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Dr Charles Browne Fleet

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Dr Charles Browne Fleet

Birth
King and Queen County, Virginia, USA
Death
12 May 1916 (aged 72)
Burial
Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Charles was a Confederate Soldier
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From The Library of Virginia:
Fleet, Charles Browne. Letter, 5 March 1861.
Accession 24314. 3 leaves. Photostats (negative).
Letter, 5 March 1861, from Charles Browne Fleet (1843-1916), attending Columbian College in Washington, D.C., to his cousin Alexander Frederick Fleet (1843-1911) attending the University of Virginia, containing a description of the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865).
Fleet also comments on news of a peace conference, discusses college examinations, and gives an update on a friend from King and Queen County, Virginia, the home county of both of the Fleets.
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Charles was the pharmacist inventor of Chapstick in 1880. He developed it in his kitchen with his wife Emma. They packaged it in little metal tins with a lid, and sold it locally. He sold the patent recipe for $5 in 1912. He was the inventor of the Fleets enema as well.
Charles was a Confederate Soldier
===
From The Library of Virginia:
Fleet, Charles Browne. Letter, 5 March 1861.
Accession 24314. 3 leaves. Photostats (negative).
Letter, 5 March 1861, from Charles Browne Fleet (1843-1916), attending Columbian College in Washington, D.C., to his cousin Alexander Frederick Fleet (1843-1911) attending the University of Virginia, containing a description of the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865).
Fleet also comments on news of a peace conference, discusses college examinations, and gives an update on a friend from King and Queen County, Virginia, the home county of both of the Fleets.
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Charles was the pharmacist inventor of Chapstick in 1880. He developed it in his kitchen with his wife Emma. They packaged it in little metal tins with a lid, and sold it locally. He sold the patent recipe for $5 in 1912. He was the inventor of the Fleets enema as well.

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