The Winterthur
Library
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis
du Pont Winterthur Museum
5105 Kennett
Pike, Winterthur, Delaware 19735
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF THE
COLLECTION
Creator: Melcher, Gershom F. (Gershom Flagg), 1831-1876
Title: Papers
Dates: 1865-1875
Call No.: Col. 4
Acc. No.: 68x75, 79x122, 88x118, 99x39, 11x52
Quantity: 5 folders (ca. 205 items)
Location: 34 K 2
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Gershom F.
Melcher was listed as a watchmaker in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, directories
for at least the years 1856-57 and 1860-61.
From the contents of this collection, it is plain that his business
included selling silver and jewelry, as well.
As confirmation of this, we note that Melcher ran an advertisement on
page 159 of The Portsmouth Guide Book ... (Portsmouth: Joseph H. Foster,
1876) which reads "G.F. Melcher, Dealer in Watches, Jewelry, Silver Ware,
&c., No. 7 Congress St., Portsmouth, N.H." [Winterthur call number F44
/ P85f]
Gerhom Flagg
Melcher was born on May 22, 1831, the son of Daniel and Nancy Y. Folsom
Melcher. In the 1850 census, Melcher was
listed as living with watchmaker Albert Wakefield of Somersworth, New
Hampshire. Melcher married Abbie
Underwood Vennard on July 26, 1871. She
was the daughter of Andrew B. and Ariadne Locke Vennard of Portsmouth. Sadly the marriage was a short one as Melcher
died on Nov. 17, 1876. Abbie remained a
widow until her death on Jan. 1, 1905.
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
The collection primarily
documents Melcher’s purchases of goods to sell in his store. It includes printed billheads, bills, drafts,
and receipts, which indicate a wide trade with firms in most of New England,
and in New York. Melcher purchased such
items as knives, cuff pins, coral amulets, ring boxes, chains, earrings, pins
for fraternal orders, candlesticks, Parian pitchers, rings (some set with
stones), jet jewelry, thimbles, coffin plates, ladles, scissors, buttons, watch
fobs, tea sets, goblets, vases, and an assortment of similar goods. Some of the invoices give a description of
the goods being purchased. However, many
of the invoices include catalog numbers or abbreviations, so it can be
difficult to learn what has been ordered. A couple of the bills were for services, such
as painting and laying carpet.
ORGANIZATION
The bills and
receipts are in chronological order.
In 1968, the
Downs Collection acquired a number of these bills and printed billheads
directed to Gershom F. Melcher (68x75).
Three further accessions of overlapping similar material supplemented
these items in 1979 and 1988 (79x122.12-90; 88x118; 99x39). All the loose bills, receipts, and so on have
been interfiled during final processing.
LANGUAGE
OF MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Purchased from
Timothy Trace; William B. Pennebaker; David Scotti; Avis and Rockwell Gardiner;
and Charles Apfelbaum.
Acc. 11x52
purchased from aGatherin’.
RELATED
MATERIALS
The Downs Collection also holds a group of papers related to the Vennard
family, Col. 85. However, nothing in
this collection pertains directly to Gershom Melcher or his wife Abbie Vennard
Melcher.
A bill addressed to Melcher is taped inside an invoice book of John Sise,
in Col. 88 in this repository. A
photocopy of that bill is included in this collection. Melcher is also mentioned in a letter sent to
Sise.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Silverwork - New
Hampshire.
Silverwork -
Connecticut.
Silverwork - Maine.
Silverwork -
Massachusetts.
Silverwork - New York
(State).
Silverwork - Rhode
Island.
Jewelry trade - New
Hampshire - Portsmouth.
Glassware.
Pottery.
Bills (financial).
Receipts.
Silversmiths.
Watchmakers.
Jewelers.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 34 K 2
All bills are
addressed to Melcher, unless otherwise noted.
Folder 1: Bills and receipts for G. F. Melcher,
1867-1868
(acc. 68x75.1-.17, 79x122.12-.19,
88x118.3-.9)
79x122.12 bill from D.C. Percival, Jr. & Co.,
Boston, Dec. 30, 1867. For knives and
picks, buttons, cuff pins, safety pins, coral armlets, chain, rings, ring
boxes, etc.
Printed billhead: dealers in gold jewelry
and silver goods. The principals were D.
C. Percival, Jr., D. Morris, and H. T. Salisbury.
79x122.13 receipted bill, from Aug. Morgan, Boston,
Jan. 8, 1868. For cut top enameled item.
88x188.3 receipted bill, Rufus Dunham, Portland, Jan. 18, 1868, paid
for candlesticks. With note about plated
candlesticks.
Printed and illustrated
billhead. Manufacturer and wholesale
dealer in Britannia and plated ware, [etc.].
Illustrated with picture of a cruet stand.
[note:
additional bills from Rufus Dunham, all addressed to John Sise, another
Portsmouth merchant, are found in Col. 88 in this repository.]
68x75.5 bill from Rogers, Smith & Co.,
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 28, 1868. For
candlesticks.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of silver plated ware; illustrated with picture of a
building, possibly the showroom on Broadway, New York, rather than the factory.
68x75.1-.2 bills from S. & J. Myers, Boston, Feb.
4 and 6, 1868. For key stone pin,
Masonic, Odd Fellows, and Templars pins, gold wires, plated buttons; convex and
concave glasses; etc.
Printed billhead: watches, watch
materials, tools, jobbers of jewelry, illustrated with view of store, which was
in Transcript Building.
68x75.6 bills from Rogers, Smith & Co.,
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 17, 1868. For
sugar, creamer, egg goblets gilt, extinguishers.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of silver plated ware; illustrated with picture of a
building, possibly the showroom on Broadway, New York, rather than the factory.
68x75.3-.4 bills from S. & J. Myers, Boston,
Feb. 25, and March 2, 1868. For armlets,
gents pins, rings, a satchel, gold bars, vest hook, etc.
Printed
billhead: watches, watch materials, tools, jobbers of jewelry, illustrated with
view of store, which was in Transcript Building.
68x75.13 bill from Palmer, Bachelders & Co.,
Boston, March 3, 1868. For pin box.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers and dealers in swords, sabres, belts, sashes, armor,
rifles, pistols, rich embroidery; agents for Pond’s Revolvers. Illustrated with picture of eagle on shield,
American flags in background, swords in foreground.
The
company reused an old Palmers & Bachelders billhead. The s
in Palmers and the ampersand were crossed out, and & Co. was written in.
68x75.7 bill f rom Meriden Britannia Co.,
goods of Rogers Brothers’ Manufacture, West Meriden, Conn., March 13,
1868. For forks, table and tea spoons,
butter knives.
Printed
billhead: waiters, spoons, forks, ladles, [etc.; other goods mentioned]. Illustrated with picture of the prize medal
won at the Exhibition of 1853 [location not given, but probably New York City,
not Dublin]. Partners were William, Asa
H., and Simeon S. Rogers.
Photocopy
of bill in 69x35 bill from Mt.
Washington Glass Works, Boston, March 19, 1868, for round and oblong dishes.
Printed
billhead: William L. Libbey [proprietor or agent].
Original
bill is taped inside Invoice book, acc. 69x35, in Col. 88, John Sise papers, in
this repository. Although this bill
addressed to Melcher was in the invoice book, in fact the book was kept for
Sise’s business.
68x75.9 bill from Redfield & Rice
Manufacturing Company, New York, May 8, 1868.
For dishes, chased pie knife, berry spoon, oval twist butters, etc. Printed
billhead; illustrated with picture: tray holding various kinds of articles
available, including goblets, covered pitcher, cup and saucer, cruet sets,
coffee pot, sugar bowl, cann, etc.
88x118.4 receipted bill, Brown & Russell,
Boston, May 16, 1868, paid for plating olive table forks and tea knives.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of German or nickel silver plated ware, baskets,
casters, tea services, waiters, wine coolers, butter coolers, pitchers, &c.
79x122.14 receipted bill, I. Sturn, New York, May
28, 1868. Paid for handkerchief[?]
boxes, cuffs, brooch, watch [box?], etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer and importer of jewelry, silver-ware and watch boxes,
&c.
79x122.15 receipted bill, A. Bernhard & Co.,
New York, June 8, 1868. Paid for a set,
pin, ring, chain.
Printed
billhead: hair jewelry, charms, diamond work, solid work.
68x75.10 bill from Redfield & Rice
Manufacturing Company, New York, June 11, 1868.
For baskets, pitcher, ivory table [knives?], etc. With note about delivery of the knives.
Printed
billhead; illustrated with picture: tray holding various kinds of articles
available, including goblets, covered pitcher, cup and saucer, cruet sets,
coffee pot, sugar bowl, cann, etc.
79x122.16 receipted bill from W. B. Colby, no place
but probably Portsmouth, N.H., April 27-July 2, 1868. For painting, putty, work.
With
revenue stamp.
68x75.11 bill from Redfield & Rice
Manufacturing Company, New York, July 2, 1868.
For dessert and table knives, and a pair of carvers.
Printed
billhead; illustrated with picture: tray holding various kinds of articles
available, including goblets, covered pitcher, cup and saucer, cruet sets,
coffee pot, sugar bowl, cann, etc.
68x75.14 bill from Palmer, Bachelders & Co.,
Boston, Aug. 25, 1868. For bracelets, flat and oval.
Printed
billhead: importers and dealers in diamonds, watches, clocks, bronzes, sterling
silver ware, jewelry, military and regalia goods. Illustrated with view of the store in the
Parker Building.
68x75.8 bill from Wm. Rogers Mfg. Co.,
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 28, 1868. For
forks, knives, soup and oyster ladles, preserve shells, child knives and forks,
tea spoons, mustard and salt spoons.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of silver plated goods.
Illustrated with picture of factory, engraved by F. Bolles. Includes text of trademarks.
88x118.5 receipted bill, Daniel L. Tirrell,
Boston, Sept. 8, 1868, paid for olive pie knife and something else.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of plain and ornamental silver spoons, forks, knives,
&c.
79x122.17 receipted bill, Harwood Brothers, Boston,
Sept. 9, 1868, paid for bottles of oil, tags, black chains, leather guards,
leather vest chains, pearl buttons, etc.
Printed
billhead: importers of watches, watch glasses, tools & materials, dealers
in clocks, clock trimmings, jewelry, spectacles, plated ware, &c.
88x118.6 receipted bill, Redfield & Rice
Manufacturing Company, New York, Sept. 23, 1868. Paid for casters, waiter, child’s set, rings,
grape tea spoons, olive picks, twist butters, etc.
Printed
billhead, illustrated as described above, with tray of items. With revenue stamp affixed.
68x75.15 bill from Palmer, Bachelders & Co.,
Boston, Oct. 4, 1868. For gold
toothpick, cuff pins, bar pins, drops, guards, ivory charms, napkin rings, etc.
Printed
billhead: importers and dealers in diamonds, watches, clocks, bronzes, sterling
silver ware, jewelry, military and regalia goods. Illustrated with view of the store in the
Parker Building.
79x122.18 receipted bill, H. Weber, Boston, Oct. 7,
1868, paid for earrings, chains, pins, pearl buttons, etc.
88x118.7 receipted bill, Banfield, Forristall
& Co., Boston, Oct. 9, 1868, paid for steel spects.
Printed
billhead: importers and dealers in foreign and domestic fancy goods, clocks,
cutlery, toys, &c.
68x75.12 bills from Redfield & Rice
Manufacturing Company, New York, October 27, 1868. For “olive and grape twist oyster,” cake
knives, etc.
Printed
billhead; illustrated with picture: tray holding various kinds of articles
available, including goblets, covered pitcher, cup and saucer, cruet sets,
coffee pot, sugar bowl, cann, etc.
79x122.19 receipted bill, C.M. Hills, New York,
Nov. 16, 1868, paid for hoops, drops, sleeve buttons, gents pins, keys, collar
buttons, chain, etc.
Revenue
stamp affixed.
88x118.8 receipted bill, Ketcham, Brother &
Co., New York, Dec. 8, 1868, paid for thimbles.
Printed
billhead: gold and silver thimble manufacturers. Principals in company: Edward W. and Ebenezer
P. Ketcham and Hugh M’Dougall.
68x75.16-.17 bills
from Palmer, Bachelders & Co., Boston, Dec. 10 and 26, 1868. For Parian jugs and pitchers, Parian bust,
gold case, gold chain bracelet, etc.
Printed
billhead: importers and dealers in diamonds, watches, clocks, bronzes, sterling
silver ware, jewelry, military and regalia goods. Illustrated with view of the store in the
Parker Building.
88x118.9 receipted bill, Daniel L. Tirrell,
Boston, Dec. 30, 1868, paid for table spoons, dessert forks.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of plain and ornamental silver spoons, forks, knives,
&c.
Folder 2: Bills and receipts for G. F. Melcher,
1869-1870
(acc. 79x122.20-.39,
88x118.10-.16, 99x39.4-.13)
99x39.4 receipted bill, Warren &
Richmond, Boston, Jan. 1, 1869, paid for drops, pearl ring, cross, garnet ring,
hair ring, gents pins, other rings, napkin ring.
Printed
billhead: goldsmiths and manufacturing jewelers. The principals were George A. Warren and
Edwin Richmond.
99x39.5 receipt, John J. Armour, New York, Jan.
4, 1869, received payment from Melcher.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer and dealer in fine jewelry and diamonds.
79x122.20 receipted bill, H. Weber, Portsmouth
[sic, although on other bills, his address is Boston; in this case, the
Portsmouth probably refers to Melcher’s location], Jan. 27, 1869, paid for
sets, chains, split rings.
99x39.6 receipt, Dennison & Co., Boston,
Feb. 1, 1869, paid on account.
Printed
form: monthly statement: tags, jewelers’ boxes, &c.
79x122.21 receipt: Towle & Jones, Newburyport,
Mass., Feb. 5, 1869, received old silver
and coin from Melcher.
Blind
embossed: silversmiths
79x122.22 receipted bill, C.M. Hills, New York,
Feb. 15, 1869, paid for jet set, hoops, drops, gents pins, studs, guard chain,
hair chain, sleeve buttons, seal ring, Masonic pin, etc.
99x39.7 receipted bill, David Stone, New
York, Feb. 15, 1869, paid for horn sets, jet sets, bracelets, steel sets, etc.
Printed
billhead: jobber in jewelry and all kinds of fancy goods.
79x122.23 receipted bill, V. Brandly & Co.,
Boston, March 30, 1869, paid for ring.
Printed
billhead: fine hair jewelry. Principals
were Vincent Brandly and Fred. Blocklinger.
79x122.24 receipted bill, Lyman Haskell, Boston,
April 4, 1869, paid for printing plate[?].
Printed
billhead: practical engraver, engraving on jewelry and silverware, name plates,
[etc.]
79x122.25 receipted bill, E.K. Josselyn, Boston,
April 12, 1869, paid for repairing comb.
79x122.26 receipted bill, E. A. Stevens, [no
place], April 13, 1869, paid for carver and fork.
79x122.27 receipt, Rufus Dunham, Portland, April
16, 1869, paid on account.
Printed
billhead, “in acc’t with Rufus Dunham.”
79x122.28 receipted bill, H. Weber, Boston, April 22[?],
1869, paid for chain, pins, studs, earrings, etc.
79x122.29 receipted bill, V. Brandly & Co.,
Boston, April 24, 1869, paid for ring.
Printed
billhead: fine hair jewelry. Principals
were Vincent Brandly and Fred. Blocklinger.
79x122.30-.31 receipted bill and receipt for
payment, Hirsh & Oppenheimer, New York, May 7, 1869, paid for rings (some
with stones: emerald, onyx, moss agate, pearl),
studs, sleeve buttons, earrings, jet cross sets.
Printed
billhead: importers of watches and jewelry.
Principals were H. Hirsh and S. Oppenheimer.
99x39.8 receipted bill, Carr, Earl & Co.,
Boston, May 7, 1869, paid for shell
sets, jet sets, shell bracelets, jet leontines[?], gilt vest chain.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of gold, plated, and jet jewelry. Agents for Goldthwait’s patent boot buttoner.
99x39.9 receipted bill, Geo. H. Chapman, Jr.
& Co., Boston, May 14, 1869, paid for combs and thimbles.
Printed
billhead: importers and dealers in French, English, German and American fancy
goods. Principals in firm were George H.
Chapman, Jr., Homer Sanders, and S. P. Croswell.
79x122.32 receipted bill, J.N. Hopkins, Portsmouth,
June 2, 1869, paid for tongs, plated wire, button backs, swivels, collar studs,
earrings, etc.
79x122.33 bill from S.S. Stowe & Co.,
Portsmouth, July 7, 1869, for silver and gold rings, guard pins, gold set.
79x122.34 receipted bill, J.N. Hopkins, Portsmouth,
Aug. 4, 1869, paid for hair chain, coral earrings, studs, catches, etc.
Hole
cut in bill.
99x39.10 receipted bill, G. Dessauer, New York,
Aug. 9, 1868, paid for chain necklace, rings, buttons, leonteen, locket, etc.
Printed
billhead: importer of watches and jewelry.
99x39.11 receipt, Dennison & Co., Boston,
Sept. 1, 1869, paid on account.
Printed
form: monthly statement: tags, jewelers’ boxes, &c.
[bill
is addressed to G.F. Belcher, but Melcher was meant.]
79x122.35 receipted bill, H. Weber, Portsmouth,
Oct. 25, 1869, paid for earrings, studs, etc.
79x122.36 receipted bill with note, J.N. Hopkins,
Providence, Nov. 1, 1869, paid for snap tongues, rings, satchels.
Note:
can’t get single enamels so has substituted double, but he can exchange later
if preferred. Also information about
snap tongues.
79x122.37 receipted bill from S.S. Stowe & Co.,
Nov. 22, 1869, paid for eye glass springs, keys, hands, main springs, swivels,
hooks, and other watch supplies.
79x122.38 receipted bill, G.M. Bodine, New York,
Dec. 9, 1869, paid for thimbles, garnet rings, pearl and garnet rings, globe
and compass charm, opera glass charm, garnet pin, earrings, rubber paragon
pencil, etc.
Printed
billhead: gold and silver watches, jewelry, gold chains, &c.; agent for
Stephens’ lathe; gold pens, American watches, watch cases.
99x39.12 receipted bill, Carr, Earl & Co.,
Boston, Dec. 10, 1869, paid for lava crosses, horn crosses, cube drops, plated
pendants, chain bars, sleeve buttons, gold split rings, paste ear drops.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of gold, plated, and jet jewelry, fancy back combs,
&c. Agents for Goldthwait’s patent
boot buttoner.
99x39.13 receipt, Dennison & Co., Boston,
Jan. 31, 1869, paid on account.
Printed
form: monthly statement: tags, jewelers’ boxes, &c.
88x118.12 receipted bill, Wilcox Silver Plate Co.,
West Meriden, Conn., March 31, 1870, paid for goblets, pitcher, butters,
basket, castors, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of electroplate, also castor, wine & pickle
bottles. Illustrated with trademark of
the company.
88x118.10 receipted bill, Guild & Delano,
Boston, April 12, 1870, paid for Masonic ring, marking cup.
Printed
billhead: manufacturing jewelers, jewelry and silver ware at retail. Illustrated with picture of their building,
with names of other occupants.
Principals were Henry Guild and C.H. Delano.
11x52.6 receipted bill, Rogers, Smith &
Co., New Haven, Conn., May 11, 1870. For
set, sugar, creamer, water, slop, goblet.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of silver plated goods.
88x118.17 receipted bill, Rogers, Smith & Co.,
New Haven, Conn., Aug. 3, 1870. For
sugar, cream caster, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of silver plated goods.
88x118.13 receipted bill, Reed & Barton,
Taunton, Mass., Aug. 31, 1870, paid for spoon cup.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of Britannia, albata, German silver, and silver plated
ware; spoons, forks, ladels, &c.
11x52.11 receipted bill f rom Meriden Britannia
Co., West Meriden, Conn., Sept. 23, 1870, paid for casters, butters (chased,
fern, etc.), etc.
Printed
billhead.
88x118.11 receipted bill, Redfield & Rice
Manufacturing Company, New York, October 12, 1870. Paid for casters, basket, etc.
Printed
billhead; illustrated with picture: tray holding various kinds of articles
available, including goblets, covered pitcher, cup and saucer, cruet sets, coffee
pot, sugar bowl, cann, etc.
88x118.16 receipted bill, Adams, Chandler &
Co., New York, Oct. 27, 1870, paid for fruit item, caster, pickle, butter,
communion set.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of electro-plated ware.
Principals were John P. Adams, H. S. Chandler, M. Ormsbee, H. W.
Ormsbee, M. Moore.
79x122.39 receipted bill, Trier & Co., New
York, Nov. 1, 1870, paid for charms, Whitby drops; also a note about opera
glasses.
Printed
billhead: importers of French, English and Germany fancy goods, musical
instruments, &c.
88x118.14 receipt, Wilcox Silver Plate Co., West
Meriden, Conn., Nov. 1, 1870, paid on account.
Printed
billhead.
88x118.15 receipted bill, Rogers, Smith & Co.,
New Haven, Conn., Nov. 8, 1870. For coffin
plates (oak leaf, tulip, heavy), baskets (including chased and gilt).
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of silver plated goods.
Folder 3: Bills and receipts for G. F. Melcher,
1871-1872
(acc. 79x122.40-.52,
88x118.3-.9, 99x39.14-.17)
88x118.18 receipt, Gorham Mfg. Company, Providence,
R.I., Jan. 21, 1871, paid on account.
Printed
form: manufacturers of silver ware and electro plate
99x39.15 receipted bill, Frederick V. Dinzey,
Boston, Jan. 27, 1871, paid for e. drops, s. buttons, gold c. pin, black pin,
flat neck chain, plain flat rings, etc.
Printed
billhead: dealer in gold and plated jewelry, &c.
99x39.14 receipted bill, C.M. Hills, New York,
Jan. 27, 1871, paid for studs, drops, pins, seal rings, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of jewelry and gold pens.
99x39.16 receipted bill, James N. Hopkins,
Providence, R.I., Feb. 3, 1871, paid for pearl studs, swivels, earrings,
catches, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of and dealer in jewelry.
99.39.17 receipted bill, M. Adler, New York,
Feb. 9, 1871, paid for gents gold self winder.
Printed
billhead: importer of watches and jewelry.
79x122.40 bill from Miller Bros., New York, Feb. 9,
1871, for gold set, pin, ring, collar buttons, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturing jewelers. The
principals were James W. and Isaac M. Miller.
79x122.41 receipt, estate of Robert Gray paid for
rent of store, Feb. 12, 1871. Payment
received by Sarah E. Gray.
11x52.7 bill from Rogers, Smith & Co.,
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 20, 1871. For oyster
ladle, flat tea knives, salt sh., ice pitcher, baskets, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of silver plated goods.
99x39.18 receipted bill, James N. Hopkins,
Providence, March 10, 1871, paid for pin tongues, ear wires, bracelet snaps,
snap tongues, joints, catches, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of and dealer in jewelry.
79x122.51 receipt, Thayer & Guppy, Portsmouth,
N.H., paid for subscription to Daily
Evening Times, March 16, 1871-1872.
99x39.19 receipt, Tucker & Margoff, New York,
paid on account, April 13, 1871. Printed
form: manufacturing jewelers
99x39.20 receipted bill, Joshua Thaxter, Boston,
April 13, 1871, paid for chain tray, bracelet tray.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of pocket books, cases for silver ware, and all kinds of
fancy Morocco work.
88x118.19-.20 bills from Towle, Jones & Co.,
Newburyport, April 14 and 17, 1871, for set of tables, teas, salts, etc.; and
for refinishing waiter.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of silver spoons, knives, forks, ladles, etc., and gold
and silver thimbles.
99x39.21 receipted bill, G. Dessauer, New York,
April 17, 1871, paid for watch and something else.
Printed
billhead: importer of watches and jewelry.
99x39.22 receipted bill, C.M. Hills, New York,
April 19, 1871, paid for bands.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of jewelry and gold pens.
11x52.8 bill from Rogers, Smith & Co.,
New Haven, Conn., May 5[?], 1871. For
ice pitcher, berry dish, casters, goblets, card stands, nut cracker, etc. With note: “We cannot engrave steel.”
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of silver plated goods.
79x122.42 bill from Ira Richards & Co., [no
place,] May 5, 1871, for chains, hoops, drops, rings, agate buttons, shoes,
bags, cameo sets, Masonic pins, charms, etc.
99x39.23 receipted bill, D.C. Percival, Jr.
& Co., Boston, May 5, 1871, paid for B.W. Raymond Mo-- and e.t.[?] case.
Printed
billhead: dealers in watches, gold jewelry and silver goods; principals were D.
C. Percival, Jr., D. Morris, and H. T. Salisbury.
99x39.25 receipted bill, Stone & Wolff, New
York, May 26, 1871, paid for various kinds of chains and studs.
Printed
billhead: manufacturing jewelers and dealers in fancy goods.
99x39.26 receipted bill, A.W. Mitchell &
Co., Boston, May 31, 1871, paid for a badge.
Printed
billhead: door plate and badge makers and engravers.
79x122.43 receipt, Miller Bros., New York, paid on
account, May 1871.
Printed
statement form.
99.39.27 receipted bill, M. Adler, New York,
June 2, 1871, paid for gents stem winder, neck chains, plated hoops, ladies
something.
Printed
billhead: importer of watches and jewelry.
99x39.28 bill from Miller Bros., New York, Feb.
9, 1871, for sleeve buttons, studs.
Printed
billhead: manufacturing jewelers. The principals
were James W. and Isaac M. Miller.
99x39.29 receipted bill, G. Dessauer, New York,
June 3, 1871, paid for watch.
Printed
billhead: importer of watches and jewelry.
99x39.30 receipted bill, Holmes, Booth &
Haydens, Boston, June 10, 1871, paid for steel dessert and medium knives.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of sheet brass, German silver and plated metal, brass,
copper & German silver wire, brass & copper tubing, copper rivets &
burs, coal oil burners, buttons, silver plated ware, &c.
99x39.31 receipted bill, A.W. Mitchell &
Co., Boston, June 14, 1871, paid for a door plate.
Printed
billhead: door plate and badge makers and engravers.
88x118.21 receipted bill, Whiting M’f’g Company,
New York, June 12, 1871, paid for tea and table spoons, forks, rings, sugar
tongs.
Printed
billhead: silversmiths. Illustrated with
copy of the company’s trademark.
99x39.32 bill from Sanders & Croswell,
Boston, June 19, 1871. For buffalo twist
combs, bracelets.
Printed
billhead: importers and dealers in fancy goods and small wares; successors to
Geo. H. Chapman, Jr. & Co. The
principals were Homer Sanders and S.P. Croswell.
88x118.22 bill from M.W. Carr & Co., Boston,
June 21, 1871. For plated set, drops,
sleeve button, pins, catchups, vest chain, studs, gold cluster pin, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of gold, plated and jet jewelry, fancy back combs,
&c. Agents for Goldthwait’s patent
book buttoner. Successors to Carr, Earl
& Co.
79x122.44 bill from Benjamin F. Webster, for
carpentry work: lumber for finish, door, moulding, nails, mortice lock, walnut,
brass butts and hook, wardrobe hooks, porcelain door knob, pair of blinds,
escutcheons, labor, etc.
11x52.1 bill from Towle, Jones & Co.,
Newburyport, June 24, 1871, for set of tables, sugar, salts, tea, preserves,
butter, olive fork, child’s fork, thimbles, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of silver spoons, knives, forks, ladles, etc., and gold
and silver thimbles.
99x39.33 receipted bill, James N. Hopkins,
Providence, June 30, 1871, paid for rings with screw[?], snap tongues, flat
snaps, catches, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of and dealer in jewelry.
99x39.34-.35 bills from Sanders & Croswell, Boston,
Aug. 3 and 12, 1871. For scissors, pairs
of bracelets, pins.
Printed
billhead: importers and dealers in fancy goods and small wares; successors to
Geo. H. Chapman, Jr. & Co. The
principals were Homer Sanders and S.P. Croswell.
79x122.45 receipt, estate of Robert Gray paid for
rent of store, Aug. 12, 1871. Payment
received by Sarah E. Gray.
99x39.36 receipted bill, G. Dessauer, New York,
Aug. 16, 1871, paid for watch and ring.
Printed
billhead: importer of watches and jewelry.
99x39.37 receipted bill, D.C. Percival, Jr.
& Co., Boston, Aug. 21, 1871, paid for e.t.[?] case, eng. case, silver
cases.
Printed
billhead: dealers in watches, gold jewelry and silver goods; principals were D.
C. Percival, Jr., D. Morris, and H. T. Salisbury.
99.39.38 receipted bill, M. Adler, New York,
Sept. 7, 1871, paid for men’s and ladies’ watches, neck chain, vest chain, tail
pin, stone scross, hoop earrings, etc..
Printed
billhead: importer of watches and jewelry.
99x39.39 receipted bill, C.M. Hills, Providence,
R.I., Sept. 14, 1871, paid for [illegible].
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of jewelry and gold pens.
99x39.40 bill from Sanders & Croswell,
Boston, Sept. 18, 1871. For bracelets,
shell side combs.
Printed
billhead: importers and dealers in fancy goods and small wares; successors to
Geo. H. Chapman, Jr. & Co. The
principals were Homer Sanders and S.P. Croswell.
11x52.2 bill from Towle, Jones & Co.,
Newburyport, Oct. 6, 1871, for sugar, butter.
[Does not specify whether sugar bowl or spoon, or butter knives or something
else.]
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of silver spoons, knives, forks, ladles, etc., and gold
and silver thimbles.
88x118.23 receipted bill, Gorham Mfg. Company,
Providence, R.I., Oct. 17, 1871, paid for sugar spoons, butter knife, rings,
gravy ladle, case for rings, etc.
Printed
billhead, illustrated with trade marks for sterling silver and electro-plate.
88x118.24 bill from Fogg & Sawyer, Boston, Oct.
31, 1871. For gold set, locket, rings,
gold pin, studs, safety chain and pins, plate pin, etc.
Printed
billhead: importers and dealers in watches, clocks, jewelry, English and
American pocket and table cutlery, plated ware, Yankee notions, stationery,
German toys, fancy goods. The principals
were G. E. Fogg and C. C. Sawyer.
99x39.41 receipted bill, James N. Hopkins,
Providence, Nov. 11, 1871, paid for pearl and garnet rings, studs, split rings,
snap rings and tongues, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of and dealer in jewelry.
11x52.9 bill from Whiting M’f’g Company, New
York, Nov. 18, 1871, for rings and fruit knives.
Printed
billhead: silversmiths. Illustrated with
copy of the company’s trademark.
99x39.42 receipted bill, Hunt & Owen,
Providence, Nov. 29, 1871, paid for gold pins and rings;
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of gold jewelry
99x39.43 receipted bill, A.W. Mitchell &
Co., Boston, Nov. 29, 1871, paid for something.
Printed
billhead: door plate and badge makers and engravers.
79x122.48 receipt, Whiting M’f’g Company, New York,
Dec. 1, 1871, paid for merchandise.
Printed
statement form.
99x39.44 receipt, Ripley, Howland & Co.,
Boston, Dec. 1, 1871, paid on account.
Printed
statement form. Manufacturers of fine
jewelry and silver ware. Principals were
Nathaniel L. Ripley, Renslow Crosby, George H. Howland, and William A. Bates.
11x52.3-.4 bills from Towle, Jones & Co.,
Newburyport, Dec. 14 and 17, 1871, for thimbles and other goods.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of silver spoons, knives, forks, ladles, etc., and gold
and silver thimbles.
99x39.45 receipted bill, Frederick V. Dinzey,
Boston, Dec. 18, 1871, paid for onyx seal ring, pearl charm, Old Fellows pin,
snaps, silver fruit knives and picks, opera chain, vest chain in globe pattern,
neck chain, etc.
Printed
billhead: dealer in gold and plated jewelry, &c.
79x122.47 receipted bill, Uriah Blaisdell, no
place, May-Dec. 1871, paid March 2, 1872; paid for scythe, cake trunk, bottom
to ice pitcher, broom, repairs to pitcher and tea pot, putting up stove and pipe
in store, cleaning stove, etc.
99x39.46 receipted bill, B. Bradley & Co.,
Boston, Jan. 1, 1872, paid on account.
Printed
monthly statement form; clock warehouse.
79x122.50 sight draft, M. C. Rich, New York City,
orders First National Bank of Portsmouth to pay to account of Melcher, Jan. 2,
1872.
Printed
form, printed by Cobb & Cannon, New York City,
99x39.47 receipted bill, Joshua Thaxter, Boston,
Jan. 15, 1872, paid for boxes for bracelets and rings, trays.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of pocket books, cases for silver ware, and all kinds of
fancy Morocco work.
79x122.52 receipt, Palmer, Bachelders & Co.,
Boston, were paid on account, Jan. 16, 1872.
Printed
receipt form; printed by Richard L. Gay & Co.
11x52.5 bill from Towle, Jones & Co.,
Newburyport, Jan. 17, 1872, for pen[?] and something else.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of silver spoons, knives, forks, ladles, etc., and gold
and silver thimbles.
79x122.49 statement from Miller Bros., New York,
Jan. 1872, for unspecified merchandise.
Printed
statement form.
Folder 4: Bills and receipts for G. F. Melcher,
1873-1874
(acc. 79x122.53-.69,
99x39.49-.81)
79x122.53 bill from Gorham Mfg. Company,
Providence, R.I., April 28, 1873, for cake server, etc.
Printed billhead; the left side of
the bill is missing, and some of the information about what was purchased is
lost.
99x39.49 receipted bill, William F. Harod,
Boston, Jan. 1, 1874, paid for something.
Printed
billhead: goldsmith and jeweler.
99x39.50 receipted bill, Percival & Morris,
Boston, Jan. 14, 1874, paid for a string of beads and a pin.
Printed
billhead: dealers in watches, gold jewelry, and silver goods. The principals were D. C. Percival, Jr., and
D. Morris.
99x39.51 receipted bill, Fogg & Sawyer,
Boston, Jan. 15, 1874, paid for bracelets.
Printed
billhead: importers and dealers in watches, clocks, jewelry, English and
American pocket and table cutlery, plated ware, Yankee notions, stationery,
German toys, fancy goods. The principals
were G. E. Fogg and C. C. Sawyer.
99x39.53 bill from A. Paul & Co., Boston,
Feb. 2, 1874, for bar pins, studs, bracelets, rings, chains.
Printed
billhead: jobbers of jewelry, importers of optical goods, watch materials,
tools, &c.
99x39.52 receipted bill, A.W. Mitchell &
Co., Boston, Feb. 3, 1874, paid for a plate.
Printed
billhead: door plate and badge makers and engravers.
99x39.54 receipted bill, A. Paul & Co.,
Boston, Feb. 5, 1874, paid for rings.
Printed
billhead: jobbers of jewelry, importers of optical goods, watch materials,
tools, &c.
99x398.1 receipted bill, J.L. Sweet & Co.,
Attleborough, Mass., Feb. 10, 1874[?], paid for enamel buttons, studs, rings,
etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturing jewellers
79x122.54 receipted bill, Walter McClary,
Portsmouth, N.H., Feb. 13, 1874, paid for a dozen plates.
[although
the signature could be read Walker & McClary, the bill is endorsed as
Walter McClary]
99x396.55 receipted bill, Margot Brothers, Boston,
Feb. 17, 1874, paid for repairs.
Printed
billhead: watch-case manufacturers and jobbers.
99x39.56 receipted bill, Percival & Morris,
Boston, March 13, 1874, paid for coral rings, pearl hoops, plated drops, plated
pin.
Printed
billhead: dealers in watches, gold jewelry, and silver goods. The principals were D. C. Percival, Jr., and
D. Morris.
79x122.55 receipted bill, William T. Rand, no
place, April 14, 1874, paid for a year’s work, at $1.25 a week. (Work is not specified.) Alex L. Rand received the payment.
99x39.57 receipted bill, Ripley, Howland &
Co., Boston, May 7, 1874, paid for a button tray.
Printed
billhead: Manufacturers of fine
jewelry. Principals were Nathaniel L.
Ripley, Renslow Crosby, George H. Howland, and William A. Bates.
99x39.58 bill from Robbins, Appleton & Co.,
Boston, May 12, 1874, for two items, one of which was gold.
Printed
billhead: agents for the American Watch Co., Waltham, Mass.
99x39.59 receipted bill, James N. Hopkins,
Providence, May 15, 1874, paid for reversible studs, spiral studs, earrings,
button backs, plated seals, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of and dealer in jewelry.
99x39.24 receipted bill, Trier, Bros. &
Zellenka, New York, May 25, 1874, paid for card case, silk guards, eye glass
case[?], crochet ribbon, etc.
Printed
billhead: importers of French, English and Germany fancy goods, musical
instruments, &c.
99x39.60 receipted bill, A.W. Mitchell &
Co., Boston, May 26, 1874, paid for a plate.
Printed
billhead: door plate and badge makers and engravers.
99x39.61 receipted statement, A. Paul & Co.,
Boston, June 1, 1874, paid for unspecified merchandise.
Printed
statement form.
99x398.62 receipted bill, J.L. Sweet & Co.,
Attleborough, Mass., June 9, 1874, paid for stone cameo, enamel buttons and
studs, ear drops, pins, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturing jewellers
99x39.63 receipted bill, A.W. Mitchell &
Co., Boston, June 18, 1874, paid for a plate.
Printed
billhead: door plate and badge makers and engravers.
99x39.64 bill from Enos Richardson & Co.,
New York, July 1, 1874, for several items.
Printed
billhead: manufacturing jewelers; manufactory in Newark, N.J. The principals in the firm were Enos
Richardson, Thomas Davis, Thomas Slater, L. P. Brown, and F. H. Richardson.
99x39.65 receipted account statement, Thomas
Hodgson, Boston, July 1, 1874, paid for watch jobs.
Printed
statement form.
79x122.57 receipted statement, S. & J. Myers,
Boston, July 1, 1874, paid on account.
Printed
statement form.
99x39.66 receipted bill, James N. Hopkins,
Providence, July 23, 1874, paid for collar buttons, studs, reversible studs,
silver rings, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of and dealer in jewelry.
79x122.58 receipted statement, Robbins, Appleton &
Co., Boston, Aug. 1, 1874, paid on account.
Printed
statement form.
99x39.67 receipted statement, B. Bradley &
Co., Boston, Aug. 1, 1874, paid on account.
Printed
monthly statement form; clock warehouse.
99x39.68 statement from A. Paul & Co.,
Boston, Aug. 1, 1874, for unspecified merchandise.
Printed
statement form.
79x122.56 receipted bill, E. M. Brown & Co., no
place, Aug. 6, 1874, paid for “longe.”
79x122.59 receipted bill, William F. Harod, Boston,
Aug. 12, 1874, paid for making and repairing jewelry.
79x122.60 receipted bill, J.L. Sweet & Co.,
Attleborough, Mass., Aug. 18, 1874, paid for chain, gents pins, studs, locket,
amethyst ring, buttons, encampment pin, enameled buttons, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturing jewelers
99.39.69 receipted bill, M. Adler, New York,
Aug. 24, 1874, paid for plated sets, earrings, pins, gents pins, crosses,
crystal locket, etc.
Printed
billhead: importer and manufacturer of jewelry.
99x39.70 receipted bill, Frederick V. Dinzey,
Boston, Sept. 3, 1874, paid for bracelets, rings, sets, drops, collar buttons,
spring hooks, locket, safety pins, studs, etc.
Printed
billhead: dealer in gold and plated jewelry, &c.
99x39.71 receipted bill, A.W. Mitchell &
Co., Boston, Sept. 9, 1874, paid for a door plate.
Printed
billhead: door plate and badge makers and engravers.
79x122.61 receipted bill, Ephraim Bros., New York, Sept. 20, 1874, paid
on account.
Printed
billhead: watch materials, tools, chains, etc.
Principals were Gustav Ephraim, David Ephraim, and Albert Friedenthal.
79x122.62 receipted bill, J. Wilbur Mahony, Boston,
Sept. 25, 1874, paid for plating salvers and copper pieces.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of every description of silver plated ware. Mahony was located in the old establishment
of Brown & Russell.
99x39.72 receipted statement, A. Paul & Co.,
Boston, Oct. 1, 1874, paid for unspecified merchandise.
Printed
statement form.
99x39.76 receipted account statement, Thomas
Hodgson, Boston, Oct. 1, 1874, paid for watch jobs.
Printed
statement form.
99x39.74 receipted bill, Adolph Hess & Co.,
New York, Oct. 2, 1874, paid for gold crosses.
Printed
billhead: importers of jewelry; lockets & charms a specialty.
99x39.75 receipted bill, James N. Hopkins,
Providence, Oct. 8, 1874, paid for reversible studs, collar buttons, split
rings, ketches, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of and dealer in jewelry.
79x122.63 payment order on behalf of Wilcox Silver
Plate Co., West Meriden, Conn., Oct. 13, 1874.
Stamped paid.
Printed
form, printed by L. S. Learned & Co., Cambridgeport, Mass.
99x39.77 receipted bill, Leonard Decker, New
York, Oc. 16, 1874, paid for ear drops, a set, buttons, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturer of gold chains and jewelry
79x122.46 receipted bill, J.L. Sweet & Co.,
Attleborough, Mass., Oct. 27, 1874[?], paid for enamel butters, gents pins,
etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturing jewelers
99x39.73,
.78 receipted
statement and bill, A. Wolfson, Boston, Oct. 27, 1874 and Oct. 1874, paid for
plates, silver sheet, broaches, wire, merchandise.
Printed
billhead: dealer in watch materials, tools, spectacles, &c.
79x122.64 bill from Freund, Goldsmith & Co.,
New York, Nov. 4, 1874, for Mathey and A. Edward items.
Printed
billhead: importers of watches, jewelry, etc., watch materials, tools, watch
glasses, spectacles, optical and fancy goods.
The principals were M. Freund, A. Freund, M. Goldsmith, and J.
Schliesser.
79x122.65 receipted bill, Sackett, Davis & Co.,
Boston, Nov. 12, 1874, paid for pins, drops, studs.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of jewelry, with factory in Providence, R.I.
99x39.79 receipted statement, George S. Smith,
Plymouth, N.H., Nov. 14, 1874, paid for unspecified merchandise.
Printed
statement form.
99x39.80 receipted bill, A.W. Mitchell &
Co., Boston, Nov. 14, 1874, paid for a badge and replating.
Printed
billhead: door plate and badge makers and engravers.
79x122.66 receipt, Hunt & Owen paid on account,
Nov. 30, 1874.
79x122.67 receipted bill, A.F. Towle & Son,
Newburyport, Dec. 12, 1874, paid for silver, salts, and mustard, preserve, and
jelly dishes.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of plain & engraved solid silver ware.
79x122.68 order for payment, from Freund, Goldsmith
& Co., New York, Dec. 16, 1874.
Marked “deposited.”
Printed
form; printed by Deutz Bros.
99x39.81 bill from A. Paul & Co., Boston,
Dec. 17, 1874, paid for oil, pegwood, glass, rings.
Printed
billhead: jobbers of jewelry, importers of optical goods, watch materials,
tools, &c.
79x122.69 receipted bill, A.F. Towle & Son,
Newburyport, Dec. 24, 1874, paid for items.
With note: “Have done our best – worked until 12 o’clk every night.”
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of plain & engraved solid silver ware.
Folder 5: Bills
and receipts for G. F. Melcher, 1875; no date
(acc. 79x122.70-.90,
88x118.1-.2, 99x39.1-.3, .48, .82-.92)
79x122.70 receipted statement, H. Elcox & Co.,
New York, Jan. 1875, paid for unspecified merchandise.
Printed
statement form; manufacturing jewelers
79x122.71 receipted bill, Fletcher & Tanton,
Portsmouth, N.H., Jan. 1, 1875, paid for chairs, cushions, jobs at home and
church.
Printed
billhead: furniture dealers and general undertakers. Principals were S. S. Fletcher and H. G.
Tanton.
79x122.72 statement from A. Bernhard & Co., New
York, Jan. 2, 1875, for unspecified merchandise.
Printed
statement form.
79x122.73 receipt, Palmer, Bachelder & Co.,
Boston, were paid on account, Jan. 14, 1875.
Printed
receipt form; printed by M. R. Warren, stationer, Boston.
79x122.74 receipted bill, A.W. Mitchell & Co.,
Boston, Jan. 18, 1875, paid for a silver plate.
Printed
billhead: door plate and badge makers and engravers.
79x122.75 receipt, L. Hammel & Co., New York,
Jan. 25, 1875, received payment.
Printed
receipt, in form of a letter; company was importers of watch materials, tools,
spectacles, opera glasses, optical goods, etc.
99x39.82 receipted account statement, Thomas Hodgson,
Boston, Jan. 30, 1875, paid for an item.
With short note: about marking of parcels in order to avoid postage.
Printed
statement form. Hodgson was a
watchmaker. His business was located
with that of A. Paul & Co.
On
back: pencil sketch, perhaps of a room or wall.
79x122.76 receipt, E. Washington Brown, Portsmouth,
N.H., Feb. 8, 1875, paid for work at house: laying carpet, fixing curtains,
putting casters on bedstead.
79x122.77 receipt, E. Williams & Co., New York,
Feb. 9, 1875, paid in full to date.
Printed
receipt form, printed by Macy & Co., stationers.
79x122.79 receipt, Freund, Goldsmith & Co.,
Feb. 22, 1875, paid on account.
99x39.83 bill from Freund, Goldsmith & Co.,
New York, Feb. 22, 1875, for various items, including necklaces.
Printed
billhead: importers of watches, jewelry, etc., watch materials, tools, watch
glasses, spectacles, optical and fancy goods.
The principals were M. Freund, A. Freund, M. Goldsmith, and J.
Schliesser.
79x122.80 bill from Palmer, Bachelder & Co.,
Boston, March 6, 1875. For engraved
ring[?].
Printed
billhead: importers and dealers in diamonds, clocks, watches, bronzes, sterling
silver ware, jewelry, opera and field glasses.
Illustrated with view of the store.
The
principals were Josiah G. Bachelder, Jacob P. Palmer, James A. Laighton, R. Van
C. Emerson, George D. Smith, and George T. Houghton.
79x122.81 receipted statement, Miller Bros., New
York, March 13, 1875, paid for unspecified merchandise.
Printed
statement form.
79x122.82 payment order on behalf of Wilcox Silver
Plate Co., West Meriden, Conn., March 16, 1875.
Stamped paid.
Printed
form, printed by L. S. Learned & Co., Cambridgeport, Mass.
79x122.83 receipt, B. Bradley & Co., Boston,
March 19, 1875, received payment for a bill.
Printed
receipt form.
79x122.84 bill from Palmer, Bachelder & Co.,
Boston, March 31, 1875. For repointing
pen.
Printed
billhead: importers and dealers in diamonds, clocks, watches, bronzes, sterling
silver ware, jewelry, opera and field glasses.
Illustrated with view of the store.
The
principals were Josiah G. Bachelder, Jacob P. Palmer, James A. Laighton, R. Van
C. Emerson, George D. Smith, and George T. Houghton.
79x122.85 receipted statement, Enos Richardson
& Co., New York, March 1875, for unspecified merchandise.
Printed
monthly statement form.
99x39.84 bill from Enos Richardson & Co.,
New York, April 8, 1875, for several items, including a guard.
Printed
billhead: manufacturing jewelers; manufactory in Newark, N.J. The principals in the firm were Enos
Richardson, Thomas Davis, Thomas Slater, L. P. Brown, and F. H. Richardson.
79x122.86 bill from Simpson, Hall, Miller &
Co., Wallingford, Conn., April 15, 1875, for tea set.
Printed
billhead.
79x122.87 sight draft payable to Freund, Goldsmith
& Co., April 15, 1875.
Printed
form, printed by Deutz Bros., lithographers, New York.
79x122.88 statement from A. Bernhard & Co., New
York, May 13, 1875, for exchange of a ring.
With note about what gauge to be used when ordering.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of diamond work, ornamental hair jewelry, etc.,
importers of precious stones and fine jewelry.
99x39.85 receipted bill, Oppenheimer Bros. &
Hirsh, New York, May 20, 1875, paid for Riverside stemwinder and other watches.
Printed
billhead: importers of watches and jewelry.
The principals were S. Oppenheimer, E. Hirsh, and A. Oppenheimer.
88x118.2 bill from William P. Jones,
Newburyport, May 1875, for unspecified silver ware.
Printed
billhead: plain & engraved silver spoons, knives, forks, ladles, &c.
99x39.86 bill from Wilcox Silver Plate Co., West
Meriden, Conn., June 3, 1875, for pitcher, fruit, jardinières, etc.
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of electroplate, also castor, wine & pickle
bottles. Illustrated with picture of
company’s trademark.
99x39.87 bill from Thomas Hodgson, Boston, June
30, 1875, for parts or repairs to watches.
Printed
billhead: watchmaker. His business was
located with that of A. Paul & Co.
99x39.88 bill from B. Bradley & Co., Boston,
June 24, 1875, for R.C. Ansonia, Crystal Palace, walnut Cottage [probably
clocks or watches].
Printed
billhead: New England Clock Warehouse, manufacturers, agents, importers, and
dealers in American and foreign clocks, regulators, timepieces, materials,
&c. Importers of French clocks,
bronze statuettes and groups; agents for Ithaca Calendar Clock Co.
The
principals were C. B. Churchill and B. Bradley.
99x39.89 bill from Thomas Hodgson, Boston, Aug.
26, 1875, for parts or repairs to watches.
Printed
billhead: watchmaker. His business was
located with that of A. Paul & Co.
79x122.89 bill from Simpson, Hall, Miller &
Co., Wallingford, Conn., Aug. 27, 1875, for caters, pickle, card and vase, tea
set, cups, basket, and cleaning rings.
Printed
billhead, including a monogram for the company.
99x39.90 bill from Enos Richardson & Co.,
New York, Sept. 16, 1875, for several items, including necklaces and scarf
ring.
Printed
billhead: manufacturing jewelers; manufactory in Newark, N.J. The principals in the firm were Enos
Richardson, Thomas Davis, Thomas Slater, L. P. Brown, and F. H. Richardson.
99x39.91 bill from Thomas Hodgson, Boston, Sept.
18, 1875, for cleaning a watch.
Printed
billhead: watchmaker. His business was
located with that of A. Paul & Co.
11x52.10 payment order on behalf of Wilcox
Silver Plate Co., West Meriden, Conn., Oct. 13, 1875.
Printed
form, printed by L. S. Learned & Co., Cambridgeport, Mass.
99x39.92 bill from H. A. Osgood & Son,
Portsmouth, New York, and Lewiston, Me., Nov. 18, 1875, for gold set, O.F. pins
[probably Odd Fellow pins], vest something, gilt cable something, etc.
Printed
billhead: importers and jobbers of Swiss and American watches, materials and
tools, clocks, jewelry, spectacles, plate ware, optical goods; agents for W.B. & Co.’s watch glasses and
spectacles, Cogsill & Osgood’s parabola spectacles; Rogers & Bros.
plated ware; American, Elgin, Howard, N.Y., and Springfield watches, &c.
The
principals were Henry A. Osgood and Charles H. Osgood.
79x122.78 receipted bill, Wilcox Silver Plate Co.,
West Meriden, Conn., Feb. 15, 187[torn], for chased coffee [pot?].
Printed
billhead: manufacturers of electroplate, also castor, wine & pickle
bottles. Illustrated with picture of
company’s trademark.
99x39.3 bill from Freund, Goldsmith &
Co., New York, Aug. 13, 187[torn], for bracelets, gold studs, gents pin, gold
locket, hoops, amethyst ring, imitation amethyst ring, collar buttons, etc.
Printed
billhead: importers of watches, jewelry, & precious stones. The principals were M. Freund, A. Freund, and
A. Goldsmith.
99x39.48 receipted bill, A. Wolfson, Boston,
Oct. 7, 187[torn], paid for an item.
Printed
billhead: dealer in watch materials, watch glasses, tools, spectacles, &c.
99x39.2 receipted bill, Sanders &
Croswell, Boston, Nov. 2, 187[torn]. For
shell side combs, key rings, thimbles
Printed
billhead: importers and dealers in fancy goods and small wares. The principals were Homer Sanders and S.P.
Croswell.
88x118.1 bill from The Parker & Casper Co.,
West Meriden, Conn., [date torn off], for cards, vases, goblets, caster, rings,
baskets (plain and chased), urn, syrup, toilet, butters.
Printed
billhead: silver plated ware, castor bottles, wine and pickle bottles. Salesrooms in New York City.
79x122.90 contents of Case Combination No. 356,
dessert knives, forks, and spoons in the Persian pattern. No date.
Printed
form.
Index to names of business appearing on bills and
receipts.
Numbers refer to folder numbers.
Names with an asterisk (*) are listed in two ways: in
direct order and under last name, thus A. Bernhard & Co. is found under A.
and under Bernhard.
A. Bernhard
& Co. (New York)* 1, 5
A. Paul &
Co. (Boston)* 4
A. F. Towle
& Son (Newburyport)* 4
A. W. Mitchell
& Co. (Boston)* 3, 4, 5
Adams, Chandler
& Co. (New York) 2
Adolph Hess
& Co. (New York)* 4
Adler, M. (New
York) 3, 4
Armour, John J.
(Boston) 2
B. Bradley &
Co. (Boston)* 3, 4, 5
Banfield,
Forristall & Co. (Boston) 1
Bernhard, A.
& Co. (New York)* 1, 5
Blaisdell, Uriah
(n.p.) 3
Bodine, G. M.
(New York)* 2
Bradley, B., & Co. (Boston)* 3, 4, 5
Brandly, V., & Co. (Boston)* 2
Brown & Russell (Boston) 1
Brown, E. M., & Co. (n.p.)* 4
Brown, E. Washington (Portsmouth, N. H.)* 5
Carl, Earl & Co. (Boston) 2
Carr, M. W., & Co. (Boston)* 3
Case Combination (n.p.) 5
Chapman, Geo. H., jr., & Co. (Boston)* 2
Colby, W. B. (Portsmouth, N.H.?) 1
D. C. Percival, Jr. & Co. (Boston)* 1, 3
Decker, Leonard (New York) 4
Dennison & Co.
2
Dessauer, G. (New York) 2, 3
Dinzey, Frederick V. (Boston) 3, 4
Dunham, Rufus (Portland) 1, 2
E. M. Brown & Co. (n.p.)* 4
E. Williams & Co. (New York)* 5
Elcox, H. & Co. (New York)* 5
Enos Richardson & Co. (New York)* 4, 5
Ephraim Bros. (New York) 4
Fletcher & Tanton (Portsmouth, N.H.) 5
Fogg & Sawyer (Boston) 3, 4
Freund, Goldsmith & Co. (New York) 4, 5
Geo. H. Chapman, jr., & Co. (Boston)* 2
Gorham Mfg. Company (Providence, R.I.) 3, 4
Gray, Robert (Portsmouth, N.H.?)* 3
Gray, Sarah E.
3
Guild & Delano (Boston) 2
H. Elcox & Co. (New York)* 5
H. A. Osgood & Son (Portsmouth, New York,
Lewiston, Me.)* 5
Hammel, L., & Co. (New York)* 5
Harod, Wm. F. (Boston) 4
Harwood Brothers (Boston) 1
Haskell, Lyman (Boston) 2
Hess, Adolph, & Co. (New York)* 4
Hills, C. M. (New York, Providence, R.I.)* 1, 2, 3
Hirsh & Oppenheimer (New York) 2
[see
also Oppenheimer Bros. & Hirsh]
Hodgson, Thomas (Boston) 4, 5
Holmes, Booth & Haydens (Boston) 3
Hopkins, James N. (Providence) 2, 3,
4
[name
also listed as J.N. Hopkins]
Hunt & Owen (Providence) 3, 4
Ira Richards & Co. (n.p.)* 3
J. L. Sweet & Co. (Attleborough, MA)* 4
Jones, William P. (Newburyport) 5
Josselyn, E. K. (Boston) 2
Ketcham, Brother & Co. (New York) 1
L. Hammel & Co. (New York)* 5
M.W. Carr & Co. (Boston)* 3
Mahony, J. Wilbur (Boston) 4
Margot Brothers (Boston) 4
McClary, Walter (Portsmouth, N.H.) 4
Meriden Britannia Co. (West Meriden, Conn.) 1, 2
Miller Bros. (New York) 3, 5
Mitchell, A. W., & Co. (Boston)* 3, 4, 5
Morgan, Aug. (Boston) 1
Mt. Washington Glass Works (Boston) 1
Myers, S. & J. (Boston)* 1, 4
New England Clock Warehouse – see B. Bradley & Co.
Oppenheimer Bros. & Hirsh (New York) 5
[see
also Hirsh & Oppenheimer]
Osgood, H.A., & Son (Portsmouth; New York;
Lewiston, Me.)* 5
Palmer, Bachelder & Co. (Boston) 5
Palmer, Bachelders & Co. (Boston) 1, 3
Palmers & Bachelders (Boston) – see Palmer, Bachelders & Co.
Parker & Casper Co. (West Meriden, Conn.) 5
Paul, A., & Co. (Boston)* 4
Percival, D. C., Jr., & Co. (Boston)* 1, 3
Percival & Morris (Boston) 4
Rand, Wm. T. (n.p.) 4
Redfield & Rice (New York, Wolcotville, Conn.) 1, 2
Reed & Barton (Taunton, Mass.) 2
Rich, M. C. (New York) 3
Richards, Ira, & Co. (n.p.)* 3
Richardson, Enos, & Co. (New York)* 4, 5
Ripley, Howland & Co. (Boston) 3, 4
Robbins, Appleton & Co. (Boston) 4
Rogers Brothers
1
Rogers, Wm., Mfg. Co. (Hartford, Conn.)* 1
Rogers, Smith & Co. (New Haven, Conn.) 1, 2, 3
S. & J. Myers (Boston)* 1, 4
Sackett, Davis & Co. (Boston) 4
Sanders & Croswell (Boston) 3, 5
Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. (Wallingford, Conn.) 5
Smith, Geo. S. (Plymouth, N.H.) 4
Stevens, E. A. (n.p.) 2
Stone & Wolff (New York) 3
Stone, David (New York) 2
S.S. Stowe & Co. (n.p.)* 2
Stowe & Co.
– see S.S. Stowe & Co.
Stowe, S. S., & Co. (n.p.)* 2
Sturn, I. (New York) 1
Sweet, J. L., & Co. (Attleborough, Mass.)* 4
Thaxter, Joshua (Boston) 3
Thayer & Guppy (Portsmouth, NH) 3
Tirrell, Daniel L. (Boston) 1
Towle & Jones (Newburyport, Mass.) 2
Towle, A. F., & Son (Newburyport)* 4
Towle, Jones & Co. (Newburyport) 3
Trier & Co. (New York) 2
Trier, Bros. & Zellenka (New York) 4
Tucker & Margoff (New York) 3
V. Brandly & Co. (Boston)* 2
Warren
& Richmond (Boston) 2
Weber, H.
(Boston) 1
Weber, H. (Portsmouth; but probably same as the
Boston Weber) 2
Webster, Benjn. F. (n.p.) 3
Whiting M’f’g. Company (New York) 3
Wilcox Silver Plate Co. (New York and West Meriden,
Conn.) 2, 4, 5
Williams, E., & Co. (New York)* 5
Wm. Rogers Mfg.
Co. (Hartford, Conn.)* 1
Wolfson, A. (Boston) 4, 5