (Barrett) Green (1774-1847). The elder Green was a physician, banker and merchant in Windsor. George B. Green was also a life-long resident of Windsor and developed Oxygenated Bitters around 1845 or so. Green emphasized at all touchpoints that his bitters was “A Sovereign Remedy” for Dyspepsia, Asthma, & General Debility.

Advertisements also state that Bicolorata Bark was used in his bitters formula which was said to be of great service in all the atonic conditions, not only of the stomach and intestines, but also of all organs where the organic muscular fibre exists. Green also said that his bitters contained no alcohol which is against the grain of many bitters of the era. Pictured above is cylindrical labeled example with a rolled lip and pontil circa 1850 from Vermont Medicines.

Green began the study of medicine with his father, but never entered upon the practice of the profession, though he was always called “Doctor Green.” He manufactured and sold on a large scale the celebrated “Oxygenated Bitters,” of which his father, together with himself, were the proprietors. A number of versions of the embossed bottles exist.

In the late 1850s, Seth W. Fowle seem to take over the brand which gets a bit diluted. Sometimes it is called “Oxygenated Bitters”, and in many cases, “Green’s Oxygenated Bitters”. There are even cases where Green is misspelled as “Greene”.

Dr. George B. Green died on May 31, 1866. His brand would continue as we see newspaper advertisements as late as 1887.

The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listings in Bitters Bottles and Bitters Bottles Supplement is noted below. Bill is pictured on the left at the recent FOHBC Reno Expo this past July. The two books are pictured with Bill. These two books are essential for any bitters collector.

O 99 sp // OXYGENATED // FOR DYSPEPSIA / ASTHMA & / GENERAL DEBILITY // BITTERS //
L… Dr. Wistar’s Oxygenated Bitters
Seth W. Fowle & Co. Boston, Massachusetts
7 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 1 5/8 (5 1/2) 1/4
Rectangular, Aqua , LTC, Applied mouth, 4 sp, With and without Rough pontil mark, Common
Poster
O 100 THE CELEBRATED OXYGENATED BITTERS, Fancy frame and portrait of George B. Green. A Sure Remedy for Dyspepsia, Asthma and General Debility. Testimonial and agent listings.
Label
O 100 OXYGENATED BITTERS, Geometric triangle frame, Oxygenated Bitters. Sovereign Remedy for Dyspepsia and Phthisic (a wasting illness of the lungs). Geo. B. Green, Proprietor, Windsor, Vermont. $1.00 Per Bottle.
Label
O 100.1 OXYGENATED BITTERS, The Celebrated Oxygenated Bitters, Caution None is Genuine Without This Signature, Reed, Bates & Austin. On both ends of decorative horizontal cameo frame. To prevent Counterfeits, the Genuine will invariably have this Label and Signature.
Reed, Bates & Austin were Wholesale Druggists located at No. 20 Merchants Row in Boston, Massachusetts in 1851. They were General Agents and the primary outlet for George B. Green’s Oxygenated Bitters. See s2O 100

Seth W. Fowle & Sons “The Home Almanac“, Green’s Oxygenated Bitters – An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of …, Volume 3 – By Christopher Hoolihan

Connecticut Circle: January 1960; article by Clarence Hubbard.

Oxygenated bitters. A sovereign remedy for fever & ague, dyspepsia, asthma & general debility. Print shows a female figure sitting on a large ball with two cornucopia-like vases of flowers as part of a scroll design around the margins. Tappan & Bradford, lithographer, Published Boston: Tappan & Bradford’s Lith., c1851 – Library of Congress

THE CELEBRATED OXYGENATED BITTERS – George B. Green of Windsor, Vermont ~ ca. 1861, Large four-page advertising circular; three pages of which consist of raving testimonials about the healing power of the product – eBay

R/H O 99 Oxygenated Bitters – Meyer Collection

R/H O 99 Detail Oxygenated Bitters – Meyer Collection

The Celebrated Oxygenated Bitters, Caution None is Genuine Without This Signature, Reed, Bates & Austin, Wholesale Druggists located at No. 20 Merchants Row in Boston, Massachusetts in 1851. They were General Agents and the primary outlet for George B. Green’s Oxygenated Bitters.

The Celebrated Oxygenated Bitters – circa 1847

Label: Label in English and German on flat panel.

Oxygenated Bitters bottle directions label c 1855

Drug Catalog: 1892 Goodwin

Celebrated Oxygenated Bitters – An advertisement for “the Celebrated Oxygenated Bitters”. Guaranteed to cure a variety of ailments.

Newspaper Advertisement 1851: Contains no alcohol but is the strongest certified medicine in the world. Cures heartburn. costiveness, asthma, fever, old age, deranged stomachs, consumption and piles.

R/H O 100 Oxygenated Bitters – Meyer Collection

R/H O 100 Oxygenated Bitters – Meyer Collection

OxygenatedGreer2

Oxygenated Bitters with label and original hand bill – Bottle is ex: Greer – ebay

OxygenatedGreer1

Oxygenated Bitters with label and original hand bill – Bottle is ex: Greer – ebay

Green’s Oxygenated Bitters

In Bitters Bottles you will also see a reference top Green’s Oxygenated Bitters. It is the original brand from George B. Green of Windsor, Vermont in 1845.

Greens OxyBitters_The_Sun_Wed__Mar_10__1858_

Listing for Green’s Oxygenated Bitters sold by Seth S. Hance at 106 Baltimore Street – The (Baltimore) Sun, Wednesday, March 10, 1858

A circa 1865 coated stock advertising card meant to go in the window or on the counter-top of a druggist that sold Oxygenated Bitters. On 20 April 1861 Dr. Green appointed M.S. Burr & Co., 26 Tremont Street, Museum Building, Boston as his agents and thereafter the paper label of each bottle bore the facsimile signature of both. – Ben Swanson Collection

George Barrett Green

History of Windsor County, Vermont by Lewis C. Aldrich and Frank R Holmes, 1891, Pages 855 – 932

GREEN, DR. GEORGE BARRETT, was born in Windsor, Vt., April 14, 1798, the fourth in a family of seven children of Dr. Isaac and Ann (Barrett) Green. George Barrett Green was a life-long resident of Windsor, Vt. He fitted for college with the Rev. Mr. Chapin of Woodstock and entered Middlebury College, but did not graduate, though he received the degree of A. M. in 1857. He began the study of medicine with his father, but never entered upon the practice of the profession, though he was always called “Doctor Green.” He manufactured and sold on a large scale the celebrated “Oxygenated Bitters,” of which his father, together with himself, were the proprietors. He also carried on a general dry goods trade in company with Joseph D. Hatch, of the firm of Green & Hatch, for a number of years. He married first, November 9, 1829, Mary Hatch, daughter of Darius and Elizabeth B. (Hatch) Jones. She died August 3, 1840, in Manchester, Vt., while on a visit to her sister. He married second, January 3, 1854, Mrs. Hannah Adams Deane, only daughter of the Hon. Chester Baxter, of Sharon, Vt.; she died August 1860. His children, all by the first marriage and all born in Windsor, were:

(1) Ann Elizabeth, born August 28, 1830, married, September 28, 1879, George Wardner (see biographical sketch on page 871).

(2) Isaac, born May 13, 1832, married, September 22, 1853, Frances Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Joseph Denison and Frances Spooner (Forbes) Hatch, a merchant and at one time mayor of Lacon, Illinois. He was a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, enlisting in Company A, Eighth Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers; he died suddenly, June 17, 1863, in Red Wing, Minn., and is buried there. His wife died June 17, 1860, in Windsor. Their children were, (a) George Baxter, born and died in Lacon, Ill., April 1855; (b) Frances Hatch, born August 21, 1856, in Lacon, Ill., died there February 1857; (c) Mary Hatch, born in Windsor, August 31, 1857, married, September 11, 1879, Dr. William Reid Prime, eldest son of Dr. Thomas Merrill and Amity (Paige) Prime of Knowlton, Quebec, Canada. He was born in Fairfield, Vt., October 17, 1857, graduated from McGill Medical College, Montreal, and the University Medical College, New York, in 1859. They now reside in Burlington, Vt., and their children are, Mary Frances, born in Manchester, N. H., June 30, 1880; William Isaac, born in Richford, Vt., May 29, 1883; Thomas Benjamin, born and died in Richford, Vt, November 24, 1888. (d) Frances Elizabeth, born in Red Wing, Minn., September 22, 1858, married, December 12, 1878, Frank Hallett Fisher, of Burlington, Vt., who was for three years cashier of the Howard National Bank, and is now special eastern agent of the Northwestern Guaranty Loan Company of Minneapolis. Their children are, Wilson Hatch Fisher, born September 12, 1879; Louis Edwin Fisher, born November 6,
1880; John Marcus Fisher, born November 12, 1882, died August 16, 1883; Josephine Forbes Fisher, born July 24, 1884, died January 3, 1888, and FlorenceMartha Fisher, born November 24, 1888.

(3) Charlotte Eloise, born January 30, 1834, married July 9, 1863, Rev. Henry A.
Hazen, and died in Auburndale, Mass., February 8, 1881; buried in Christian Street burial-ground, Hartford, Vt. Mr. Hazen was born in Hartford December 27, 1832, graduated from Kimball Union Academy, Dartmouth College and Andover Theological Seminary; was pastor of Congregational churches in Plymouth, Lyme and Pittsfield, N. H., and in Billerica, Mass, and since 1880 has resided in Auburndale, Mass., in the service of the A. B. C. F. M. until 1883; secretary of the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States, and editor of the Year Book from 1883; trustee of Kimball Union Academy and of the Howe School of Billerica; secretary of Andover Alumni Association, 1880-90, of the New Hampshire General Association, 1872-74, and of the Massachusetts General Association since 1888; editor of the General Catalogue of Andover Theological Seminary, 1880, and author of History of Billerica with Genealogies, 1882. Their children were, (a) Mary, born in Plymouth, N. H., November 23, 1864, died September 30, 1865; (b) Emily, born August 5, 1866, graduated from Smith College in 1889, and now teacher in the Mary Burnham School, Northampton, Mass.; (c) Charlotte, born in Lyme, N. H., November 6, 1868.

(4) Ellen Shepherd, born March 13, 1836, married in Windsor, Vt., September 29,
1857, to Samuel Willard Foster. Mr. Foster was born in Frost village, Quebec,
educated at the academy in Concord, Mass., and the University of Vermont, studied law with the Hon. H. Bailey Terrill, of Stanstead, and the Hon. Judge Secotte of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, and was admitted to the bar of Lower Canada February 6, 1854. They reside at Knowlton, Quebec. Their children, all born at Knowlton, are (a) George Greene, born January 28, 1860, educated at McGill College, Montreal, is a member of the law firm of Archibald & Foster, Montreal, Canada; (b) Samuel Baxter, born December 5, 1861, graduated at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, married Minnie M., daughter of Nathanial Norton of Chicago, Ill., October 8, 1885, is a lawyer and the attorney for the Grand Trunk Railway in Chicago, Ill., where he resides; their children are Samuel Norton, born August 8, 1888, and George Getty, born February 14, 1889; (c) Ellen Gertrude, born November 19, 1864, married, June 3, 1886, Gardner Stevens, eldest son of Hon. G. G. Stevens of Waterloo, Quebec, where they now reside, and their children are Gertrude Foster, born April 26, 1887; Harold Gardner, born March 14, 1889; Ellen Greene, born October 25, 1890.

5) Mary Harriet, born February 20, 1838, married, October 8, 1861, Gilman Henry
Tucker. She died in Boston, Mass., January 28, 1869; buried in the Tucker lot in
Raymond, N. H. Mr. Tucker was graduated, as were his wife and her sisters, Anna
and Ellen, from Kimball Union Academy. He graduated at Dartmouth College
and read law, but became agent or manager of the school-book department of
Charles Scribner & Co., in Boston, 1866-78; in New York, 1878-83; secretary
Publishers’ Association, 1883-90, of American Book Company, 1890-, and has
been since 1887 president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of New York.

Dr. George B. Green died May 31, 1866. He is well remembered in Windsor as a large-hearted, generous man, very hospitable, with ready sympathy for all in distress and trouble, and sure to express his sympathy by acts of benevolence. He was a true and firm friend, very decided in his opinions, and fearless in expressing them. He was especially kind and indulgent to his children, who were left at an early age without a mother’s care. He gave to all of them a good education, and trained them to habits of virtue and usefulness. He was interested in a variety of things, medicine, horticulture, farming, the raising of fruit, landscape gardening, as well as in plans for the improvement of the village in which he lived. At one time he owned a large amount of real estate in Windsor, and he was always very pleased to do his part in aiding public improvements. He was devoted to his church, the Old South, and a regular and devout attendant upon its services. In his will he provided that the church should share equally with each of his children in his estate.

Select Listings:

1798: Dr. George Barrett Green, was born in Windsor, Vt., April 14, 1798 – History of Windsor County, Vermont by Lewis C. Aldrich and Frank R Holmes, 1891, Page 855 – 932
1833: George B. Green, Druggist – The Democratic Dilemma: Religion, Reform, and the Social Order in the Connecticut River Valley of Vermont, 1791-1850
1840: George B. Green developed Oxygenated Bitters in Windsor, Vermont around 1840 – Vermont Medicines
1844: “On motion of Mr. Winslow, the Committee on Roads was discharged from the further consideration of the petiiton of Theophilus Crawford and others, and of the petition of George B. Green and others, each praying for the incorporation of a Rail-Road Company for the construction of a RailRoad from Brattleboro’ up the valley of the Connecticut River; and. it was ordered, that the petitioners have leave to withdraw their said petitions.” – Journal of the House of Representatives  of the State of Vermont, 1844
1845: Oxygenated Bitters, A Sovereign Remedy booklet (pictured top of post), George B. Green, Proprietor, Windsor, Vermont, Sold by Stimpson, Reed & Co., No. 26 Merchants Row, Boston, Entered according to Actof Congress, in the year 1845.
1847: Advertising poster for The Celebrated Oxygenated Bitters (pictured above), M.V.B. Fowler, Wholesale Agent, New York
1847: Newspaper advertisement for Greene’s Oxygenated Bitters (below) – Hartford Courant, Friday, November 12, 1847

1850: George B Green, Physician, Age: 52, Birth Year: abt 1798, Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1850: Windsor, Vermont, Household Members: George B Green 52, Ann E Green 20, Isaac Green 18, Charlotte E Green 16, Ellen S Green 14, Mary H Green 12 – 1850 United States Federal Census
1855: Oxygenated Bitters bottle directions label c 1855 (pictured above)
1857: George Barrett Green fitted for college with the Rev. Mr. Chapin of Woodstock and entered Middlebury College, but did not graduate, though he received the degree of A. M. in 1857. – History of Windsor County, Vermont
1858: Green’s Oxygenated Bitters The Home Almanac 1858 Published by Seth W. Fowle and Co., Boston (pictured above)
1860: Newspaper advertisement for The Oxygenated Bitters, Seth W. Fowle & Co., 18 Tremont Street, Boston (below) – The Jeffersonian, Thursday, September 13, 1860

1861: The Celebrated Oxygenated Bitters – George B. Green of Windsor, Vermont ~ ca. 1861, Large four-page advertising circular; three pages of which consist of raving testimonials about the healing power of the product (pictured above)
1865: Advertising card meant to go in the window or on the counter-top of a druggist that sold Oxygenated Bitters (pictured above)
1866: Dr. George B. Green died May 31, 1866.(tombstone (below)

1875: Newspaper advertisement for Greene’s (sic) Oxygenated Bitters (below) – Wilmington Journal, Friday, January 29, 1875

1879: Newspaper advertisement for Green’s Oxygenated Bitters (below) – The Atchison Daily Champion, Saturday, November 29, 1879

1887: Newspaper advertisement for Dr. Greene’s (sic) Oxygenated Bitters (below) – Quad City Times, Saturday, January 15, 1887

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Looking at some Labeled Bottles from the Reno Expo

Posted on 12 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

With the great bottles that Jack Stecher has been posting recently, it prompted me to go back to some of the Scott Selenak (FOHBC photographer) pictures from the 2012 FOHBC Reno Expo this past July. These pictures are great. Just wanted to share…

Read More: Some of Jacks labeled Upstate New York Bitters

Scott Selenak

2012 RENO EXPO PICTURES

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Dr. Morgan’s Great American Herb Tonic – Philadelphia

Posted on 12 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Ferdinand:

I’ve always been curious as to the provenance of the Great American Herb Tonic bottle I acquired back in 1972 from a Skinner auction. It has the same form as the Golden Bitters bottle, as evidenced by the photos attached. Ham/Ring description for the G-63 attribute it to Hudson, New York.

The herb tonic bottle is embossed Dr. Morgan’s/The Great American Herb Tonic/Phila. and, as seen, is almost a duplicate form as the Golden Bitters. As far as I know, only one other Herb Tonic was auctioned, and that was by Glass Works Auctions back in 1987.

Any background on this form by anyone? The aqua Golden Bitters is beautiful; seedy and whittled. A great example too. Please feel free to use any of attached photos.

Jack (Stecher)

Read More: Goe C Hubbel & Co – Unlisted Variant – Golden Bitters

John Morgan by Angelica Kauffmann in the National Portrait Gallery – Washington

Jack:

I wonder if Morgan is a reference directly or indirectly to John Morgan, M.D. from Philadelphia? Obvious this Morgan is decades ahead of the product.

According to Wikipedia and the University of Pennsylvania archives, John Morgan (1735–1789) was co-founder of the Medical College at the University of Pennsylvania, the first medical school in Colonial America; and he served as the second “Chief physician & director general” of the Continental Army (an early name for the U.S. Army Surgeon General). He also founded the American Philosophical Society in 1766 in Philadelphia.

Dr. Morgan was the son of Evan Morgan, a Welshman, and Joanna Biles, was born in Philadelphia in 1735. He received a classical education at Nottingham Academy in Chester County, Pennsylvania, before entering the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) on May 25, 1754. He was part of the College’s first graduating class, receiving an A.B. on May 17, 1757. During his undergraduate years of 1755 and 1756, he began to study medicine under Dr. John Redman of Philadelphia, also working at the Pennsylvania Hospital as Resident Apothecary.

Morgan served as Chief Physician to the Continental Army from October 1775 to January 1777. He was empowered by the U.S. Congress to inspect regimental hospitals and transfer patients if warranted and to examine regimental surgeons. Rancor with the regimental surgeons became so bad that Morgan quit when the Army moved from Boston to New York.

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Some of Jacks labeled Upstate New York Bitters

Posted on 11 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Jack Stecher at the 2012 Yankee Bottle Show in Keene, New Hampshire

Hi Ferd.

Great seeing you and many others at Heckler’s and Keene last weekend. It’s
always been my favorite season and time for bottle outings. I was
fortunate to buy an aqua vertical Greeley’s at Heckler’s field this past
week. This goes well with my aqua Old Sachem and Pocahontas Bitters.

As promised, I’m sending you some label photos of a few of my bitters. The
label for the Niagara Star has always been one of my favorites, with the
falls being in our backyard, so to speak. The labeled Dr. Walkinshaw’s
appeared at the Rochester show a couple years ago, and I was fortunate
enough to get it. Several Walkinshaw’s bitters were dug in the Batavia, NY
area several years ago and showed up in Rochester shortly after. Not an
easy one to acquire as the “cure” collectors also seek it. My John Roots
Bitters, R-90.8, 1867 version has a poor label but I didn’t have this
bottle and grabbed it when it came out at the Keene a year ago. So, I have
included a photo of it too.

As long as I’m forwarding you some label bitters, I thought I would send
you a photo of a recent purchase of a case of 12 Warner Log Cabin
Extracts, all complete with contents. Surprising what appears now and then
at Rochester area garage sales.

Jack (Stecher)

Left to right: Labeled XXX DEXTER LOVERIDGE WAHOO BITTERS, DR. WALKINSHAWS CURATIVE BITTERS and STEELE’S NIAGARA STAR BITTERS – Stecher Collection

Detail of label on a STEELE’S NIAGARA STAR BITTERS (see above) – Stecher Collection

Labeled amber John Root’s Bitters – Stecher Collection

Labeled amber John Root’s Bitters – Stecher Collection

Left to right: Labeled HALL’S BITTERS, DRAKE’S PLANTATION BITTERS and GREELEY’S BOURBON WHISKEY BITTERS – Stecher Collection

Recent purchase of a case of twelve Warner Log Cabin
Extracts, all complete with contents – Stecher Collection

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1870’s Hammered Crude C.H. Atwood Label Only Boston Mass Antique Bitters Bottle

Posted on 11 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

C.H. Atwood’s Genuine Tonic Bitters

“It was found in a tidal river three feet under the mud by a striper fisherman on the south shore. Amazing condition for sitting in mud for over a hundred and thirty years or more.” 

1870’s Hammered Crude C.H. Atwood Label Only Boston Mass Antique Bitters Bottle

11 October 2012

Apple-Touch-IconAI came across this eBay listing for a C.H. Atwoods and really liked the write-up and pictures. I commend the seller for a nice job. Let’s see if the bottle lives up to expectations…

eBay Description:

This bottle is a label only bitters from Boston, Mass. It was blown in a mold in the 1870’s with an applied separate piece of glass for the top. The glass has beautiful character and crudeness and a smooth base just missing the pontil. The best part are the flutes on the shoulders and neck that gives it that unique shaped bottle. It was found in a tidal river three feet under the mud by a striper fisherman on the south shore. Amazing condition for sitting in mud for over a hundred and thirty years or more. The glass is loaded with bubbles and is a wonderful piece to hold up to sun light. Nice bright light bubbles on top of bubbles. No chips or cracks. Has an etched look and feel to the surface of the glass all following the cooling lines in the glass. This adds another thing that is beautiful about this bottle. Maybe a couple tiny scratches but they are only found just to say something is wrong with such an amazing bottle. It stands 10 5/8 inches tall and has a nice feel in your hand.

The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:

A 111.5 L  C H ATWOOD BITTERS, Circa 1860 – 1875,

L… Atwood’s Genuine Tonic Bitters, Chas. H. Atwood, Boston
C H ATWOOD
10 x 2 1/2
Round, green fluted neck, RC

Read More: C H Atwoods – Neat Bitters Bottles with Fluted Necks

Dr. Richard Cannon: Charles H. Atwood of Boston advertised this product as early as 1860.

From Bottle Pickers: From 1866 to 1902 there were advertisements for Atwood’s Quinine Tonic Bitters. Charles H. Atwood was from Boston, Mass. He marketed this product which was manufactured by Gilman Company who was located in Boston, Mass. This Company was the successor to the Alvah Littlefield & Co.

Alvah Littlefield would purchase the rights to Atwoods Quinine Tonic Bitters from Moses Atwood around 1855. Moses Atwood originated this medicine in 1840.

Littlefield’s major distributor for this product was Demas Barnes and in 1869 the Littlefield account was taken over by John Henry. In 1877 John Henry would by the rights to the Littlefield medicines (Charles H. Atwood successor) and began to manufacturer Atwood’s Quinine Tonic Bitters in a new company called The Manhattan Medicine Co.

eBay Pictures

C.H. Atwood’s Genuine Tonic Bitters – eBay

C.H. Atwood’s Genuine Tonic Bitters – eBay

C.H. Atwood’s Genuine Tonic Bitters – eBay

C.H. Atwood’s Genuine Tonic Bitters – eBay

C.H. Atwood’s Genuine Tonic Bitters – eBay

C.H. Atwood’s Genuine Tonic Bitters – eBay

C.H. Atwood’s Genuine Tonic Bitters – eBay

C.H. Atwood’s Genuine Tonic Bitters – Meyer Color Run

Smaller size of C.H. Atwood’s Genuine Tonic Bitters – Meyer Collection

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Not Brown – Old Amber “Harvey’s Prairie Bitters”

Posted on 10 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Not Brown – Old Amber “Harvey’s Prairie Bitters”

10 October 2012 (R•052714) (R•061017) (R•111020)

Apple-Touch-IconAThere is a movement underfoot to discourage the celebration and collection of brown bottles and glass. I know of major collectors discouraging this color and others removing ‘brown’ bottles from their collection. They are promoting the greens, yellows, and blue ranges which are, without a doubt, ‘prettier’ and more pleasing to the eye.

I am not one of those collectors. I simply do not use the description ‘Brown’ in describing the color of a bottle. I use the term ‘Amber’ as a starting point and break it further into dark amber, light amber, golden amber, yellow amber, red amber, tobacco amber, old amber, auburn, bronze, cedar, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, copper, ginger, hazel, khaki, mahogany, oak, ocher, puce, reddish, root beer, russet, rust, saddle brown, sandy, sepia, umber, wheat, earthen, caramel, sienna, muddy, topaz, bistre, almond, henna, etc.

In celebration of the color amber, I start a new series on historical bottles in amber coloration. In this first post, I look at Old Amber.

O L D   A M B E R

The Prairie Is My Garden by Harvey Dunn

HARVEY’S PRAIRIE BITTERS

H 67  HARVEY’S PRAIRIE BITTERS
HARVEY’S // PRAIRIE // BITTERS // f // // s // patterned // PATENTED // patterned // patterned //
9 1/2 x 3 1/4 (6)
Square, Amber, LTC, Applied mouth, Very rare
From Indiana Chicago, March & Harvey, 12 State, 1865 Chicago, Illinois City Directory
Squier T. Harvey and Christian G. March
(Top 10 most desirable bottles)

Harvey’s Prairie Bitters – Meyer Collection

Advertisement for Harvey’s Prairie Bitters, Marsh & Harvey, 12 State, Chicago City Directory

Very crude with a number of seed bubbles and a pronounced body twist. 

HARVEY’S PRAIRIE BITTERS – Shades beautifully from deep color base, shoulder and neck areas to a considerably lighter center and even lighter corners. Very crude with a number of seed bubbles and a pronounced body twist. Ex: Judge Blaske and Dr. Burton Spiller Collections. Same bottle pictured in ‘The Encyclopedia of Collectibles’, page 141 – Meyer Collection

HARVEY’S PRAIRIE BITTERS – Shades beautifully from deep color base, shoulder and neck areas to a considerably lighter center and even lighter corners. Very crude with a number of seed bubbles and a pronounced body twist. Ex: Judge Blaske and Dr. Burton Spiller Collections. Same bottle pictured in ‘The Encyclopedia of Collectibles’, page 141 – Meyer Collection

H 67 Harvey's_BBS

Harvey’s Prairie Bitters – Bitters Bottles Supplement

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A larger Dr. Hoofland’s German Bitters spotted in the Hayfield

Posted on 9 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

A larger Dr. Hoofland’s German Bitters spotted in the Hayfield

9 October 2012 (R•090918) (R•021219)

“the happy result of intelligent research, coupled with the extensive practice of Dr. Christoph Wilhelm Hueflin of Gena, Germany.”

Apple-Touch-IconAJan Ratushny had this large Dr. Hoofland’s Celebrated German Bitters at the Heckler hayfield event this past weekend in Woodstock Valley (pictured above), Connecticut. This is a common bottle as I have two of the smaller example bottles (see further below). I just have not seen this larger size. This prompted a search for a little more information on the brand and bottle that spanned some 40-plus years.

Hoofland’s German Bitters advertisement for the patent medicine showing a medieval scene. – Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department

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1853 advertisement for Dr. Hoofland’s Celebrated German Bitters – Philadelphia Business Directory

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Dr. Hoofland’s Celebrated German Bitters prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson advertisement – 1854 Philadelphia City Directory

Dr. Hoofland’s German Bitters advertisement, Jones & Evans – The Rock Island Argus, Saturday, June 13, 1863

Advertisement from The Round Table – A Saturday Review of Politics, Finance, Literature & Society – 1867

Advertisement for Hoofland’s German Bitters, Johnson, Holloway & Co. – Wilkes Barre Times Leader The Evening News, Monday, August 3 1891

First of all, the Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:

H 168  DR. HOOFLAND’S GERMAN BITTERS
DR. HOOFLAND’S / GERMAN BITTERS // LIVER COMPLAINT // C.M. JACKSON / PHILADELPHIA // DYSPEPSIA & C //
9 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 1 3/4 (7 3/8) 1/4   Bottle 1
8 1/2 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 (6 3/16) 3/8   Bottle 2
7 1/8 x 2 5/8 x 1 3/4 (5 3/8) 1/4   Bottle 3
7 1/8 x 2 5/8 x 1 3/4 (5) 1/4   Bottle 4
Rectangular, Aqua, CM, Applied mouth, With and without rough pontil mark, 4 sp, Common
Bottles 1 & 3 same Dyspepsia & C
Bottle 3 Rough pontil mark
Label: A sovereign remedy for liver complaint, jaundice, dyspepsia, nervous debility, asthma, disease of the kidneys, and all diseases arising from a disordered liver or stomach. Paper seal over cork: intertwined M H G.

Pair of aqua DR. HOOFLAND’S GERMAN BITTERS. These are two of my first bitters bottles purchased back in 2002 – Meyer collection

Dr. Hoofland’s Celebrated German Bitters and Balsamic Cordial, printed by Louis N. Rosenthal, January 1859 (chromolitho) – American School, (19th century) – Library Company of Philadelphia

Johnston, Holloway & Co. support information

According to Hoofland’s Almanacs, this eponymous bitters was “the happy result of intelligent research, coupled with the extensive practice of Dr. Christoph Wilhelm Hueflin (Hoofland) of Gena, Germany.” Dr. Hoofland’s Celebrated German Medicines were first being sold in Philadelphia at 278 Race Street in 1847.

The Dr. Hoofland’s Celebrated German Bitters was introduced in America in 1850 by Dr. Charles M. Jackson. Jackson was among the many 19th-century distributors peddling bitters to a receptive U.S. market.

By 1863, the product was sold to Charles Evans and R.S. Jones doing business as Jones & Evans located at 631 Arch Street in Philadelphia. You can see a newspaper advertisement further above. They were selling the bitters for 75 cents a bottle and $4 for a half-dozen. Evans had been a clerk in Dr. Jackson’s firm. By 1867, the business directories list Charles Evans as the sole proprietor of Hoofland’s German Bitters. A decade later, the proprietors of Hoofland’s German Bitters were Johnston, Holloway & Company of Philadelphia. They would sell Hoofland’s German Bitters up until 1893.

Johnston, Holloway & Co. continued to promote Dr. Hoofland’s products, as demonstrated by this 1879 issue of Hoofland’s Almanac – www.dalessandris.net

“It is for him to say whether he will continue to endure a living death or to put himself in a position to render life enjoyable.” 

As noted on the embossed bottles, Hoofland’s German Bitters were marketed as a remedy for ‘Dyspepsia’ and ‘Liver Complaint.’ An advertisement proclaiming the benefits of Hoofland’s put it simply, “It is for him [the potential customer] to say whether he will continue to endure a living death or to put himself in a position to render life enjoyable.”

C.M. Evans had this essay prepared, most likely in 1866. – www.dalessandris.net

Johnson, Holloway & Co. Private Die Proprietary Stamps. Johnson, Holloway & Co. had their own private die stamps engraved in 1874. –  www.dalessandris.net

Blue cameo corner card for Dr. C.M. Jackson, Philadelphia, P.A., Proprietor of Dr. Hoofland’s German Bitters, franked with 3¢ dull red 1851, postmarked Philadelphia, September 30, circa 1851-57. This was prior to C.M. Evans’ acquisition of Jackson’s business. – www.dalessandris.net

I also found that there was a quantity of Dr. Hoofland’s German Bitters recovered from the SS Republic (see picture below), a mere 11 bottles, which pales in contrast to some of the other bitters brands found at the wreck site.

The quantity recovered from the SS Republic, a mere 11 bottles, pales in contrast to some of the other bitters brands found at the wreck site. – Odyssey’s Virtual Museum

“flavored so that the extreme bitterness of the bitters is overcome.”

There was also a Hoofland’s German Tonic which consisted of Hoofland’s German Bitters (a non-alcoholic herbal mixture) combined with Santa Cruz Rum and “flavored so that the extreme bitterness of the bitters is overcome.” It was supposed to cure dyspepsia, liver ailments and general “debility” (i.e., everything else). This information is from a 1872 ad in Potter’s American Monthly.

Hoofland’s German Tonic Trade Card – Library of Congress

However, in 1887, the Chicago Medical Times published a study of tonic medicines and stated that the German Tonic was just over 29% alcohol, which may explain the look in the drummer’s eye above.

The 1872 advertisement states that it cost $1.50 a bottle, which some people thought was too expensive – but that was because everything in it was pure and of a good quality. And it was recommended by “the Whole Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,” too.

Methodist ministers approved of the alcohol-free German Bitters. In an 1862 ad, in a Methodist journal, Hoofland’s lists a number of specific symptoms the Tonic cured, including “Constant Imaginings of Evil” and “Depression of Spirits.”

From the Joe Gourd Collection

Below: Hoofland’s Podophyllin Pills, German Bitters, Greek Oil & German Tonic shell card (unknown female) obverse and reverse. C.M. Evans, 631 Arch Street. Circa 1867 – Joe Gourd Collection

Below: Hoofland’s German Bitters advertising trade card (obverse and reverse), Johnston, Holloway & Co., 602 Arch Street – Joe Gourd Collection

Below: Hoofland’s German Bitters advertising trade card (obverse and reverse), Eliza Wheathersby, Broadway actress (1845-1887), Johnston, Holloway & Co., 602 Arch Street, Philadelphia – Joe Gourd Collection

Below: Hoofland’s German Bitters Cures Dyspepsia and Liver Disorders advertising trade card (obverse, reverse blank) – Joe Gourd Collection

Below: Hoofland’s German Medicine Store wrapper (English & German) – Joe Gourd Collection

Below: Framed Hoofland’s German Bitters advertisement poster – Joe Gourd Collection

Select Listings:

1840s: Christolph Wilheim Hoofland invented the eponymous bitters in Germany.
1847: Dr. Hoofland’s Celebrated German Medicines being sold in Philadelphia at 278 Race Street – Public Ledger, 10 July 1847
185o: Hoofland’s Celebrated German Bitters was introduced in America in 1850 by Dr. Charles M. Jackson.
1853: Advertisement (above): Dr. Hoofland’s Celebrated German Bitters prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, 120 Arch Street – 1853 Philadelphia City Directory
1854: Advertisement (above): Dr. Hoofland’s Celebrated German Bitters prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson, 120 Arch Street – 1854 Philadelphia City Directory
1863: Dr. Hoofland’s Celebrated German Bitterswas sold to Charles Evans and R.S. Jones.
1867: Charles M. Evans is the sole proprietor of Hoofland’s German Bitters.
1877: Proprietors of Hoofland’s German Bitters were Johnston, Holloway & Company of Philadelphia.
1891: Advertisement (above) for Hoofland’s German Bitters, Johnston, Holloway & Co. – Wilkes Barre Times Leader The Evening News, Monday, August 3 1891
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Three Bottles with New Orleans seals

Posted on 8 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Bottles with New Orleans seals

 PEYCHAUD’S, DELPIT’S & SARRAZIN. Age range 1840’s through 1870’s. 

“I’ve always felt the DELPIT’S was the oldest, the SARRAZIN the most recent.”

Charles Aprill

Dr. Charles Aprill from the Big Easy, submits these wonderful pictures of three bottles with New Orleans seals. The oldest, TABAC / DE / DELPIT / NOUVELLE / ORLEANS. was in business in the 1840’s. There is also a photo of the PEYCHAUD’S / AMERICAN / BITTERS / N.O. The final is J. P. SARRAZIN / TOBACCO / MANUFACTOR / NEW ORLEANS. Thanks for the piece and photos about the recently found PEYCHAUD’S. c.a.

Read more on the Peychauds: Peychaud’s Cocktail Bitters – L.E. Jung and his Gators

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Looking at the Morning Star Bitters – Baltimore

Posted on 8 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Looking at the Morning Star Bitters – Baltimore

Greatest Tonic of the Age

12 October 2012 (R•102013) (R•091518)

I was looking closer at Ed and Kathy Gray’s (GreatAntiqueBottles.com) Morning Star Bitters (see above) yesterday at the Yankee Bottle Show in Keene, New Hampshire.

Read More: Yankee Bottle Club – 2012 Keene NH Show Pictures

Ed Gray at his table – Yankee Bottle Show

This is quite an extraordinary and exciting example with the triangular form, 18 diagonal ribs, olive toned color and raised typography reading “Morning (motif star) Bitters, Inceptum 5869 and Patented 5869”.

It is also from Baltimore which makes it even more fun, being I am a native Baltimorean. The sticker price on the Great Antique Bottles web site is $6.700 though I believe the Gray’s might sell the bottle for $5,800 or so. A big ticket price for a usually low-priced bottle when you find it in amber. It’s all about color, character and condition. The three C’s.

While reading the description above on their table, I saw the note “possibly the only known example in this beautiful greenish coloration”. I am reminded of a very similar example of a Morning Star Bitters in my collection. I have posted those pictures further below. Which example has more green? It is really hard to tell unless you have both together. They are both great examples.

Olive-toned MORNING STAR BITTERS – Gray example at Keene

Olive-toned MORNING STAR BITTERS – Gray example at Keene

Olive-toned MORNING STAR BITTERS – Gray example at Keene

Olive-toned MORNING STAR BITTERS – Gray example at Keene

It is also fun to compare the olive toned bottle to an amber example. One was at the Keene show (on Jim Mitchell’s table). I borrowed it and photographed it with the Gray example (see below). Look at the crazy applied mouth! An amber example from my collection is also posted below.

Olive toned and amber MORNING STAR BITTERS – Gray and Mitchell examples at Keene

Olive toned and amber MORNING STAR BITTERS – Gray and Mitchell examples at Keene

The Carlyn Ring and W.C. Ham listing in Bitters Bottles is as follows:

M 135  MORNING STAR BITTERS
motif 7 diagonal ribs / MORNING motif pointed star BITTERS / INCEPTUM 5869 // motif 18 diagonal ribs // PATENTED (au) / 5869 //
Morning Star Bitters Company   Charles Street   Baltimore, Md.
12 7/8 x 3 3/8 (7) 1/4 LTC
12 3/8 x 3 3/8 (7) 1/4 CM
Triangular, Amber, Gold, Yellow with lime tone, LTC and CM, Applied mouth and Tooled lip, With and without Metallic pontil mark, Common, Triangular, Green, CM, Tooled lip, Extremely rare

Olive toned MORNING STAR BITTERS – Meyer Collection

Detail, olive toned MORNING STAR BITTERS – Meyer Collection

Detail, olive toned MORNING STAR BITTERS – Meyer Collection

Amber MORNING STAR BITTERS – Meyer Collection

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“Morning” (Star) “Bitters / Inceptum 5869 – Patented / 5869″, America, 1855 – 1865. Brilliant olive yellow, pyramid form, applied sloping collared mouth – iron pontil scar, ht. 11 7/8”, very near mint; (a tiny, less than pinhead bit of roughness on the inside edge of the mouth and a couple of minor pinhead flakes at edge of base, otherwise attic mint!). R/H #M135. The color is absolutely stunning. This one could arguably take the top prize for the “Holy Grail” of the Morning Star Bitters bottles. Not only is this the most attractive color that we have seen in this mold, almost a bright lemony yellow with a strong olive tone, but it is the earlier example with a crudely applied mouth and large red iron pontil scar! – American Glass Gallery Auction 11

MorningStar145

“Morning” (Star) “Bitters / Inceptum 5869 – Patented / 5869″, America, 1855 – 1865. Brilliant olive yellow, pyramid form, applied sloping collared mouth – iron pontil scar, ht. 11 7/8”, very near mint; (a tiny, less than pinhead bit of roughness on the inside edge of the mouth and a couple of minor pinhead flakes at edge of base, otherwise attic mint!). R/H #M135. The color is absolutely stunning. This one could arguably take the top prize for the “Holy Grail” of the Morning Star Bitters bottles. Not only is this the most attractive color that we have seen in this mold, almost a bright lemony yellow with a strong olive tone, but it is the earlier example with a crudely applied mouth and large red iron pontil scar! – American Glass Gallery Auction 11

MorningStar145-base

“Morning” (Star) “Bitters / Inceptum 5869 – Patented / 5869″, America, 1855 – 1865. Brilliant olive yellow, pyramid form, applied sloping collared mouth – iron pontil scar, ht. 11 7/8”, very near mint; (a tiny, less than pinhead bit of roughness on the inside edge of the mouth and a couple of minor pinhead flakes at edge of base, otherwise attic mint!). R/H #M135. The color is absolutely stunning. This one could arguably take the top prize for the “Holy Grail” of the Morning Star Bitters bottles. Not only is this the most attractive color that we have seen in this mold, almost a bright lemony yellow with a strong olive tone, but it is the earlier example with a crudely applied mouth and large red iron pontil scar! – American Glass Gallery Auction 11

Morning Star Bitters Company

The first proprietor of Morning Star Bitters was John Burns located at 100 South Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland in 1866. He created a company called Morning Star Bitters Company to market and sell his product locally and across the state line in West Virginia. He said it was the Greatest Tonic of the Ages. By 1868, it was Burns & Weigley (John B. Burns and O.C. Weigley) who were selling Morning Star Bitters at the same address, same company. They would patent the brand and signature bottle in 1869 though the first bottle was not the triangular form we are familiar with. Apparently there is a round bell form bottle in aqua embossed “Morning Inceptum (motif star) 5869 Bitters” that is 10 3/4″ tall. Ring & Ham list it as M 134. An illustration is below. By 1869 or 1870, the first pontiled triangular bottles were produced.

This is just conjecture, but on the evening of March 17, 1868, Grand Chancellor William P. Westwood, assisted by Past Chancellor John Shulz, of the District of Columbia, and Past Chancellors Charles E. Lowe, James A. Campbell, N. M. Bowen, C. F. Abbott, William H. Tindle, and Samuel DeHaven, of Maryland, opened the proceedings of the Knights of Pythias held at Druid Hall at the corner of Baltimore and Gay Streets. O.C. Weigley and John Burns were also members. Could it be that Cornelius F. Abbott was first introduced to Morning Star Bitters as he would later take over the brand in 1873?

Cornelius Frederick Abbott & Cornelius Webster Abbott – Abbott & Company

Cornelius Frederick Abbott was born on June 1st 1828 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was the son of Joseph Abbott and Electa Abbott. We next find him listed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1860 as stave maker, staves being the narrow strips of wood or narrow iron plates placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel (such as a barrel) or structure.

In 1865, Cornelius F. Abbott & Co. is listed as a wholesale liquor dealer in Baltimore. In the following years Abbott is also listed as a tobacconist and an insurance agent. In 1873, we first see Abbott’s name with Morning Star Bitters at 210 Conway Street and then 85 Camden in 1874. In 1878, his son Cornelius Webster Abbott joins the company and they both run their business and Morning Star Bitters Company. They were located at 110 S. Charles Street and German Street where they also had their chemical laboratory.

By 1880 or so, the son would pretty much take over and the business name was changed to C. W. Abbott & Company. They continued to be addressed at Nos. 110 and 112 South Charles Street. At this location was the extensive laboratory of C. W. Abbott & Co. who by then were the manufacturers of and wholesale dealers of the famous Angostura Aromatic Bitters, Morning Star Bitters, Wine Tonic, Essence of Peppermint, Jamaica Ginger, Flavoring Extracts, Fruit Syrups, etc. Advertising stated that these goods were all “manufactured from the finest ingredients, and by competent men, thoroughly skilled in their use. Their merits are too well understood by the trade and the public generally to require comment in this work, which fact is demonstrated by their large sale in all parts of the country.” Abbott also manufactured Abbott’s Prepared Medicated Oyster Shell Remedy which was a very valuable article for fowls. The building used for the manufacture and sale of these goods was three stories in height, 40 x 80 feet in dimensions, and a large number of hands were employed. Abbott products would continue to be sold for many years thereafter.

C.F. Abbott would die on Saturday morning, June 23, 1894 at 11 o’clock in the 66th year of his age. His obituary said he was a Mason, a member of the Eureka Lodge of the Royal Arcanum and a member of Franklin Square Baptist Church. C.W. Abbott would live a long life, carry the torch and die in 1932.

Read More: Abbott’s Aromatic Bitters – A Later Bitters with Class

Select Listings:

1828: Cornelius Frederick Abbott born 1 June 1828. – Find A Grave Index
1828: Cornelius Frederick Abbott, Event Type: Birth, Birth Date: 1 Jun 1828, Birth Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, Father Name: Joseph Abbott, Mother Name: Electa Abbott – Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records
1855: Cornelius Webster Abbott (son) born 30 December 1855 in Baltimore City, Maryland.
1860: Cornelius Abbot, Stave Maker, Age: 31, Birth Year: abt 1829, Birth Place: Massachusetts, Home in 1860: Baltimore Ward 16, Baltimore, (Independent City), Maryland, Post Office: Baltimore, Dwelling Number: 1347, Family Number: 1605, Personal Estate Value: 6000, Household Members: Cornelius Abbot 31, Matilda Abbot 34, Cornelius Abbot 4 – United States Federal Census
1863: Cornelius F. Abbott, 48 Barre – Baltimore Maryland City Directory
1865: Cornelius F. Abbott & Co., Wholesale Dealers – IRS Tax Assessment List
1865: C.F. Abbott, Tobacco Store, 175 Conway – Woods Baltimore City Directory
1866: Advertisement (below) Greatest Tonic of the Age! Morning Star Bitters – Spirit of Jefferson, Tuesday, January 23, 1866

1866: Advertisement (below): Morning Star Bitters Company, 100 South Charles Street, Baltimore – The Baltimore Sun, Wednesday, September 19, 1866

1866: Advertisement (below): Bushfield, Wallace & Co., Sole Agents for Morning Star Bitters – The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, Thursday, November 22, 1866

1867: John Burns, Morning Star Bitters, 100 South Charles – Woods Baltimore City Directory
1867: Advertisement (below): Morning Star Bitters Company, 100 S. Charles Street, Baltimore from The Rural Gentleman: a monthly journal devoted to horticulture.

1868: Burns & Weigley (John B. Burns and O.C. Weigley), Morning Star Bitters, 100 S. Charles – Woods Baltimore City Directory
1868: On the evening of March 17, 1868, Grand Chancellor William P. Westwood, assisted by Past Chancellor John Shulz, of the District of Columbia, and Past Chancellors Charles E. Lowe, James A. Campbell, N. M. Bowen, C. F. Abbott, William H. Tindle, and Samuel DeHaven, of Maryland, opened the proceedings. The meeting was held in Druid Hall, corner of Baltimore and Gay Streets. O.C. Weigley and John Burns were also members. – History of the Knights of Pythias, 1887
1870: Cornelius F. Abbott, Tobacconist, Age in 1870: 42, Birth Year: abt 1828, Birthplace: Massachusetts, Home in 1870: Baltimore Ward 16, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, Inferred Spouse: Matilda A. Abbott, Family: Cornelius Abbott 42, Matilda A Abbott 38, Cornelius W Abbott 14 – United States Federal Census
1871: Cornelius F. Abbott, Insurance Agent, 41 Post Office Avenue – Baltimore Maryland City Directory
1872: Cornelius F. Abbott, Insurance Agent, over Union Bank – Baltimore Maryland City Directory
1873: Advertisement (below): Woodville & Norman auctioning off  Morning Star Bitters – The Baltimore Sun, Tuesday, September 9, 1873

1873: Cornelius F. Abbott (Morning Star Bitters Co.) 210 Conway – Baltimore Maryland City Directory
1874: Morning Star Bitters Co., 85 Camden – Baltimore Maryland City Directory
1878: Abbott, C. F. & Co. (C.F. and C.W. Abbott), Morning Star Bitters Co., Chemical Laboratory, 110 S. Charles – Baltimore Maryland City Directory
1880: Cornelius Webster Abbott (son). Abbott & Co. (C.W. Abbott), Morning Star Bitters, 110 S. Charles – Baltimore Maryland City Directory
1882: C.W. Abbott & Co., (C.W. Abbott), Angostura Bitters, 110 S. Charles – Woods Baltimore City Directory
1885: C.W. Abbott & Co., (C.W. Abbott, Chemist), Angostura Bitters & Extracts, 110 S. Charles – Woods Baltimore City Directory
1888-89: C. W. Abbott & Co. (Cornelius W. Abbott & Cornelius F. Abbott), Bitters, 302 S. Charles – Baltimore Maryland City Directory
1890: C. W. Abbott & Co. (Cornelius W. Abbott), 302 S. Charles – Baltimore Maryland City Directory
1894: Notice: Death of Cornelius F. Abbott on 23 June 1894 (below) – The Baltimore Sun, Monday, June 25, 1894

1894: Obituary: The Baltimore Sun June 25, 1894, On Saturday morning, June 23, at 11 o’clock, Cornelius F. Abbott, in the 66th year of his age. Funeral will take place from his late residence, Mount Washington, this Monday morning, June 25, at 8:30 o’clock. Train leaves Calvert station at 9 A.M.

1932: Obituary: The Baltimore Sun, January 11, 1932. Funeral services for Cornelius Webster Abbott, who died Saturday night after an illness of several months, will be held at 11 A.M. tomorrow at the home of a son, John M. Abbott, 5506 Lombard Place. The Rev. Dr. S. Targat Steele, rector of St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Loudon Park Cemetery. Mr. Abbott who lived at the Roland Park apartments, was the founder and president of the C. W. Abbott & Co., bitters manufacturers. He was born in Baltimore in 1855 and was the son of Cornelius Frederick Abbott, of Boston and Matilda Price, a native of Queen Anne’s county. Besides John M. Abbott, his widow, Mrs. Ida Mengel Abbott, a daughter, Mrs. Daniel Summers and two other sons, C. Webster and C. Frederick Abbott, survive.
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