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List of medicines ordered by Mann Page from John Norton

Title

List of medicines ordered by Mann Page from John Norton

Date

Extent

1 item ([1] leaf ; 32.3 x 9.8 cm

Description

List of medicines ordered by Mann Page from John Norton which he sent with his letter of February 22, 1770.

Identifier

MS1936.3.2384
Folder 26

Is Part Of

John Norton & Sons papers, MS1936.3

Rights Holder

Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Original Format

Ink on paper

Text

[Verso]

1 lb Jallop
4 lbs Glauber Salts
3 lb Manna
1 lb Magnesia
1 Qt. Oppodeldoc
1 lb Dialthia
¼ lb Salt Wormwood
2 lb Oxymel Squills
6 oz. Spt. Hartshorn
4 oz. Spt. Sal Ammoniac
1 Pint Tinct: Russia Castor
8 oz. Spt. Lavander
1 Qt. best Vol. Tinct: Valerian
2 lb burnt Hartshorn
1 lb Valerian Root
1 oz. white Vitriol
4 oz. Dragon's Blood
8 oz. best Turkey Rhubarb
3 oz. Gum Assa foetida
3 lb Cream of Tartar
1 Qt. Elixir Parragoric
1 lb. Melilot
1 Pint Turlington's Balsam
4 oz. Saffron
4 oz. Gum Ammoniac
8 oz. Thompson's Styptic Powder
½ lb yellow Basilican
4 oz. Tinct: Japan Earth
6 oz. Aethiop's Mineral
6 oz. Diascordium
4 oz. Elixir Vitriol
3 oz. Elixir Vitriol dulcis
4 oz. Eaton's Styptic
1 lb Syrrup Balsam
1 Qt. small Cinnamon Water
1 Pint Tincture Myrrh
1 Quart double destilled Lavender Water

Mann Page

[Verso, blank]

Citation

Page, Mann, 1718-1777, “List of medicines ordered by Mann Page from John Norton,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed January 19, 2026, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/2384.