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Photographer: Phyllis Prats
Taken: February 28, 2007
Caption: Pharmacy Request from Mrs. Martha Washington
Additional Description: This request directed to Edward Stabler on behalf of Martha Washington reads: “Mrs. Washington desires Mr. Stabler will send by the bearer, a quart bottle of his best castor oil, and the bill for it. Mount Vernon, April 22nd, 1802.” Mrs. Washington was in failing health at the time of this request and passed away several weeks later on May 22, 1802. —Apothecary Museum Collection
Submitted: February 28, 2007, by Phyllis Prats of Springfield, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p2493
File Size: 0.832 Megabytes

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