Young, James Harvey,
The Toadstool Millionaires, A Social History of Patent Medicines in America before Federal Regulation
. Princeton University Press. 1961.
Moore claimed later (his affidavit of November 22, 1859) that he thought he was hired only by White personally, and did not realize that A.J. White & Co. was controlled by the Comstocks.
The "temporary" tax placed upon drug manufacture as a revenue measure during the Civil War remained in effect until 1883.
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