DR J.HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS ~L & W"

                      Fine example, Mint ~ 8, 5/8"  ~ Butterscotch Amber   

Relisted due to the oversight flake on base, my bad! 3/21          

David Hostetter was a millionaire manufacturer of one of the most, if not the most, famous and successful bitters ever produced: Dr. J. Hostetter’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters. Much has been written about the brand. I thought I would try to tie it all together.

Of Dutch extraction, David Hostetter was the eldest child of Jacob Hostetter by his wife, Mary Landis, and was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on January 23, 1819. Dr. Jacob Hostetter was born on October 13, 1785, in York County, Pennsylvania, and actually developed the original formula for the bitters. Dr. J. Hostetter prescribed the medicinal tonic to his clientele, and it did not occur to him to place the product at the disposal of others outside of his practice. In the following September, Hostetter’s entire stock was destroyed by fire. The San Francisco Fire of May 3rd and 4th, 1851, was a catastrophic conflagration that destroyed as much as three quarters of San Francisco, California. During the height of the California Gold Rush, San Francisco endured a sequence of seven destructive fires, of which this was the sixth and by far the most damaging. In terms of property value, it did three times as much damage as the next most destructive of the seven fires. With this disaster, Hostetter returned home to Pennsylvania, where he worked as a paymaster for McEvoy & Clark and a contractor for the railroad at Horseshoe Bend.

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Small flake on base, see images, otherwise good. Bold embossing so I think it was not tumbled, if so it was very light. I try to illustrate the condition with images as they say one image is worth 1000 words.  Please view my images with eBay Magnifying Tool for a better view of the Condition and Color as it is part of my description. 

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