Company Names, addresses, dates: ¹
  French & Camp, Petersburg VA (1872)
  Wm E French, 202 N. Sycamore Street, Petersburg VA (1882-ca.1891) ^1,2

Notes:
William E. French (1844-1922)³ was a druggist in Petersburg VA.
The earliest reference I could find to him as a druggist was the 1872 Petersburg VA city directory, which listed him with the "French and Camp" drug store.
William H. Camp (1848-1915)⁴ was his partner at that time.

I don't know how long they were partnered. There is a newspaper reference to "William E. French's Drug Store" in 1877, and it makes no mention of Camp, so it's likely that they had split up by then.⁵

French's drug store is listed at 202 N. Sycamore Street in Petersburg city directories from 1882 to 1888. The next city directory I have access to is from 1897, and French is listed as an insurance agent in that directory, and in directories from subsequent years, so it seems he got out of the drug store business.¹
There is a newspaper reference to his drug store in 1891², so he must have closed his drug store sometime between 1891 and 1897.

I've seen a card advertizing Wm. E. French's "COCKADE BITTERS"⁶.
I've also seen a bottle in an auction that had a label that said "FRENCH'S VIRGINIA TONIC BITTERS ... PREPARED BY WM E FRENCH". So it seems that French prepared and sold Bitters.


Bottles:

	This is an amber 6.4" mouth-blown bottle embossed: verticle: W. E. FRENCH / WHOLESALE DRUGGIST / PETERSBURG, VA.
	This is a clear 3.5" mouth-blown bottle embossed: horizontal: WM E. FRENCH / (mortar & pestle with WEF monogram) / PETERSBURG / VA.