<p>Moses Rideout Maddocks (1833-1919) arrived in Washington Territory in 1858, where he worked as a logger and was elected to the state legislature (he later served as Seattle's fourth mayor). He came to Seattle permanently in 1864, and about two years later became part owner of a drug store. He bought out his partner after 18 months and solely operated the store, which was located on the corner of Madison Street and Front Street (now First Avenue) in downtown Seattle. Mr. Maddocks sold the drug store in 1882 to concentrate on his real estate investments. 
Mr. Maddocks issued the prescription pictured here for a soapy liniment, which contained oils of cloves, hemlock, cedar, and sassafras, and directed the user to bathe the affected body parts three times daily. </p>
<p>Caption information source: Bagley, C. (1916). History of Seattle from the earliest settlement to the present time (Vol. 2, p. 879).</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Business people--American--Washington (State)--Seattle; Drugstores--Washington (State)--Seattle; Medicinal plants--Washington (State)--Seattle</li></ul>
Seattle Drug Store
circa 1880 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/imlsmohai/search">Museum of History and Industry</a>