[101] _Pennsylvania Evening Post_, July 18, 1776. [102] G. B. Griffenhagen, "The Day-Dunlap 1771 Pharmaceutical Catalogue," _American Journal of Pharmacy_, 1955, vol. 127, pp. 296-302. [103] 103 Miller, _op. cit._ (footnote 1), pp. 110-112. [104] Greenleaf Ledger, _op. cit._ (footnote 6). [105] Potts Papers, vol. 2, folio 213. [106] _Ibid._, vol. 3, folio 305. [107] _Ibid._, folio 331. [108] _Ibid._, folio 346. [109] _Ibid._, folio 336. [110] _Ibid._, folio 369. [111] _Ibid._, folio 331; Craigie to Potts, September 1, 1777. [112] Preserved at the Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts. [113] _Independent Chronicle_, October 30, 1777. [114] Ford, _op. cit._ (footnote 10), vol. 5, p. 748, vol. 7, p. 274, vol. 8, p. 538. (Smith received $2,490 on September 9, 1776, $2,952 on April 17, 1777, "for sundry medicines," and Caldwell & Co. received $666 on July 7, 1777, "for sundry medicine delivered William Smith.") [115] _Ibid._, vol. 7, p. 321. (Christopher and Charles Marshall received $4,151 on May 2, 1777, "for sundry medicines and chirurgical instruments supplied by them for the use of different battalions of continental forces.") [116] _Pennsylvania Journal_, January 29, 1777. [117] Potts Papers, vol. 2, folio 150. [118] _Ibid._, folio 153; Bass to Potts, March 17, 1777. [119] _Pennsylvania Journal_, June 11, July 9, 23, 1777. [120] Ford, _op. cit._ (footnote 10), vol. 11, p. 546. [121] _Pennsylvania Evening Post_, March 18, May 27, 1777. [122] _Boston Gazette_, February 3, 1777; _Connecticut Courant_, April 7, 1777. [123] _Pennsylvania Packet_, April 15, 22, 1777. This anonymous article was written by Dr. Benjamin Rush and reprinted as a pamphlet. [124] Potts Papers, vol. 2, folios 158, 159. [125] _Pennsylvania Ledger_, October 10, 1777; _Pennsylvania Evening Post_, October 14, 18, 1777. [126] _Pennsylvania Evening Post_, November 1, 8, 13, 1777, April 29, 1778. (A large number of advertisements announcing thefts appeared during the British occupation.) [127] _Pennsylvania Evening Post_, January 10 through April 20, 1778, and _Pennsylvania Ledger_, April 4, 15, 1778. [Yeldall advertised his "Anti-Venereal Essence" only once under American occupation, but at $4.00 per bottle (_Pennsylvania Evening Post_, August 26, 1777).] [128] _Pennsylvania Evening Post_, June 25, 1777. [129] Gibson, _op. cit._ (footnote 2), p. 149. [130] It was in February 1778 that Dr. Potts assumed his office as purveyor general for the hospital department of the Continental Army with the duty of purchasing and distributing all supplies and medicines (_ibid._, p. 154). [131] Potts Papers, vol. 1, folio 24. (This apparently is the list prepared by Brown, even though it is not signed by him. The item "Medicines, Vials, Cork &c L20,000" was added with the statement "The above enumerated articles should be purchased immediately," and both were in the handwriting of "W. Shippen, D.G." The document is undated.)