Category Archives: Civil War

B. E. Mann before he became a Professor Overnight

Posted on 8 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Extremely rare B. E. Mann’s Oriental Stomach Bitters bottle 08 January 2013 (R•103114 update with Chicago connections) (R•111915) “I dug a very rare bottle this weekend in Vicksburg, MS in a Confederate artillery camp that was also occupied by union … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, Digging and Finding, eBay, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures | Tagged Benning, Benning E. Mann, bitters, Brant, chicago, Connecticut, Corey, eBay, Edward. Curtis, Fort Steele, Mann, Mississippi, Oriental, Peck, Professor, Shears, Stock, Vicksburg, Wyoming | Leave a comment

Patent Medicine Proprietary Revenue Stamps

Posted on 2 January 2013 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Proprietary Stamps The first revenue stamps in United States were produced to collect taxes on liquor in 18th-century America and were known as Supervisors’ Seals. These revenue stamps were embossed and known as the First Federal Issue. Later, new tax laws were … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Ales & Ciders, Bitters, Civil War, Cordial, Ephemera, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Perfume, Tax Stamps, Tobacco | Tagged B.F.M. Toiuletine, Bennett Pieters & Co, Benton's Pine Tree Tar Troches, Brown's Vegetable Oriental Hair Renewer, cigar, Civil War, Corning & Tappan, Dalley's Galvanic Horse Salve, Dr. Crook's Wine of Tar, Dr. Harter Medicine Company, Dr. M. Lanes Celebrated Liver Pills, Dr. M.L. Byrn's Olio de Flora, Dr. Weaver's Compound Extract of Fireweed, Duponco's Golden Periodical Pills, Edward Wilder Stomach Bitters, Eric Jackson Revenues, Fleming Brothers, Internal Revenue Service, J.C. Ayer & Co., J.W. Campion's Pine Tree Tar Cordial, Jeremiah Curtis & Son Proprietors, L.M. Green, L.Q.C. Wishart, Lactopeptine, Ladd & Coffin, Lundborg's Perfumery, Matches, Medicines, Meyer & Co., Mrs. S.A. Allen's Hair Restorer, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Poland's Magic Powders, Proprietary Stamp, R.V. Pierce, Red Jacket Stomach Bitters, S.D. Howe Proprietor, Schenk's Mandrake Pills, Schenks Pulmonic Syrup, Schenks Seaweed Tonic, Supervisors’ Seals, tax, tobacco, United States, Vogeler, Walker & Taylor, young | Leave a comment

Louise Hawkins – The “Sylph”

Posted on 24 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

T h e S Y L P H A Sylph (also called sylphid) is a mythological creature in the Western tradition. The term originates in Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as invisible beings of the air, his elementals of air. … Continue reading →

Posted in Article Publications, Bitters, Civil War, Figural Bottles, History, Liquor Merchant, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Distillery, General John McDonald, General Orville E. Babcock, Great Whiskey Ring, James B. Kelly, John H. Garnhart, Kelly's Old Cabin Bitters, Louise Hawkins, Old Cabin Bitters, St. Louis, Sylph, Ulysses S. Grant., Washington D.C., Whiskey | Leave a comment

Woods’ Baltimore City Directory – 1864

Posted on 10 December 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I get asked all the time from collectors, especially in my collecting area of Bitters; “so what is happening?”, “heard about any new bottles?, “anything in the upcoming auction interest you?” or “are you going to the so and so … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Advice, Ales & Ciders, Bitters, Blown Glass, Bottling Works, Breweriana, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Demijohns, Early American Glass, Flasks, Fruit Jars, Glass Companies & Works, Glass Makers, History, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Mineral Water, Peachridge Glass, Publications, Soda Water, Spirits, Tobacco, Tonics | Tagged A. Hoen & Co., B. G. Tubman & Co., Baker Bros. & Co., Baltimore, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Baltimore Glass Works, bitters, Boggs, Boyd, Chris Rowell, city, Civil War, Cottman, directory, ferdinand meyer, German, John Boyd, John W. Woods, Tonic, University of Maryland, Woods | 2 Comments

Bottles on the Steamship SS Republic

Posted on 24 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

BOTTLES ON THE S T E A M S H I P S S R E P U B L I C 24 November 2012 I wanted to circle back after honing up on the Steamboat Arabia (Read: Looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Digging and Finding, Diving, eBay, History, Museums, Pepper Sauce, Pickle Jars, Pottery, Questions, Spirits, Treasure | Tagged 49'ers, Admiral David G. Farragut, Baltimore, Battle of Mobile Bay, california, Confederate, Fells Point, Georgia, Gold Rush, Hurricane, John W. Lovitt, Mexico, New Orleans, Nicaragua, Russell Sturgis, Savannah, Sierra Nevada, SS Republic, Steamship, Tennessee, Union, USS Mobile, Vera Cruz, William Walker | 1 Comment

The low down on Submarine Poisons

Posted on 6 November 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

S U B M A R I N E P O I S O N B O T T L E S “So that it may goe under water unto the bottome, and so to come up … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Figural Bottles, History, Poison Bottles | Tagged Civil War, coffin, Ferdinand Meyer IV, Harper's Weekly, Poison, Skull, Sub, Submarine, Torpedo, William Bourne | Leave a comment

The Bodeker Brothers brand – killer bitters from Richmond!!

Posted on 29 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Incoming Peachridge Glass facebook picture (above) and question from Tom Leveille. The Bodeker Brothers brand – killer bitters from Richmond!! Are you familiar with this bitters? TOM LEVEILLE (NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA) 29 October 2012 (R•020214) I like it when I get … Continue reading →

Posted in Apothecary, Bitters, Civil War, Collectors & Collections, Druggist & Drugstore, eBay, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Questions | Tagged Andrea Mehrlander, Anna Whitehead, August Bodeker, bitters, Bodeker, Brothers, Civil War, Constitution, George H. Bodeker, Germany, Hanover, Henry Bodeker, Joseph K. Lee, Meyer, Phoebe Pember, Richmond, Sally Tompkins, Tom Leveille, Virginia | Leave a comment

Heatley on the Hunt with C.C. Jerome

Posted on 5 October 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Charles C. Jerome – Physician & Surgeon Ferdinand, I have been researching the elusive C.C. Jerome- who was this person, etc.. There was virtually nothing on the individual. I had been told he was in business one year- 1865. Attached … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitters, Civil War, History, Questions | Tagged Bill Heatley, C.C. Jerome, Charles C. Jerome, Jeff Scharnowske, National Bitters, Port Huron, Railway Age | Leave a comment

The Roads of Research

Posted on 30 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

I really like it when I get an email from Eric Richter. It is interesting to watch his enthusiasm and passion for glass. I think you will see what I mean by reading this incoming email. Eric ‘on the hunt’. … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War, Collectors & Collections, History, Questions, Spirits, Whiskey | Tagged Baltimore, cadet, Edgar Allen Poe, Eggnog Incident, Grog Mutiny, Jefferson Davis, McClellan, New York, Robert E. Lee, Thayer, U.S. Military Academy, Washington, West Point, William Worth | Leave a comment

Civil War era Dyottville Embossed Cylinder Bottles

Posted on 29 September 2012 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Civil War era Dyottville Embossed Cylinder Bottles 29 September 2012 PRG” Incoming email and material related to the Class of 1846 – West Point Bottle post “Hi. This is just an FYI. There are at least two more Dyottville cylinder whiskeys … Continue reading →