C.B. Fleet


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  Charles B. Fleet, 120 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1875)
  C.B. Fleet, 108 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1881)
  C.B. Fleet, 823 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1885-1887)
  C.B. Fleet, 833 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1890)
  C.B. Fleet, 802 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1897-1900)
  C.B. Fleet, 700 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1907-1916)

Notes:
 Dr. Charles Browne Fleet (1843-1916)2 was the original proprietor of the C.B. Fleet company1.
His obituary says he came to Lynchburg in 1869, was a drug store owner as well as a manufacturing chemist, and served for 23 years on the Virginia Pharmaceutical Assocaition. It also says he fought in the Civil War in Fredericksburg VA.3

The C.B. Fleet company continued after Charles' death, to at least 19341.


Bottles:

fleet_01 This is a clear 4.1" bottle embossed:
horizontal: "CBF" monogram
vertical: C.B. FLEET / DRUGGIST / LYNCHBURG VA
base: W T & Co


Other Items:
fleet_02 This is a letter from 1922, with a Fleet letterhead. It says:
upper-left letterhead: C. B. FLEET CO. / INCORPORATED / MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS / 101-107 SEVENTH STREET
upper-right letterhead: TRADE-MARK / PHOSPHO-SODA / (FLEET)
Typed Letter: LYNCHBURG, VA., Oct 9, 1922. / Mr. M. D. Norton, / Lynchburg, Va. / Dear Sir: / In final settlement of your indebtedness to the Norton / Tobacco Co., Inc., we agree that upon payment by you to ...


1 Lynchburg City Directories for the years: 1875,81,85,87,90,97,99,1900,07,08,09,10,13,14,15,16,20,23,24,26,27,30
2 Find-a-grave for Charles Browne fleet
3 Richmond Times Dispatch, 13-may-1916, page 3 (obituary for Dr. Charles B. Fleet)


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