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1903 · 1220251965 — <p><em><strong>DICKINSON E. E. Co. Essex Connecticut.</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Company Ledger for Dickinson's Witch Hazel Co. 1903–1906.</strong></em></p><p><strong>Large folio ledger approx. 20 x 12 in. contemporary half calf over ribbed cloth gilt-lettered spine; marbled endpapers with original Dickinson's Witch Hazel advertising labels. Several hundred pages extensively filled in a neat clerical hand; minor wear to binding internally clean and legible throughout. A substantial early 20th-century business ledger documenting the operations of the E. E. Dickinson Company one of the most prominent American producers of witch hazel extract during a period of established national distribution. Entries record "Cash Received" and "Cash Paid" detailing transactions with druggists wholesalers and regional firms with columns for freight discounts and credit structures offering a clear view of the firm's commercial network and accounting practices.<br />Founded in 1875 by Edward E. Dickinson Sr. building on earlier developments by the Rev. Thomas N. Dickinson the company expanded into the dominant force in the trade at one point supplying a substantial portion of the world's witch hazel. The present volume reflects that scale capturing the routine mechanics of a mature manufacturing enterprise operating within a national market.<br />Retaining original Dickinson's advertising labels the ledger underscores the firm's developed brand identity and provides an unusually vivid and well-preserved record of American pharmaceutical commerce at scale.<br /></strong></p> hardcover