The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Vennard family                                  

Title:               Bills

Dates:             1845-1896, bulk 1870-1896

Call No.:         Col. 85

Acc. No.:        [various – see detailed description]

Quantity:        about 130 items (2 folders)

Location:        34 K 3

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

The Vennard family lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  The father Andrew Bell Vennard (1808-1857), was treasurer of the Portsmouth and Concord Railroad, an inspector for the local customs house, and a merchant ship owner.  He was the son of Dorothy and George Vennard.  His wife was Ariadne Shapleigh Locke (1812-1909), daughter of Hall J. and Abigail Underwood Locke. 

 

The Vennards had a number of children, including a daughter Abby Underwood Vennard (1841-1905), who was married to Gershom Melcher, a Portsmouth, N.H., watch, jewelry, and silver dealer.  Other children were Fannie Allen (1836-1915), Andrew B. (1838-1869), William Lawrence (1843-1893), Emma Greenleaf (1845-1906), Helen Bell (1850-1910; possibly the daughter called Nellie), and Franklin Pierce (1851-1854).  Fannie, Emma, and Helen apparently never married and lived with their mother.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Most of the bills in the collection were made out to Mrs. Andrew B. Vennard.  They were for many kinds of house furnishings, pottery, dry goods, groceries, tiles, hardware, flowers, household repairs and upkeep (including hanging wallpaper), medical and dental services, and personal items.  The bills are on printed billheads, a few of which are illustrated (primarily of stoves).  Most of the bills are from Portsmouth merchants, but a few are from stores in Boston, Massachusetts.  Also of interest is an 1845 price list, also used for a bill, from the potters Crafts & Co. of Nashua, New Hampshire.

 

           

ORGANIZATION

 

The items are in chronological order.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

Collection is open to the public.  Copyright restrictions may apply.

           

 

PROVENANCE

 

Accession 79x122.106 purchased from N. David Scotti.

Accessions 80x139, 85x93, 85x96, 85x105, and 11x50.1-.9, purchased from aGatherin'.

Accession 82x50 purchased from Richard J. Labowski. 

 

 

RELATED MATERIALS

 

The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum holds a collection of Andrew Bell Vennard’s business papers.

 

The Portsmouth Athenaeum (Portsmouth, New Hampshire) holds a collection of Vennard family papers.

           

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

            People:

                        Vennard, Ariadne Shapleigh Locke, 1812-1909.

 

Topics:

            Dry-goods - Prices.

Dwellings - Maintenance and repair.

Finance, Personal - New Hampshire - Portsmouth.

Furniture - Prices - 19th century.

Groceries - Prices.

House furnishings - Prices.

Medical care - New Hampshire - Portsmouth.

Pottery – Prices – 19th century.

Retail trade - New Hampshire - Portsmouth.

Textile fabrics - Prices - 19th century.

 

Bills (financial).

Price lists.

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 34 K 3

 

 

Note: all items are from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, unless otherwise indicated. 

All bills addressed to Mrs. Andrew B. Vennard unless other indicated.

 

 

Folder 1: Bills, 1845-1889

 

86x99              bill, Crafts & Co., Nashua, [New Hampshire] sold to Andrew B. Vennard: jugs, butter or cake pots, flower pots, March 25, 1845. 

The bill is on a printed price list; Crafts & Co. were apparently potters and made jugs, butter or cake pots, preserve or pickle pots, pots, churns, pitchers, flower pots, beer bottles, spittoons, stove tubes, ink stands, kegs, and ice jars.

 

85x96              receipted bill, William R. Preston, dealer in drugs, medicines, [etc.], paid by A. B. Vennard, for various drugs, 1850.

                                    Printed billhead, listing various products sold, including Preston’s Vegetable Catholicon and Preston’s Cough Syrup.

 

82x50.1           receipted bill, Allen & Paine, capes, cloaks, … dry goods, paid for cloth and making cloak, Dec. 24, 1859.

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of capes, cloaks, talmas, and mantillas, and dealers in English, French, German, Scotch, and American dry goods.

 

85x105            receipted bill, Moulton & Blaisdell, grocers, paid for unnamed merchandise, Dec. 31, 1861.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: dealers in family and ship stores, illustrated with various bottles, containers, a fish, a loaf of sugar, grapes.  Principals in the store were Joseph Moulton and James A. Blaisdell.

 

82x50.2           receipt for payment of bill from Moulton and Blaisdell, Feb. 3, 1863.

                                    Printed receipt form, illustrated with a ship; form printed by R. Merrill & Son, Concord, N.H.

 

11x50.1-.2       receipted bills, Charles J. Colcord, dealer in furniture, feathers, mattresses, mirrors, upholstery goods, burial cases, paid for arm chair, painting chairs, towel rack, dining chairs, July 13, 1863; and for bureau, Jan. 1, 1866, with credit given for old card table.

                                    Printed billheads.

 

82x50.3           receipt for payment of pew tax, South Parish, Portsmouth, July 1, 1867

                                    Printed form

 

82x50.4           receipt for payment for use of Portsmouth Aqueduct, July 1, 1867-January 1, 1868.

                                    Printed form

 

85x93, 80x139.5                     receipted bills, True W. Jones, stoves and hardware, paid for a set brick, gas burner, grate, and labor, Nov. 2, 1868; and for pipe and flange, July 1, 1869.

                                    Printed and illustrated billheads: stoves, hardware, kitchen furnishing goods; tin, sheet iron and wooden ware, Magee cooking stove, illustrated with picture of said stove, engraved by Kilburn-Mallory

           

82x50.6           receipted shipping bill, Eastern Railroad Co. paid for shipment of goods from Boston, Sept. 27, 187-. 

                                    Printed form

 

82x50.8           receipted bill, H.B. Buzzell & Son, wallpaper, etc., paid for window fixture, tassels, putting up curtains, July 18, 1871.

                                    Printed billhead: room papers, window shades and fixtures, stationery, school books, fancy goods, toys, musical instruments, stereoscopes, views, eye glasses, &c.

 

82x50.9           receipted bill, Foster Shores & Co., booksellers, paid for visiting cards, handkerchief box, Bible, paper, cards, Aug. 1, 1871.

                                    Printed billhead: booksellers, stationers, room papers, curtains, tassels, fancy goods

 

82x50.11         receipt for payment for use of Portsmouth Aqueduct, January 2, 1872-July 1, 1872.

                                    Printed form

 

82x50.12         receipt for payment of Portsmouth taxes, July 31, 1872.

                                    Printed form.

 

82x50.13         receipted bill, Sweetser & Clark, stoves, paid for marble slab and brackets, Sept. 20, 1873.

                                    Printed billhead: Clark’s Iron Foundry, Appledore cook stove, ship work, stove repairs, sinks, castings

 

82x50.14         receipted bill, Henry M. Clark, groceries, paid for merchandise, July 1, 1874.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

11x50.3-.4       receipted bills, Sheldon Brothers, [furniture], paid for rocker, bed, chairs, repairs, etc., June 1874; and for hat tree, repairs, labor, July 29, 1874.

                                    Printed billheads: parlor suits, sofas, divans, various chairs, center tables, chamber sets, [etc.]

 

82x50.10         receipted bill, C.H. Mendum & Co., dry goods, paid for plaid, cotton, etc., April 1876.

                                    Printed billhead

 

82x50.5           receipted bill, A.P. Wendell & Co., hardware, paint, paid for paint, June 1876.

                                    Printed billhead: hardware paints, oil, glass, zinc, nails, dye stuffs, &c.

 

82x50.15         receipted bill, Joaquin & Cie., Boston, French millinery goods, Miss Helen B. Vennard paid for silk and ribbon, Dec. 1, 1876

                                    Printed billhead: bonnets, hats, ribbons, silks, flowers and feathers, laces, crapes, &c.

 

82x50.16         receipted bill, J.W. Sowersby, bread, cake, pastry, paid for bread, Dec. 20, 1876.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.17         receipted bill, John P. Sweetser, house furnishings, paid for chandelier hook and labor, Dec. 26, 1876.

                                    Printed billhead: house furnishings goods, stoves, furnaces, plumbing and gas fitting.

 

82x50.18         receipted bill, N.D. Whitney & Co., Boston, threads, [etc.], paid for 2 ounces of zephyr, Feb. 26, 1877.

                                    Printed billhead: threads, yarns, hosiery, gloves, trimmings, fancy articles, Berlin zephyr worsteds and other embroidery supplies

 

82x50.19         receipted bill, Sheldon Brothers, [furniture], paid for repairs, April 26, 1877.

                                    Printed billhead: parlor suits, sofas, divans, various chairs, center tables, chamber sets, [etc.]

 

82x50.20         bill from Randall & Caswell, for tongue, lobster, halibut, etc., June 20, 1877.

                                    Printed billhead.  Marked on back: paid.

 

82x50.21         receipted bill, George H. Tripp, room papers, [etc.], paid for wallpaper, July 2, 1877.

                                    Printed billhead: room papers, curtains, tassels, cord, curtain fixtures, &c.

 

82x50.22-.23   receipted bills, Ayers & Locke, dry goods, paid for yarn, July 2, 1877; and for various textiles, hassock, matting, mosquito netting, Sept. 1877.

                                    Printed billheads.

 

82x50.24         receipted bill, Henry M. Clark, groceries, paid for merchandise, Jan. 1, 1878.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

11x50.5           receipted bill, Sheldon Brothers, [furniture], paid for ice chest, pastry table, drawer pulls, and supplies, Feb. 22, 1878.

                                    Printed billhead: parlor suits, sofas, divans, various chairs, center tables, chamber sets, [etc.]

 

82x50.25-.26   receipted bills, Jordan, Marsh & Co., Boston, paid for baskets, April 6, 1878; and for textiles, May 23, 1878.

                                    Printed billheads.

 

82x50.27         receipted bill, M.E. Hutchinson & Co., florists, paid for flowers, June 1, 1878.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.28-.29   receipts for payment for use of Portsmouth Aqueduct, January 1, 1878-July 1, 1878 and July 1, 1878-Jan. 1, 1879.

                                    Printed forms

 

82x50.30, .34  receipts for payments for services of Dr. F. E. Potter, for Miss Vennard (July 1, 1879) and Miss N. Vennard (July 1, 1880).

                                    Printed forms.

 

82x50.33         receipted bill, Bowker Fertilizer Co., Boston, paid for fertilizer (“lawn dress”), April 29, 1880.

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of Bowker’s Phosphates and Stockbridge Manures, [etc.,] also feeds for cattle, poultry, swine.

 

82x50.32         receipted bill, Henry M. Clark, groceries, paid for merchandise, July 1, 1880.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.35         receipt for payment for use of Portsmouth Aqueduct, January 1, 1880-July 1, 1880.

                                    Printed form

 

82x50.36         receipt for payment of Portsmouth taxes, July 27, 1880.

                                    Printed form.

 

82x50.37         receipted bill, Jordan, Marsh & Co., Boston, paid by Miss E. G. Vennard, for goods, Oct. 6, 1880.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.38         receipt for payment for use of Portsmouth Aqueduct, July 1, 1880- January 1, 1881.

 

82x50.41         receipt for payment for services of Dr. F. E. Potter, for Miss Nellie Vennard, Jan.[?] 1, 1881.

                                    Printed form.

 

82x50.7           receipted bill, E.S. Ryder, dentist, paid for services, Jan. 7, 1881.

                                    Printed billhead

                                    Printed form

 

82x50.42         receipted bill, John P. Sweetser, house furnishings, paid for basket, hose, cleaning range and pipe, bottom on coffee pot, labor, Jan. 17, 1881.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: house furnishings goods, stoves, furnaces, plumbing and gas fitting; illustrated with various stoves and stove fittings

 

82x50.39         receipted bill, M.E. Hutchinson & Co., florists, paid for flowers, June 1, 1881.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.40         receipt for payment for services of Dr. F. E. Potter, for Miss Nellie Vennard, June[?] 1, 1881.

                                    Printed form.

 

82x50.43         receipted bill, John P. Sweetser, house furnishings, paid for various repairs, labor, etc., July 1881.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: house furnishings goods, stoves, furnaces, plumbing and gas fitting; illustrated with various stoves and stove fittings

 

82x50.44         receipted bill, Edgar M. Jewett, D.M.D., paid for operation, services for Miss Nellie, dentures, Sept. 6, 1881.

                                    Printed form: successor to Dr. A. P. Stevens

 

82x50.46         receipted bill, Jordan, Marsh & Co., Boston, paid for cloaking, Oct. 31, 1881.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.47         receipted bill, W.J. Sampson & Co., painters, paid for labor and paint, Dec. 31, 1881.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: house, sign, ship, ornamental painters, paper hanging; with illustrations of cupids putting up wallpaper

 

82x50.48         receipt for payment for use of Portsmouth Aqueduct, July 1, 1881- January 1, 1882.

                                    Printed form.

 

82x50.49         receipted bill, Sheldon Brothers, [furniture], paid for repairing mattress, pillows, chair, Jan. 3, 1882.

                                    Printed billhead: parlor suits, sofas, divans, various chairs, center tables, chamber sets, [etc.]

 

82x50.50         receipted bill, M.E. Hutchinson & Co., florists, paid for flowers, June 8, 1882.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

79x122.106     receipted bill, John P. Sweetser, house furnishings, paid for various repairs, labor, coffee pot, chimneys, hose, etc., July 15, 1882.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: house furnishings goods, stoves, furnaces, plumbing and gas fitting; illustrated with various stoves and stove fittings

 

82x50.51         receipted bill, Lewando’s French Dye House and Naphtha Cleansing Works, Boston, paid by Miss Fannie Vennard for a dress, Sept. 26, 1882.  [presumably dyeing or cleaning the dress]

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.52         receipt for payment for services of Dr. F. E. Potter, for Miss Nellie Vennard, Oct. 1, 1882.

                                    Printed form.

 

82x50.53         receipted bill, Joseph F. Berry, hats, trunks, paid by Miss H. B. Vennard, for a hide trunk, Nov. 14, 1882.

                                    Printed billhead: hats, caps, furs, trunks, traveling bags

 

82x50.54         receipted bill, Sheldon Brothers, [furniture], paid for hanging curtain poles, tacking down carpet, various repairs (towel rack, chairs, bracket, mattress), hall chair, polish, powder, labor, Dec. 13, 1882.

                                    Printed billhead: parlor suits, sofas, divans, various chairs, center tables, chamber sets, [etc.]

 

82x50.55         receipted bill, John P. Sweetser, house furnishings, paid for window screen, stove polish, knob, labor, dish mop, stove grate, oyster can, etc., Jan. 19, 1883.

                                    Printed billhead: house furnishings goods, stoves, furnaces, plumbing and gas fitting.

 

82x50.56         receipt, Auren Otis, milk and farm products, paid for milk, Feb.-May 1883.

                                    Printed form, printed by Journal Steam Press, Portsmouth.

 

82x50.57         receipted bill, Sheldon Brothers, [furniture], paid for mattress and cutting down a chair, Sept. 3, 1883

                                    Printed billhead: parlor suits, sofas, divans, various chairs, center tables, chamber sets, manufacturers of mattresses, [etc.]

 

82x50.58         receipted bill, W.J. Sampson & Co., painters, paid for labor (workmen named), paint, hanging paper, molding, bronzing brackets, gilding, July 1, 1884.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: house, sign, ship, ornamental painters, paper hanging; with illustrations of cupids putting up wallpaper

 

82x50.59         receipted bill, Joshua Brooks & Co., flour and grain merchants, paid for Washburn Flour, July 10, 1884.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.60         receipted bill, Sheldon Brothers, [furniture], paid for altering bed, casters, drawer pulls, repairing chairs, polishing frames [probably chair frames], extension table, ebonizing stands, labor, July 16, 1884

                                    Printed billhead: parlor suits, sofas, divans, various chairs, center tables, chamber sets, manufacturers of mattresses, [etc.]

 

82x50.61         receipted bill, John P. Sweetser, house furnishings, paid for clothes wringer, pans, labor, scrap pail, window screens, hose, hanging lamp, etc., August 1884.

                                    Printed billhead: house furnishings goods, stoves, furnaces, plumbing and gas fitting.

 

82x50.62         receipted bill, Wm. Conn, country produce, paid for butter, Nov. 15, 1884.

                                    Printed billhead: butter, cheese, pork, lard, ham, beans, &c.

 

82x50.63         receipted bill, Jordan, Marsh & Co., Boston, paid for cloth, Jan. 16, 1885.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.31         blank subscription order form, to order from Jordan, Marsh & Co., Boston, a subscription to The Art Gallery and Fashion Indicator for the year1885.

                                    Printed form, but not filled out

 

82x50.64         receipted bill, Sheldon Brothers, [furniture], paid for repairing antique chair, and repairs to other chairs, bureau, sofa, Feb. 5, 1885

                                    Printed billhead: parlor suits, sofas, divans, various chairs, center tables, chamber sets, manufacturers of mattresses, [etc.]

 

80x139.9         receipted bill, Charles W. Taylor, ranges and stoves, paid for fileters, bibb ends, packing faucets, labor, July 14, 1886.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: Magee ranges and stoves, kitchen furnishing goods, plumbing, steam and gas fitting; illustrated with picture of Magee range, engraved by V.L. Chandler.

 

11x50.6           receipted bill, C.A. Wellington & Co., Boston, paid for blue figured tiles, Aug. 9, 1886.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: Household Art Rooms; bric a brac; decorative iron, wood and tile work; Low’s Art tiles, illustrated with various designs.

 

11x50.7           receipted bill, Irving & Casson, Boston, paid for a mantel, Aug. 18, 1886.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: wood mantels and interior finish, with picture of the company’s factory.

 

82x50.65         receipted bill, Joshua Brooks & Co., flour and grain merchants, paid for flour, June 29, 1888.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.45         receipted bill, James R. Yeaton & Co., groceries, paid for squashes and a bushes of something else, Sept. 29, 1888[?]

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.67         receipted bill, John Laighton, groceries, paid for merchandise, Jan. 1, 1889.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.66         receipted bill, Jordan, Marsh & Co., Boston, paid for cloaks[?], Oct. 28, 1888.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.68         receipted bill, John P. Sweetser, house furnishings, paid for labor (workmen named), part, pipe, cover lifter, repairing rice boiler, wash tub, etc., Feb. 14, 1889.

                                    Printed billhead: house furnishings goods, stoves, furnaces, plumbing and gas fitting.

 

82x50.69         receipted bill, M.E. Hutchinson & Co., florists, paid for flowers, June 4, 1889.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.70         receipted bill, W.J. Sampson & Co., painters, paid for labor and paint, kalsomine, wallpaper, oak pole, July 11, 1889.

                                    Printed billhead: house, sign, fresco, & ornamental painters, paper hanging; dealers in various materials

 

82x50.71         receipted bill, Sheldon Brothers, [furniture], paid for repairing chairs, July 12, 1889.

                                    Printed billhead: parlor suits, sofas, divans, various chairs, center tables, chamber sets, manufacturers of mattresses, [etc.]

 

 

 

Folder 2: Bills, 1890-1896

 

82x50.72a-b    receipted bill, Wm. A. Hodgdon, carpenter and builder, paid by Miss Vennard fo a long list of building supplies, but what was being constructed was not named, 189-.

                                    Printed billhead

 

82x50.73-.75   receipted bills, John P. Sweetser, house furnishings, paid for bottle stopper, pans, dipper, wash board, oyster beazer[?], pipe, labor, etc., July 1890; and for window polish, agate kettle, pipe, labor, blacking stove, repairing copper boiler, etc., Jan. 24, 1891.

                                    Printed billhead: house furnishings goods, stoves, furnaces, plumbing and gas fitting.

 

82x50.74         receipted bill, Joshua Brooks & Co., flour and grain merchants, paid for flour, Jan. 24, 1891.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.76         receipted bill, R.H. White & Co., Boston, paid for portiers, May 5, 1891.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead; with view of the store.

 

82x50.77         receipted bill, Paine’s Furniture Co., Boston, paid for silk plush, May 6, 1891.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead, with view of the store and manufactory building; principals in this company were J.S. Paine, G.F.D. Paine, W.L. Shearer, and James L. Paine.

 

82x50.78         receipted bill, George B. French, dry goods and carpets, paid for a goat rug, June 8, 1891.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.79-.80   receipted bill, W.J. Sampson & Co., painters, paid for labor and paint, a center piece, paper maché, wallpaper, gilding, etc., June 18, 1891.

                                    Printed billhead: house, sign, fresco, & ornamental painters, paper hanging; dealers in various materials

 

82x50.81         receipted bill, Sheldon Brothers, [furniture], paid for plush and labor, July 1, 1891.

                                    Printed billhead: parlor suits, sofas, divans, various chairs, center tables, chamber sets, manufacturers of mattresses, [etc.]

 

82x50.82         receipted bill, Oren Bragdon & Son, shoe store, paid for boots, July 1, 1891.

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers and dealers in boots, shoes, rubbers, leather, and findings.  The son was Wm. A. Bragdon.

 

82x50.83         receipted bill, John Laighton, groceries, paid for merchandise, July 13, 1891.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.84         receipt from E.E. Ramsdell, for ice, May 20-Oct. 19, 1891.

                                    Printed form, printed by Times Press, Portsmouth.

 

82x50.85-.86   receipts from C.A. Badger, milk dealer, for milk from Nov. 1, 1891 to Jan. 1, 1892.

                                    Printed forms, printed by Times Press, Portsmouth.

 

82x50.87         receipted bill, John Laighton, groceries, paid for merchandise, Jan. 1, 1892.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.88         receipted bill, John P. Sweetser, house furnishings, paid for rug beater, knife, lamp chimney, repairs, pipe, labor, etc., Jan. 16, 1892.

                                    Printed billhead: house furnishings goods, stoves, furnaces, plumbing and gas fitting.

 

82x50.89         receipted bill, R. Hollings & Co., Boston, paid for a four light ormolu fixture, Feb. 6, 1892.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: chandelier and lamp makers, with picture of a Puritan man carrying a lantern.

 

82x50.90-.91   receipted bills, H.A. Yeaton & Son, (successors to Joshua Brooks & Co.), flour and grain merchants, paid for flour, July 18, 1892 and Jan. 3, 1893.

                                    Printed billhead, on old Joshua Brooks & Co. forms.

 

82x50.92         receipted bill, Benjamin Green apothecary, paid for lime water, cosmetics, bay rum, hair tonic, quinine, alum, boneset, cold cream, Seidlitz powders, ammonia, witch hazel, and other potions and pills, Jan. 1, 1893.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: illustrated with mortar and pestle; successor to J. H. Thacher

 

82x50.93         receipted bill, John Laighton, groceries, paid for merchandise, Jan. 1, 1893.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.94         receipted bill, Oren Bragdon & Son, shoe store, paid for oxfords, laces, clasps, and for repairs to boots and shoes, Jan. 2, 1893.

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers and dealers in boots, shoes, rubbers, leather, and findings. 

           

82x50.95         receipted shipping bill, Boston & Maine Railroad paid for shipment of a lounge from Boston, Jan. 13, 1893. 

                                    Printed form

 

82x50.96         receipt for payment of services rendered by J.W. Parsons, M.D., Jan. 16, 1893.

                                    Printed form.

 

82x50.97         receipted bill, W.J. Sampson & Co., painters, paid for labor and paint, Jan. 7, 1893.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: painters and dealers in artists materials, wallpapers, curtains, [etc.]  With illustrations of curtains, rolls of wallpaper, and a potted plant. The principals are W.J. Sampson and J.H. Gardiner.

 

82x50.98-.99   receipted bills, O.F. Philbrick & Co., steam carpet beating, paid by the Misses Vennard for beating and steaming carpets, April 14 and 24, 1893.

                                    Printed billhead.  Principals were George P., Newell S., and Otis F. Philbrick.

 

82x50.100       receipted bill, Jordan, Marsh & Co., Boston, paid for goods, April 18, 1893.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead; with view of the store, engraved by Samuel Ward Co., Boston.

 

82x50.101       receipted bill, Oren Bragdon & Son, shoe store, paid for boots, laces, and for repairs to boots, July 11, 1893.

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers and dealers in boots, shoes, rubbers, leather, and findings. 

 

82x50.102       receipted bill, John P. Sweetser, house furnishings, paid for covers, chimneys, blacking furnace, labor on copper gutter, etc., July 18, 1893.

                                    Printed billhead: house furnishings goods, stoves, furnaces, plumbing and gas fitting.

 

82x50.103       receipted bill, R.J. Donnelly, plumber, paid for labor, Aug. 28, 1893.

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in steam, gas and water pipe; earthenware, bathtubs, copper boilers, beer pumps, &c.

 

82x50.104-.105           typed receipted bills, William D. Grace, apothecary, paid for quinine pills, licorice powder, potassium tablets, soda mint tables, borax, celery compound, Carters Pills, bicarbonate of soda, Vaseline, prescriptions, whiskey, etc., Sept. 1, 1893.

                                    Printed billheads

 

82x50.106       receipted bill, John P. Sweetser, house furnishings, paid for repairing sweeper, drip pan, chimneys, lamp, blacking stove, Nov. 21, 1893.

                                    Printed billhead: house furnishings goods, stoves, furnaces, plumbing and gas fitting.

 

82x50.107       receipted bill, H.A. Yeaton & Son, (successors to Joshua Brooks & Co.), flour and grain merchants, paid for flour, Nov. 24, 1893.

                                    Printed billhead, on old Joshua Brooks & Co. forms.

 

82x50.108       receipted bill, Henry H. Dutton, country produce, paid for butter, Dec. 14, 1893.

                                    Printed billhead: butter, cheese, lard, beans, eggs, maple syrup, &c.

 

82x50.109       receipted bill, John Laighton, groceries, paid for merchandise, Jan. 1, 1894.

                                    Printed billhead.

 

82x50.110       receipted bill, John P. Sweetser, house furnishings, paid for Rochester wicks, chimneys, labor on sink pipe, Nov.-Dec, 1893, paid Jan. 4, 1894.

                                    Printed billhead: house furnishings goods, stoves, furnaces, plumbing and gas fitting.

 

82x50.111       receipt for payment of subscription to The Portsmouth Times, paid to Times Publishing Co., covering April 1-Oct. 1, 1894.

                                    Printed form.

 

80x139.11       receipted bill, E.E. Eaton, ranges and stoves, paid for pipe, stopcock, labor on sink, etc., May 1, 1895.

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: Hub ranges, parlor stoves, hot water and steam heaters; illustrated with picture of a range, printed in red.

 

11x50.8-.9, 80x139.12            receipted bills, John P. Sweetser, ranges and stoves, paid for repairing freezer, lawn mower, chimneys, hose, labor on range, hoops on tub, etc., Nov. 1895; labor and stock on roof and water pipe, Jan. 3, 1896; chimneys, repairs to kettle, drip pan, broom, lamp, wood tub, etc., May 2, 1896.

                                    Printed and illustrated billheads: dealer in Glenwood ranges and stoves; kitchen furnishings goods; plumbing, steam and hot water heating; illustrated with picture of Glenwood range.