CSPAN3 American Artifacts April 2, 2016
Apothecary museum and learn a little bit more about its history. Alexandria in the 1790s is a booming economy. It is a thriving seaport, there is a lot of new construction in town, a lot of people are starting to move to the city. Edward stabler moves from leesburg to alexandria in 1792, and he opens a small shop a couple of doors down from here today. He moved to this location in 1805, and that incorporates the building next door into his business and uses that as his warehouse. So an apothecary, in this time period, is where people went to essentially see the doctor. Most people did not see ...