February 24 1899. Another cover addressed to drug store owner, August Grotefend from one of his suppliers, Noyes Brothers and Cutler.
Quote:
Rev. James Noyes, of Stonington, Connecticut, was one of the founders of Yale College. Mr. Noyes' grandmother was a sister of Edward Dorr Griffin, D. D., president of Williams College.
In 1868 Mr. Noyes came to St. Paul and soon after, in 1868-9 founded the house of Noyes, Pett & Company, now Noyes Brothers & Cutler, the largest and most successful drug house in the northwest, and one of the leading institutions in its line of the United States, with a trade that covers not only Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming and parts of Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan, but extends to the Pacific coast.
HENRY A. CASTLE
History of St. Paul and Vicinity---A Chronicle of Progress and a Narrative Account of the Industries, Institutions and People of the City and its Tributary Territory
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, 1912
The Noyes Brothers & Cutler Building still exists in St. Paul's Lowertown at 6th and Sibley Streets. In the 1980's the building was gutted and converted into offices, lofts, restaurants and it has hosted the St. Paul Farmers' Market in the winter. It is now known as Park Square Court.
Link contains photos and further history of Mr. Noyes and the firm.
www.bottlebooks.com/Wholesale Druggists/Noyes & Cutler WD.html
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