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:         Bay State Paper Collar Company      

Title:               Business papers and Elliot family papers

Dates:             1842-1906, bulk dates 1866-1869

Call No.:         Col. 269         

Acc. No.:        93x44

Quantity:        about 1500 items

Location:        19 B 4 and map case C, drawer 1

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

The Bay State Paper Collar Company was started by members of the Elliot family of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1866, but seems to have gone out of business by 1870.  The company made paper collars and sleeve cuffs for both men and women.  Those Elliots involved in the company were Joseph Elliot (1807-1874), but more especially his sons Alfred L. Elliot (born 1847) and Charles D. Elliot (1837-1908).  Sylvester Chamberlain Fay (1825-1891) was one of their agents.

 

Joseph Elliot lived in Somerville, Massachusetts.  In the 1860 census, he was listed as a depot master, and in 1870 as a vinegar maker (living in Cambridge), so it is not clear how he came to be involved in making paper collars.  He married Zenora Tucker (1809-1885), and they had several children.

 

Son Charles Darwin Elliot (June 1837-1908) served in the Civil War as an topographical engineer.  After the failure of the collar business, he was listed in census records as a civil engineer, living in Somerville, Mass.  During the Civil War, he had spent time in Louisiana, and there he met and married Emily Jane Ring (born in Wisconsin, 1843, died 1909), and they had several children: Clara, Charles J., Addie, and Ella. 

 

Emily Ring was the daughter of David Ring (died 1874) and Mary Spencer (died 1846).  Following her mother’s death, Emily went to live with Frances E. Clapp and Nathaniel Fisher (1807-1885) Hyer.   Mr. Hyer had been involved with surveying in Wisconsin, and helped to draft a constitution for the state.  Due to poor health, the Hyers moved south, and the outbreak of the Civil War found them in Louisiana.  Eventually, the Hyers moved back to Wisconsin, where Mr. Hyer died.    

 

The other son involved in the Bay State Paper Collar Co. was Alfred Lawrence Elliot, who was born in March 1847.  In 1870, he married Isadore M. Smith (born circa 1848), daughter of Dennis and Mary Smith.  Their daughters were Maud and Edith.  When he joined the Masons in 1870, his occupation was listed as civil engineer, but in the 1880 census, he was listed as a manufacturer of heel stiffenings.

 

One of Joseph and Zenora’s daughters was Mary E. (Mary Elvira) Elliot (1851-1942).  She was a leader of the Willard C. Kinsley Relief Corps, the women’s auxiliary to the local GAR post, and secretary of the Massachusetts Relief Corps.  She also belonged to a number of other local civic and philanthropic organizations, including the DAR and the Independent Order of Good Templars.  She was noted for her public speaking ability.

 

Sylvester Chamberlain Fay (1825-1891) lived in Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts.  S.C. was the son of Dexter and Sophia Chamberlain Fay.  In the 1860 census, he was listed as a merchant, in 1870 as a collar manufacturer’s agent, and in 1880 as a corset manufacturer.  He married Eliza Bell(e) Burnett, daughter of Joel and Dolly Bellows Burnett.  They had a son Waldo.  In 1880, Mrs. Fay was running a boarding school in Southborough. 

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Consists of bills, shipping receipts, correspondence, advertising ephemera, notices, business cards, samples of collars (with patent date of August 14, 1866), and other items relating to the production and distribution of paper collars and cuffs by the Bay State Paper Collar Company from 1866-1869.  Letters reveal the slowness of the company in paying its bills.  Box maker S.S. Davis of Nashua, N.H., was often frustrated that the company had not sent the labels that were needed to go on the boxes his company was making.  Several printed notices pertain to stopping efforts of the Union Paper Collar Company to monopolize trade.  (During the late 1860s a number of collar producers banded together and claimed sole patent rights for paper collars.)  Charles D. Elliot was a leader in the formation of the Paper Collar Manufacturers Association which battled the Union Paper Collar Co.  Elliot attempted to secure patents himself.  Documents dated 1866 acknowledge receipt of his specifications for the improvement of paper collars and cuffs.  In 1871, he received a patent for his Kaleidoscope Collar. 

 

Letters and bills bearing the name of S.C. Fay relate to orders, primarily from retailers, for paper collars and cuffs.  Fay, an agent for the Bay State Paper Collar Co., often sent accounts of his expenses to Elliot with his letters.  The majority of the letters to Fay are from S.W. Ripley who commented about economic conditions, noting when business was dull.  (No attempt was made to further identify Ripley.)

 

The collection also includes correspondence and other information pertaining to the Elliot and Ring families.  After the closure of the Elliots’ paper collar business, the brothers pursued careers as engineers, and a little information about that is found in the collection.  Father Joseph Elliot sold his own jellies and grated horseradish, as evidenced by printed labels.  It is not known if he penned the acrostic on the name of Zenora Tucker.  An assortment of calling cards and trade cards are both personal and business-related. 

 

           

ORGANIZATION

 

Arranged by type of material, and then chronologically within each type: Bills and receipts, Statements and orders, Business correspondence, other business papers, trade cards, printed ephemera, Elliot/Ring family correspondence and genealogy, and samples of paper collars.

 

Note that orders for paper collars and cuffs may be found under both Statements and orders and under Business correspondence.

 

Samples of paper collars are in oversize file.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

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

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Purchased from Scott DeWolfe.

 

 

RELATED MATERIALS

 

Two letters from N. F. and Frances C. Hyer to Charles D. and Emily J. Elliot are held by Louisiana State University Special Collections. 

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

People:

           

            Elliot, Alfred L. (Alfred Lawrence), 1847-

Elliot, Charles Darwin, 1837-1908.

            Elliot, Joseph, 1807-1874.

            Elliot, Mary E. (Mary Elvira), 1851-1942.

            Fay, S. C. (Sylvester Chamberlain), 1825-1891

Ripley, S. W.

            Ring family

 

Topics:

A.L. Elliot & Co.

J. Elliot & Son.

Bay State Paper Collar Company

Union Paper Collar Co.

Paper Collar Manufacturers Association.

 

Box making.

Clothing and dress.

Collars.

Manufacturers' agents - Correspondence.

Paper products.

Wholesale trade - History - 19th century.

 

Business cards.

Advertising.

Bills of sale.

Letters.

Receipts.

Samples.

Announcements.

Patents.

Purchase orders.

 

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 19/B/4 and map case C, drawer 1

 

 

Box 1:

 

Folder 1: Internal Revenue license, 1866; accounts of stock

 

            .1         Internal Revenue License no. 4412, granted to J. & C. D. Elliot of Cambridge, manufacturers, Jan. 1, 1866, to cover Jan. 1-May 1, 1866. 

Printed form with blind embossed seal of John Sargent, district collector.

 

            .2a       Account of stock of Bay State Collar Co., no date, mostly listing cuffs

 

            .2b       Account of stock of J. Elliot & Co.., March 1866, mostly listing machinery (rotary cutter, presses, button hole dies, etc.); supplies (boxes, card board, collars), and equipment (coal, brushes, lamps, stove, etc.), with a rough sketch on the back

 

            .2c       account of stock and machinery, Bay State Collar Co., Aug. 1867, mostly listing cuffs and collars, and “goods in process of manufacture”         

 

Folder 2: Bills and receipts, 186- and 1865

 

            .3         Mr. Elliot bought of H.W. Hutchins, Boston, Aug. 5, 186-: hose, gloves, corsets, hoop skirt, comb, umbrella [see back]

                                    Printed billhead: small wares, hosiery and gloves; re-used billhead of Abbott & Hutchins, with Abbott’s name crossed through

 

            .4         S. C. Fay bought of Chas. H. Crosby, Boston, 186-: cards;

                                    Printed billhead: type printer, engraver, and lithographer (formerly Oakley & Tompson)

 

            .5a       Bay State Collar Co. bought of S.S. Davis, Nashua, N.H., Oct. 18, 186-: boxes and cartons;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of plain and fancy paper boxes; re-using stationery of Davis & Cross (successors to Knowlton & Co.)

 

            .5b       Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Jordan, Trask & Presby, Boston, [Nov. 21], 186-: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .6         Bay State Collar Co. bought of Davis Whiston, Boston, 186-: setting lights of glass;

                                    Printed billhead: painters and glaziers; house, sign, and fresco painting, paints, oils, glass & putty [etc.]; re-using stationery of Whiston & Gordon

 

            .7         S.[?] [illegible] bought of Bay State Collar Co., Boston, Jan.-Oct., 186-: goods not specified;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of paper goods

 

            .8         Alfred Elliot bought of Boston Type Foundry, Aug. 23, 1865: type;

                                    Printed form, listing styles of type faces available

 

            .9         A.L. Elliot bought of John A. Pearson, Cambridge, Sept. 19, 1865: paper boxes and sheets of paper

 

            .10-.12a-b        T.B. Lord bought of Jones & Ray, Boston, Sept. 29 and 30, Oct. 7 and 20, 1865: collar boxes;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of paper and fancy boxes [listing various styles]; agent is John I. Tay

                                    On back of .10: sketch of something;

                                    Relationship of Lord to Elliots or Fay is unknown

 

            .13       A.L. Elliot bought of John A. Pearson, Cambridge, Oct. 10, 1865: paper boxes

 

            .14-.16             T.B. Lord bought of Jones & Ray, Boston, Sept. 29 and 30, Oct. 7, 1865: collar boxes and cartons;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of paper and fancy boxes [listing various styles];

 

Folder 3: Bills and receipts, 1866: January-March

 

            .17       receipt: A.L. Elliot & Co. paid T.H. Seavey for rent of factory at no. 315 North St., Jan. 1, 1866;

                                    Printed receipt form, printed by Hallgreen & Warren (partially covered by revenue stamp)

 

            .18       S.C. Fay bought of Stimson & Cotter, Boston, Jan. 2, 1866: boxes of collars, packages of cuffs, carton of collars;

                                    Printed billhead: hosiery, gloves, shirts, drawers, trimming goods, yarns, fancy and staple goods (successors to Alfred A. Andrews)

 

            .19       A.[?] L. Barbour bought of J.E. Houghton & Co., Boston, Jan. 17, 1866: sheets of enameled paper;

                                    Printed billhead: agents for Enterprise, Eagle and Union Collar Manufacturing Co.’s, plain and enameled collar papers

 

            .20       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of John A. Pearson, Cambridge, Feb. 1, 1866: boxes for collars, sheets of straw board, gilt stripe

 

            .21       A.[?] L. Barbour & Co. bought of J.E. Houghton & Co., Boston, March 1, 1866: sheets of enameled paper;

                                    Printed billhead: agents for Enterprise, Eagle and Union Collar Manufacturing Co.’s, plain and enameled collar papers

 

            .22-.23             A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Phelps, Dalton & Co., Boston, March 1-2, 1866: type (feet of brass rule);

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: Dickinson Type Foundry, printing types and printing materials, newspaper headings, wood engravings, &c., illustrated with picture of statue of Gutenberg; company was formerly Phelps & Dalton

 

            .24-.25             A.L. Elliott & Co. bought of J.E. Houghton & Co., Boston, March 7 and 21, 1866: sheets of enameled paper;

                                    Printed billhead: agents for Enterprise, Eagle and Union Collar Manufacturing Co.’s, plain and enameled collar papers

 

            .26       A.L. Elliot bought of Jas. E. Houghton & Co., Boston, March 28, 1866: sheets of enameled paper;

                                    Printed billhead: agents for Enterprise, Eagle and Montana Collar Manufacturing Co.’s, plain and enameled collar papers; gentlemen’s cuffs; ladies’ cuffs and collars

 

Folder 4: Bills and receipts, 1866: April

 

            .27       A.L. Elliot bought of Jas. E. Houghton & Co., Boston, April 6, 1866: sheets of enameled paper;

                                    Printed billhead: agents for Enterprise, Eagle and Montana Collar Manufacturing Co.’s, plain and enameled collar papers; gentlemen’s cuffs; ladies’ cuffs and collars

 

            .28       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Phelps, Dalton & Co., Boston, April 6, 1866: type (feet of brass rule);

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: Dickinson Type Foundry, printing types and printing materials, newspaper headings, wood engravings, &c.; illustrated with picture of medallion awarded at 10th exhibition of Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, 1865

 

            .29       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of John C. Morse & Co., Boston, April 7, 1866: braid;

                                    Printed billhead

 

.30-.31             A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Amariah Storrs & Co., Boston, April 7 and 11, 1866: porcelain paper;

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in all kinds of cards, card board, glazed, enameled, and fancy papers, etc.; agents for Perkins’ cards

 

            .32       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of John C. Morse & Co., Boston, April 7, 1866: braid;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .33       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Phelps, Dalton & Co., Boston, April 12, 1866: type (feet of brass rule);

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: Dickinson Type Foundry, printing types and printing materials, newspaper headings, wood engravings, &c.; illustrated with picture of medallion awarded at 10th exhibition of Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, 1865

 

            .34       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of T.H. Seavey, Boston, April 16, 1866: enameled paper

 

            .35-.36             J. & C.D. Elliot bought of William Carter & Brother, Boston, April 18 and 21, 1866: goods, damaged;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory, dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .37       C.D. Elliot bought of Homes & Rugg, Cambridgeport, April 21, 1866: wood, coal;

                                    Printed billhead: dealers in coal and wood

 

.38       C.D. Elliot bought of Amariah Storrs & Co., Boston, April 7 and 11, 1866: sheets of white chino [or china];

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in all kinds of cards, card board, glazed, enameled, and fancy papers, etc.; agents for Perkins’ cards

 

            .39       Mr. Elliot bought of Moore, Wyman & Co., Boston, April 26, 1866: a crimping machine;

                                    Printed billhead: machinists; new machinery designed and built, … paper collar machinery, upright drills, &c.

 

            .40       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of John Ford, Cambridge, March 22-April 26, 1866: labels for boxes and electrotypes;

                                    Printed billhead: plain and ornamental job & card printer

 

            .41-.42             A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., April 27 and 30, 1866: ladies’ collar boxes;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes; formerly M.D. Knowlton

 

Folder 5: Bills and receipts, 1866: May

 

            .43       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Bay State Box Manufactory, George B. Harrington, agent, May 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .44       A.L. Elliot bought of Jas. E. Houghton & Co., Boston, May 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead: agents for Enterprise, Eagle and Montana Collar Manufacturing Co.’s, plain and enameled collar papers; gentlemen’s cuffs; ladies’ cuffs and collars

 

            .45       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., May 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .46       Mr. Elliot bought of Joseph Marin, Cambridge, May 3, 1866: hatched[?] boards, hinges, capping, nails

 

.47       A. L. Elliot & Co. bought of Amariah Storrs & Co., Boston, May 4, 1866: sheets of satin board

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in all kinds of cards, card board, glazed, enameled, and fancy papers, etc.; agents for Perkins’ cards

 

            .48       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of John C. Morse & Co., Boston, May 7, 1866: soutache;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .49       receipt: A.L. Elliot & Co. paid Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., May 10, 1866;

                                    Printed and illustrated receipt form; printed by Greene & Noyes of Nashua; illustrated with figure of Liberty holding an American flag

 

            .50       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of M.D. Knowlton, Nashua, N.H., May 11, 1866: collar boxes and cartons;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes

 

            .51-.52             J. & C.D. Elliot bought of William Carter & Brother, Boston, May 12 and 15, 1866: sheets of collar paper;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory, dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .53       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Phelps, Dalton & Co., Boston, May 19, 1866: type (feet of brass rule);

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: Dickinson Type Foundry, printing types and printing materials, newspaper headings, wood engravings, &c.; illustrated with picture of medallion awarded at 10th exhibition of Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, 1865

 

.54-.55             C.D. Elliot bought of Amariah Storrs & Co., Boston, May 23 and 24, 1866: sheets of porcelain [paper]

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in all kinds of cards, card board, glazed, enameled, and fancy papers, etc.; agents for Perkins’ cards

 

            .56       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Whiting Paper Co., Holyoke, Mass., May 28, 1866: collar paper

                                    On back: various calculations

 

            .57       A.L. Elliot bought of John Ford, Cambridge, May 17-28, 1866: printing labels for boxes, billheads, silvering 5 plates;

                                    Printed billhead: plain and ornamental job & card printer

 

            .58       J. & C.D. Elliot paid United States Internal Revenue, Cambridgeport, Mass., May 29, 1866: excise tax for April

                                    Printed form

 

.59       C.D. Elliot bought of Amariah Storrs & Co., Boston, May 29, 1866: sheets of porcelain [paper]

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in all kinds of cards, card board, glazed, enameled, and fancy papers, etc.; agents for Perkins’ cards

 

Folder 6: Bills and receipts, 1866: June

 

            .60       receipt: Mr. Elliot paid Calvin Gove for rent on Irving House, May 1-June 1, 1866.  On back: calculations

 

            .61       L.E. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., June 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .62       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., June 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .63a     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Bay State Box Manufactory, George B. Harrington, agent, June 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .63b     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of T.B. Lord, agent, Boston, June 5, 1866: boxes;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: Bigelow’s ladies’ and gents’ celebrated satin enamelled collars and cuffs, also all kinds of ladies’ paper goods; ; illustrated with picture of a harbor appearing under the word Boston

 

.64       A. L. Elliot bought of Amariah Storrs & Co., Boston, June 6, 1866: sheets of embossed gilt and green plated [paper]

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in all kinds of cards, card board, glazed, enameled, and fancy papers, etc.; agents for Perkins’ cards

 

            .65-.66             J. & C.D. Elliot bought of William Carter & Brother, Boston, June 6 and 8, 1866: collar board, enameled collar thin, sheets of satin [paper];

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory, dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .67       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Phelps, Dalton & Co., Boston, June 7, 1866: brass circle;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: Dickinson Type Foundry, printing types and printing materials, newspaper headings, wood engravings, &c.; illustrated with picture of medallion awarded at 10th exhibition of Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, 1865

 

            .68       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., June 14, 1866: ladies’ collar boxes, printing labels;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes; formerly M.D. Knowlton

 

            .69       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of John C. Morse & Co., Boston, June 19, 1866: soutache;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .70       J. Elliot & Sons paid United States Internal Revenue, Cambridge, Mass., June 25, 1866: excise tax for May

                                    Printed form

 

            .71       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of John C. Morse & Co., Boston, June 28, 1866: braid;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .72       C.D. Elliot bought of Moore, Wyman & Co., Boston, June 29, 1866: work on forging crank for machine, crimping rolls, castings for rolls, steel roll, labor;

                                    Printed billhead: machinists; new machinery designed and built, geer [sic] cutting, patent models, and machine jobbing.  Ericson’s Caloric Engines set up and repaired.  (successors to Wentworth & Foster, formerly with Henry Sibley)

 

            .73       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., June 30, 1866: ruffle boxes with cartons, printing labels;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes; formerly M.D. Knowlton

 

            .74       A.L. Elliot bought of John Ford & Son, Cambridge, June 1-30, 1866: billheads and labels for collars;

                                    Printed billhead: plain and ornamental job & card printer; “& Son” has been written in

 

Folder 7: Bills and receipts, 1866: July

 

            .75       A.L. & C.D. Elliot bought of Jas. E. Houghton & Co., Boston, June-July, 1866: ladies’ collar boxes and gents’ cuff boxes;

                                    Printed billhead;

                                    On back: pencil sketches of something

 

            .76       C.D. Elliot & Co. paid Cambridgeport Post Office for box rent from April-July 1866.

                                    Printed form

 

.77       A. L. Elliot bought of Amariah Storrs & Co., Boston, July 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .77       Elliot & Co. bought of Holman & Danforth, no place, April 2-June 30, 1866, dated July 1, 1866: although the bill does not say this, this may be a bill for delivery expenses; cases, bundles, chests, and rolls of paper are mentioned; the amount are too low to be charges for paper, but not too low for delivery

 

.78-.79             A. L. Elliot bought of Amariah Storrs & Co., Boston, July 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise (purchased in May and June);

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .80       receipt: Elliot & Co. paid Calvin Gove for rent on rooms in Irving House, June 1-July 1, 1866. 

 

            .81       J. & C.D. Elliot bought of Wm. Carter & Brother, Boston, July 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .82       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Bay State Box Manufactory, George B. Harrington, agent, July 2, 1866: unspecified merchandise

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .83       receipt: A.L. Elliot & Co. paid Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., July 3 1866;

                                    Printed and illustrated receipt form; printed by Greene & Noyes of Nashua; illustrated with figure of Liberty holding an American flag

 

            .84       C.D. Elliot bought of Moore, Wyman & Co., Boston, July 3, 1866: a pattern;

                                    Printed billhead: machinists; new machinery designed and built, geer [sic] cutting, patent models, and machine jobbing.  Eriscon’s Caloric Engines set up and repaired.  (successors to Wentworth & Foster, formerly with Henry Sibley)

 

            .85       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Bay State Box Manufactory, George B. Harrington, agent, July 5, 1866: round collar boxes

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturer of paper boxes of every description; with picture of a harbor appearing under the word Boston

 

            .86       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of J.A. Safford, Boston, July 7, 1866: pairs of rolls;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturer of boot and shoe machinery and shoe tools; illustrated with pictures of feather edging machines [for shoes] and a Safford & Chase skiving machine

 

            .87       order from A.L. Elliot, Cambridgeport, June 1866, to T. H. Seavey: “pay to the order of J.E. Houghton and charge to my account,” with note: paid July 10/66

 

            .88       J. & C.D. Elliot bought of William Carter & Brother, Boston, July 12, 1866: enameled board;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory, dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

.89       A.L. Elliot bought of Amariah Storrs & Co., Boston, July 18, 1866: porcelain paper;

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in all kinds of cards, card board, glazed, enameled, and fancy papers, etc.; agents for Perkins’ cards

 

            .90-.91             promissory notes: [name torn off to indicate payment made] promised to pay T. H. Seavey, Boston, July 18, 1866;

                                    Printed and illustrated forms: .90 printed by Allen & Co. and illustrated with a harbor scene (steamboat dominate feature) and head of a dog holding a sign that reads Fidelity;

                                                .91 printed by A.R. Gay & Co., and illustrated with seated figure of Liberty, with eagle to one side and American shield on the other

 

            .92       A.L. Elliot & Co., Cambridgeport, bought of Bay State Box Manufactory, Boston, George B. Harrington, agent, July 20, 1866: round collar boxes

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturer of paper boxes of every description; with picture of a harbor appearing under the word Boston

 

            .93       receipt: A.L. Elliot & Co. paid Knowlton & Co., Cambridgeport, Mass., July 25 1866;

 

            .94       A.L. Elliot bought of J.A. Safford, Boston, July 31, 1866: pairs of rolls, steel rings and turning and fitting them, etc.;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturer of boot and shoe machinery and shoe tools; illustrated with pictures of feather edging machines [for shoes] and a Safford & Chase skiving machine

 

Folder 8: Bills and receipts, 1866: August

 

            .95       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Aug. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .96       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Bay State Box Manufactory, George B. Harrington, agent, Aug. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise

                                    Printed billhead

 

.97       A.L. Elliot bought of Amariah Storrs & Co., Boston, Aug. 1, 1866: embossed cuff paper;

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in all kinds of cards, card board, glazed, enameled, and fancy papers, etc.; agents for Perkins’ cards

 

            .98       A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Whiting Paper Co., Holyoke, Mass., Aug. 3, 1866: collar paper

 

.99       A.L. Elliot bought of Amariah Storrs & Co., Boston, Aug. 4, 1866: porcelain and embossed papers;

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in all kinds of cards, card board, glazed, enameled, and fancy papers, etc.; agents for Perkins’ cards

 

            .100     J. & C.D. Elliot bought of William Carter & Brother, Boston, Aug. 6, 1866: porcelain paper;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory, dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .101     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of John C. Morse & Co., Boston, Aug. 9, 1866: braid;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .102     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Whiting Paper Co., Holyoke, Mass., Aug. 13, 1866: paper

 

.103-.104         A.L. Elliot bought of Amariah Storrs & Co., Boston, Aug. 13 and 14, 1866: embossed gilt paper, sheets of collar [paper?];

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in all kinds of cards, card board, glazed, enameled, and fancy papers, etc.; agents for Perkins’ cards

 

            .105     A.L. Elliot bought of Gardner, Pratt & Mackintire, Boston, Aug. 15, 1866: box of paper collars, damaged;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .106     receipt: A.L. Elliot & Co. paid Whiting Paper Co., Holyoke, Mass., Aug. 21, 1866;

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .107-.109         A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Aug. 22 and 25[?], 1866: ruffle boxes, printing ruffle labels, tuck boxes, etc.;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes; formerly M.D. Knowlton

 

.109     A.L. Elliot bought of Amariah Storrs & Co., Boston, Aug. 13 and 14, 1866: embossed cuff paper;

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in all kinds of cards, card board, glazed, enameled, and fancy papers, etc.; agents for Perkins’ cards

 

            .110     S. C. Fay bought of Butler & Rogers, Boston, Aug. 28, 1866: ladies’ Byron collars;

                                    Printed billhead: small wares, trimmings, buttons, hosiery, gloves, &c.

 

            .111     J. & C.D. Elliot paid United States Internal Revenue, Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 29, 1866: excise tax for July; with penciled note at top: change to BSPCCo. [Bay State Paper Collar Co.]

                                    Printed form

 

            .112     J. & C.D. Elliot bought of William Carter & Brother, Boston, Aug. 29, 1866: sheets of collar board;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory, dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .113     receipt: Jas. E. Houghton & Co., Boston, Aug. 31, 1866, received payment from A.L. & C.D. Elliot

 

            .114     A.L. Elliot bought of J.A. Safford, Boston, Aug. 31, 1866: rolls, collar machine, polishing machine;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturer of boot and shoe machinery and shoe tools; illustrated with pictures of two machines [identified on another billhead as skiving machines]

 

Folder 9: Bills and receipts, 1866: September

 

            .115     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Sept. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .116     promissory note: A.L. Elliot, Cambridgeport, promised to pay Knowlton & Co., Sept. 1, 1866, with note that was paid on Dec. 3;

                                    Printed and illustrated form: printed by R. Merrill & Son, Concord, N.H., illustrated with figure of Liberty, holding a shield

 

            .117     J. & C.D. Elliot bought of Wm. Carter & Brother, Boston, Sept. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .118     Elliot & Fay bought of E.L. Grant, Boston, Sept. 1,1866: charges for carting

 

            .119     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of John A. Pearson, Cambridge, Sept. 1, 1866: paper boxes for cuffs and collars, cartons, embossed boxes

 

            .120     Stone Wood & Co. bought of S.C. Fay, Cambridgeport, Sept. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise, collars and cuffs in different styles;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .121     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Bay State Box Manufactory, George B. Harrington, agent, Sept. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .122     J. & C.D. Elliot bought of William Carter & Brother, Boston, Sept. 1, 1866: sheets of collar board;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory, dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .123     order: Mr. Light to pay to the order of Spaulding Bro., signed by Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Sept. 3, 1866; sent to A.L. Elliot & Co., Cambridgeport, Mass.;

                                    Printed and illustrated form: printed by R. Merrill & Son, Concord, N.H., illustrated with seated woman holding a hoe, and with head of a man with a feather in his hat

 

.124-.125         A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Amariah Storrs & Co., Boston, Sept. 6, 1866: embossed gilt and white embossed cuff papers;

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in all kinds of cards, card board, glazed, enameled, and fancy papers, etc.; agents for Perkins’ cards

 

            .126     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Sept. 6, 1866: ruffle boxes, printing, cartons; requests plate for printing patterns;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes; formerly M.D. Knowlton

 

            .127     receipt: A.L. Elliot paid John A. Pearson of Cambridge, Sept. 6, 1866, for paper boxes

 

            .128-.129         A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of John C. Morse & Co., Boston, Sept. 7, 1866: unspecified merchandise and braid;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .130     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of John Ford, Cambridge, Sept. 7 [or 1], 1866: billheads, labels [for boxes or collars];

                                    Printed billhead: plain and ornamental job & card printer

 

            .131     receipt: Chas. W. Jenks & Bro., Providence, Sept. 8, 1866, received payment from S.C. Fay;

                                    Printed form

           

.132     J. & C.D. Elliot bought of William Carter & Brother, Boston, Sept. 8, 1866: sheets of porcelain [paper];

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory, dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .133a-b            S.C. Fray [sic, i.e. Fay] bought of H. Rubens, New York, Sept. 8, 1866: cases of collar paper, with charges for shipping; duplicate bills

 

            .134-.135         A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Whiting Paper Co., Holyoke, Mass., Sept. 10-11, 1866: collar paper and white wove paper

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of envelopes, flat caps, & writing papers

 

            .136     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Merriam & Co., Boston, Sept. 13, 1866: engraved roll, etc.

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of the Toad Embossing Prress

 

            .137-.138         J. & C.D. Elliot bought of William Carter & Brother, Boston, Sept. 14 and 18, 1866: sheets of collar board and collar paper;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory, dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .139     S.C. Fay bought of J. & L. Dejonge, New York, Sept. 19, 1866: embossed heavy paper;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers, importers, and dealers in fancy papers

 

            .140     S.C. Fay bought of J. & J. Berry, Boston, Sept. 19, 1866: making steel roll;

Printed billhead: engravers, die sinkers, designers, and cutters of bookbinders’ tools, &c.  

 

            .141     S.C. Fay bought of A. Callahan & Co., Boston, Sept. 20, 1866: boxes of Byron collars;

                                    Printed billhead: jobbers in hosiery, gloves, braids and trimming goods

 

            .142     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Sept. 20, 1866: ruffle boxes, cartons;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes; formerly M.D. Knowlton

 

            .143     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Smith Paper Co., Lee, Mass., Sept. 21, 1866: Byron collar paper;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of writing, blank book, printing collar & enameled papers, also paper collars

 

.144     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Amariah Storrs & Co., Boston, Sept. 22, 1866: embossed gilt and fancy papers;

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in all kinds of cards, card board, glazed, enameled, and fancy papers, etc.; agents for Perkins’ cards

 

            .145     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of George F. Bassett, Lee, Mass., Sept. 24, 1866: ladies’ collar boxes in cartons;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of papers boxes … with or without labels

 

            .146     S.C. Fay bought of Smith, Merritt & Co., Boston, Sept. 24, 1866: one cuff die;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of cutters, or dies, for leather, cloth, paper, &c., [and] edge tools

 

            .147     J. & H.[?] Elliot paid United States Internal Revenue, Cambridgeport, Mass., Sept. 24, 1866: excise tax for August

                                    Printed form

 

            .148     C.S. [sic, i.e. S.C.] Fay bought of Richard L. Gay, Boston, Sept. 24, 1866: scrap books;

                                    Printed billhead: stationer and blank-book manufacturer, printing and lithographing

 

            .149-.151         S.C. Fay bought of J. & L. Dejonge, New York, Sept. 24, 27 and 29, 1866: embossed paper;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers, importers, and dealers in fancy papers

 

Folder 10: Bills and receipts, 1866: October

 

            .152     E.T. Lovering bought of A.L. Elliot & Co., Cambridgeport, Oct. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .153     Elliot & Fay paid E.L. Grant, Boston, Oct. 1,1866: charges for carting machine, cases, barrels, boxes, etc.

 

            .154     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Bay State Box Manufactory, George B. Harrington, agent, Oct. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .155     C.D. Elliot & Co. paid Cambridgeport Post Office, Oct. 1, 1866, for box rent from Oct. 1866 to Jan. 1867.

                                    Printed form

 

            .156     Elliot & Co. bought of John A. Pearson, Cambridge, Oct. 1, 1866: paper boxes, paper cuffs, paper collars, paper point lace, etc.

 

            .157     J. & C.D. Elliot bought of Wm. Carter & Brother, Boston, Oct. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .158     Elliot & Co. paid Holman & Danforth, Cambridgeport, Oct. 1, 1866: although the bill does not say this, this may be a bill for delivery expenses; cases, bundles, chests, and rolls of paper are mentioned; the amount are too low to be charges for paper, but not too low for delivery

 

            .159     C.S. [sic, i.e. S.C.] Fay bought of Richard L. Gay, Boston, Oct. 1, 1866: scrap books;

                                    Printed billhead: stationer and blank-book manufacturer, printing and lithographing

 

            .160     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Oct. 2, 1866: ruffle collar boxes, printed labels;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes; formerly M.D. Knowlton

 

            .161     J. & C.D. Elliot bought of William Carter & Brother, Boston, Oct. 5, 1866: sheets of collar board;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory, dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .162     S.C. Fay bought of J. & L. Dejonge, New York, Oct. 6, 1866: heavy embossed paper;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers, importers, and dealers in fancy papers

 

            .163     S.C. Fay bought of H. Rubens & Co., New York, Oct. 6, 1866: collar paper;

                                    Printed billhead: importers of paper

 

            .164     receipt: A.L. Elliot & Co. paid John A. Pearson, Cambridge, Oct. 8, 1866, for paper boxes.

 

            .165     A. Elliot bought of John L. Hanson, Boston, Oct. 9, 1866: pipes

                                    Printed billhead: Magnet parlor and cook stoves

 

            .166     S.C. Fay bought of H. Rubens & Co., New York, Oct. 9, 1866: collar paper; additional notes on back;

                                    Printed billhead: importers of paper

 

            .167     receipt: A.L. Elliot & Co. paid Geo. Bassett, Lee, Oct. 15, 1866

 

            .168     receipt: A.L. Elliot & Co. paid Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Oct. 12, 1866;

                                    Printed and illustrated receipt form; printed by Greene & Noyes of Nashua; illustrated with figure of Liberty holding an American flag

 

            .169     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Oct. 19, 1866: boxes and cartons;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes; formerly M.D. Knowlton

 

            .170     J. & C.D. Elliot bought of William Carter & Brother, Boston, Oct. 5, 1866: sheets of satin enameled paper;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory, dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .171     receipt: Mr. Elliot paid L.T.P. [Mrs. Louisa T. Peck], Cambridgeport, Oct. 23, 1866, for house on Gardner St.

 

            .172     sight draft: signed by Wm. P. Lyon, Treasurer, Paper Collar Manuf. Assoc., Oct. 24, 1866, payable to Central Natl. Bank, New York, for A.L. Elliot, secretary;

                                    Printed form, with ornamental decoration

 

            .173     [space for name is blank] bought of Merritt & Co., Boston, Oct. 24, 1866: round and cuff dies;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of cutters, or dies, for leather, cloth, paper, &c., [and] edge tools; (formerly Smith, Merritt & Co.)

 

            .174     J. & C.D. Elliot bought of William Carter & Brother, Boston, Oct. 25, 1866: sheets of collar board;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory, dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .175     S.C. Fay bought of Gilman Brothers, Nashua, N.H., Oct. 27, 1866: sheets of satin paper;

                                    Printed billhead: successors to Gage, Murray & Co.

 

            .176     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Phelps, Dalton & Co., Boston, Oct. 29, 1866: type and varnish;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: Dickinson Type Foundry, printing types and printing materials, newspaper headings, wood engravings, &c.; illustrated with picture of medallion awarded at 10th exhibition of Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, 1865

 

            .177     J. & C.D. Elliot bought of William Carter & Brother, Boston, Oct. 30, 1866: sheets of collar board;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory, dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .178     J. Elliot & Son paid United States Internal Revenue, Boston, Mass., Oct. 30, 1866: excise tax for September

                                    Printed form

 

Folder 11: Bills and receipts, 1866: November

 

            .179     receipt: S.C. Fay paid Woodward, Brown & Co., Boston, Nov. 1, 1866, for rent of counting room;

                                    Printed billhead: produce commission merchants for the sale of flour, grain, provisions, grass seeds, butter, cheese, eggs, dried fruits, &c.

 

            .180     J. & C.D. Elliot bought of Wm. Carter & Brother, Boston, Nov. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .181     Weld, Andrews & Leet, [New York], bought of A.L. Elliot & Co., Cambridgeport, Nov. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead;

                                    Part of paper has been cut off; original date of Sept. 12 crossed through

 

            .182     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Nov. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .183     S.C. Fay bought of Gilman Brothers, Nashua, N.H., Nov. 3, 1866: sheets of satin paper;

                                    Printed billhead: successors to Gage, Murray & Co.

 

            .184     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Nov. 3, 1866: boxes and cartons, blue paper;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes; formerly M.D. Knowlton

 

            .185     J. & C.D. Elliot bought of William Carter & Brother, Boston, Nov. 7, 1866: a gallon of mucilage;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory, dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .186     A.L. Elliot bought of John A. Pearson, Cambridge, Nov. 8, 1866: boxes of blue strip

 

            .187     C.H. Cadine[?], Amesbury, Mass., bought of S.C. Fay, Cambridgeport, Nov. 10, 1866: ladies reversible tuck cuffs and Marseilles point lace collars, which were returned

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .188     A.L. Elliot bought of Robert Fletcher, Boston, Nov. 10, 1866: coal

                                    Printed form

 

            .189     receipt: A.L. Elliot & Co. paid Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Nov. 12, 1866;

                                    Printed and illustrated receipt form; printed by Greene & Noyes of Nashua; illustrated with figure of Liberty holding an American flag

 

            .190     receipt: A.L. Elliot & Co. paid Wm. Carter & Bro., Boston, Nov. 14, 1886;

                                    Printed receipt form; name of printer covered by internal revenue stamp

 

            .191     S.C. Fay bought of Gilman Brothers, Nashua, N.H., Nov. 17, 1866: sheets of satin paper;

                                    Printed billhead: successors to Gage, Murray & Co.

 

            .192     S.C. Fay bought of Stimson & Cotter, Boston, Nov. 17, 1866: la. Byron collars;

                                    Printed billhead: wholesale small wares and trimmings store (successors to Alfred A. Andrews), hosiery and gloves, shirts and drawers, trimming goods, yarns, fancy and staple goods

 

            .193     S.C. Fay bought of Gilman Brothers, Nashua, N.H., Nov. 19, 1866: sheets of thin satin paper and garrote board;

                                    Printed billhead: successors to Gage, Murray & Co.

 

            .194     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Bay State Box Manufactory, George B. Harrington, agent, Nov. 19, 1866: unspecified merchandise

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .195     J. & C.D. Elliot bought of William Carter & Brother, Boston, Nov. 21, 1866: sheets of collar board;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory, dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .196-.197         S.C. Fay bought of March Bros., Pierce & Co., Boston, Nov. 26[?] and 27, 1866: boxes of paper collars;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: importers of men’s furnishing goods; illustrated with picture of the store, engraved by Jonnan[?] Drew

 

Folder 12: Bills and receipts, 1866: December

 

            .198     Bay State Collar Co., A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Wm. Carter & Brother, Boston, Dec. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .199     S.C. Fay bought of Gilman Brothers, Nashua, N.H., Dec. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead: successors to Gage, Murray & Co.

 

            .200     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Dec. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .201     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of J.A. Safford, Boston, Dec. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of boot and shoe machinery

 

            .202-.203         M.A. Tynburg of New York City; and Birchard & Whitney paid A.L. Elliot & Co., Cambridgeport, Dec. 1, 1866: for unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .204-.208         Camp & St. John of N.H. [New Haven?], Conn.; Burr Bros.; Darrah Bros. of Lewiston, Me.; Gibbs & Austin, Ogdensburg, N.Y.; and Roice Tuck & Co., all paid S.C. Fay, Cambridgeport, Dec. 1, 1866: unspecified merchandise.

                                    Printed billhead;

                                    .204: includes request for receipt (Camp & St. John)

 

            .209     S.C. Fay bought of Butler & Rogers, Boston, Dec. 1, 1866: paper cuffs and collars;

                                    Printed billhead: small wares, trimmings, buttons, hosiery, gloves, &c.

 

            .210     S.C. Fay bought of Gilman Brothers, Nashua, N.H., Dec. 1, 1866: garrote board;

                                    Printed billhead: successors to Gage, Murray & Co.

 

            .211     Elliot & Fay paid E.L. Grant, Boston, Dec. 1, 1866: for deliveries

 

            .212     S.C. Fay bought of March Bros., Pierce & Co., Boston, Dec. 1, 1866: collars[?];

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: importers of men’s furnishing goods; illustrated with picture of the store, engraved by Jonnan[?] Drew

 

            .213     S.C. Fay bought of Robert Fletcher, Boston, Nov. 10, 1866: coal

                                    Printed form

 

            .214     S.C. Fay bought of March Bros., Pierce & Co., Boston, Dec. 5, 1866: collars[?];

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: importers of men’s furnishing goods; illustrated with picture of the store, engraved by Jonnan[?] Drew

 

            .215     receipt: S.C. Fay paid Parmenter & Van Bunchete[?], New York, Dec. 6, 1866

 

            .216     S.C. Fay bought of March Bros., Pierce & Co., Boston, Dec. 7, 1866: collars;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: importers of men’s furnishing goods; illustrated with picture of the store, engraved by Jonnan[?] Drew

 

            .217     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Homer, Caldwell & Co., Boston, Dec. 11, 1866: stand and side lamps;

                                    Printed billhead: crockery, china & glass ware, kerosene & fluid lamps, table cutlery, silver-plate, Britannia and japanned ware, [and] room papers

 

            .218     receipt: A.L. Elliot & Co. paid Wm. Carter & Bro., Boston, Dec. 12, 1886;

                                    Printed receipt form, printed by Darling, stationer, Boston

 

            .219     Bay State Collar Co. bought of George B. Harrington, agent [for] Bay State Box Manufactory, Dec. 12, 1866: boxes

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturer of paper boxes of every description; with picture of a harbor appearing under the word Boston

 

            .220     receipt: A.L. Elliot & Co. paid A. Storrs &Co., Boston, Dec. 12, 1866;

                                    Printed receipt form, with classical figure inside an ornamented oval [figure mostly covered by internal revenue stamp]

 

            .221     A.L. Elliot paid J.A. Safford, Boston, Dec. 12, 1866: rolls and hours of work

 

            .222     S.C. Fay bought of A. Callahan & Co., Boston, Dec. 13, 1866: collars and lined and unlined cuffs;

                                    Printed billhead: jobbers in hosiery, gloves, braids and trimming goods

 

            .223     Kate Dolan, Waltham, bought of S.C. Fay, agent for Bay State Paper Collar Co., Boston, Dec. 14, 1866: lace ribbon; tuck cuffs; and tuck, Shakespeare, and ladies’ Byron and garrote collars;

                                    Printed billhead on blue paper; with note about non-arrival of goods

 

            .224     R. Clarke, Nashua, bought of Bay State Paper Collar Co., Dec. 14, 1866: Byron and other collars;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturers of ladies’ paper collars and cuffs, fancy and pain in great variety; with view of harbor under the word Boston

 

            .225     S.C. Fay bought of Jordan, Marsh & Co., Boston, Dec. 17, 1866: blankets;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .226     receipt: Bay State Paper Collar Co. paid Wm. P. Lyon, treasurer, Paper Collar Manuf. Assoc., New York, Dec. 17, 1866: for assessment on November returns to U.S. Revenue Assessor as reported

 

            .227     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Henry A. Hall, Boston, Dec. 19, 1866: rings;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturer and dealer in India rubber and gutta percha goods [includes long list of other goods], illustrated with figures of 2 men: one with broken umbrella and the other staying dry in rubber clothes

 

            .228     [space for name is blank] bought of Merritt & Co., Boston, Dec. 21, 1866: collar and cuff dies;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of cutters, or dies, for leather, cloth, paper, &c., [and] edge tools; (formerly Smith, Merritt & Co.)

 

            .229     S. C. Fay bought of Kimball, Lindsay & Co., Boston, Dec. 21, 1866: Marseilles[?] collars;

                                    Printed billhead: worsted goods, hosiery, gloves, skirts, corsets, small wares

 

            .230     A.L. Elliot bought of Lewis Coleman & Co., Boston, Dec. 22, 1866: shakers, gloves, wool hose, buttons

                                    Printed billhead: hosiery, gloves, fancy goods, woolen yarns

 

            .231     S.C. Fay bought of Stimson & Cotter, Boston, Dec. 22, 1866: men’s cuffs and collars

 

            .232     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Wm. Carter & Brother, Boston, Nov. 1-Dec. 22, 1866: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .233     receipt: Mr. Elliot paid Mrs. L.T.P. (Mrs. Louisa T. Peck), Cambridgeport, Dec. 23, 1866, for house on Gardner St.

 

            .234     receipt: S.C. Fay paid Parmenter & Van Bunscheten[?], per Crescent Collar Co., New York, Dec. 24, 1866

 

            .235     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Spaulding Brothers, Boston, Dec. 28, 1866: s. board;

                                    Printed billhead: wrapping paper, paper bags, straw board, dry and tarred sheathing, hemp, flax and jute twines, marline, &c.; paper made to order

 

            .236     J. Elliot & Son paid United States Internal Revenue, Boston, Mass., Dec. 29, 1866: excise tax for November

                                    Printed form

 

            .237     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Marshall A. Lewis & Co., Boston, Dec. 31, 1866: blank book, scissors;

                                    Printed billhead: cutlery, combs and fancy goods [and a long list of other goods, including stationery]

 

Folder 13: Bills and receipts, 1867: January-March

 

            .238     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Marshall A. Lewis & Co., Boston, 1867: bill books;

                                    Printed billhead: cutlery, combs and fancy goods [and a long list of other goods, including stationery]

 

            .239     S.C. Fay bought of Gilman Brothers, Nashua, N.H., Jan. 1, 1867: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead: successors to Gage, Murray & Co.

 

            .240     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of J.A. Safford, Boston, Jan. 1, 1867: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of boot and shoe machinery

 

            .241     Roice Tuck & Co. bought of S.C. Fay, agent for Bay State Paper Collar Co., Cambridgeport, Jan. 1, 1867: unspecified merchandise.

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .242-.243         S.C. Fay bought of J. & J. Berry, Boston, Jan. 1, 1867: 3 cutters and cuff die [duplicate bills];

Printed billhead: engravers, die sinkers, designers, and cutters of bookbinders’ tools, &c.

 

            .244     Elliot & Co. paid E.L. Grant, Boston, Jan. 1, 1867: for deliveries

 

            .245     S.C. Fay bought of J. Restein & Sons, Philadelphia, Jan. 3, 1867: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead: coloring and card pasting establishment, [and various kinds of cards and papers]

 

            .246-.247         Bay State Collar Co. bought of Whiting Paper Co., Holyoke, Mass., Jan. 4, 1867: collar paper [duplicate bills]

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of envelopes, flat caps, & writing papers

 

            .248     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Jan. 5, 1867: blue boxes, ruffle boxes, cartons, etc.;

                                    Printed billhead

           

.249     A.L. Elliot bought of Gardner, Pratt & Mackintire, Boston, Jan. 8, 1867: Byron, embossed, and Shakespeare collars;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .250     Roice Tuck &Co. in account with S.C. Fay, agt. BSPCCo., Jan. 14, 1867: for a variety of styles of collars and cuffs

 

            .251     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Kimball, Lindsay & Co., Boston, Jan. 15, 1867: ruffles;

                                    Printed billhead: worsted goods, hosiery, gloves, skirts, corsets, small wares

 

            .252     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Jan. 15, 1867;

                                    Printed and illustrated receipt form; printed by Hallgreen & Warren, Boston, illustrated with striped shield with one star, with motto “Union Forever”

 

            .253     [space for name is blank] bought of Merritt & Co., Boston, Jan. 15, 1867: repairing collar die and new cuff die;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of cutters, or dies, for leather, cloth, paper, &c., [and] edge tools; (formerly Smith, Merritt & Co.)

 

            .254     S.C. Fay bought of Peck, Heaton & Co., Boston, Jan. 16, 1867: paper cuffs and Shakespeare style of cuffs or collars;

                                    Printed billhead: small wares, hosiery, gloves, &c.

 

            .255     receipt: Mr. Elliot paid Mrs. L.P. (Louisa Peck), Cambridgeport, Jan. 23, 1867, for house on Gardner St.

.

            .256     [space for name is blank] bought of Merritt & Co., Boston, Jan. 25, 1867: altering collar die;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of cutters, or dies, for leather, cloth, paper, &c., [and] edge tools; (formerly Smith, Merritt & Co.)

 

            .257     receipt: C.D. Elliot paid on account to Danforth Express of Cambridgeport, Jan. 26, 1867;

                                    Printed receipt form: General Express Office, Boston, I. Robbins, agent

 

            .258     Bay State Collar Co. paid United States Internal Revenue, Boston, Mass., Jan. 28, 1867: excise tax for December 1866

                                    Printed form

 

            .259     S.C. Fay bought of T.B. Lord, agent, Boston, Jan. 29, 1867: boxes

 

            .260     S.C. Fay bought of Jordan, Marsh & Co., Boston, Jan. 29, 1867: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .261     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Robert Fletcher, Boston, Jan. 30, 1866: coal

                                    Printed form

 

            .262     S. C. Fay bought of Butler & Rogers, Boston, Jan. 31, 1867: various kinds of cuffs;

                                    Printed billhead: small wares, trimmings, buttons, hosiery, gloves, &c.

 

            .263     Burr Bros. bought of Bay State Paper Collar Co., Boston, Feb. 1, 1867: unspecified merchandise.

                                    Printed billhead; written in: successors to S.C. Fay

 

            .264     Bay State Collar Co. bought of James W. Wilson & Co., Boston, Oct. 22, 1866-Feb. 8, 1867: shaft, pulleys, pat. box, screws, hangers, belting, plus labor;

                                    Printed billhead: machine brokers and machinists, manufacturers of Amazeen’s Patent Ship’s Windlass Brake; successors to Roberts & Wilson

 

.265a-b            S.C. Fay bought of Gilman Brothers, Nashua, N.H., Feb. 5 and 20, 1867: sheets of linen board;

                                    Printed billhead: successors to Gage, Murray & Co.

 

            .266     receipt: Mr. Elliot paid Mrs. L.T. Peck, Cambridgeport, Feb. 23, 1867, for house on Gardner St.

 

            .267     S.C. Fay & Co. bought of J. Restein & Sons, Philadelphia, Feb. 26, 1867: sheets of enameled linen, etc.;

                                    Printed billhead: coloring and card pasting establishment, [and various kinds of cards and papers]

 

            .268     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of J.A. Safford, Boston, Feb. 28, 1867: clamp press pattern, pulley, cutter pattern, balance wheel, clamps, and for fitting plate;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of boot and shoe machinery

 

            .269     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid Hunt & Russell, Boston, March 4, 1867;

                                    Printed receipt form, printed by Thomas Groom & Co., Boston

 

            .270     receipt: A.L. Elliot paid J.A. Safford, Boston, March 9, 1867;

                                    Printed and illustrated receipt form, printed by Geo. B. Brown & Co. of Boston; illustrated with woman in classical dress, next to a shield and in front of a domed building, probably Massachusetts State House

 

            .271     S.C. Fay & Co. bought of J. Restein & Sons, Philadelphia, March 12, 1867: sheets of linen imitation, etc.;

                                    Printed billhead: coloring and card pasting establishment, [and various kinds of cards and papers]

 

            .272     receipt: A.L. Elliot paid J.A. Safford, Boston, March 23, 1867;

                                    Printed receipt form, printer’s name covered by internal revenue stamp

 

Folder 14: Bills and receipts, 1867: April-May

 

            .273     wrapper: April bills 1867, paid &c, examined & entered, A.L.E.

 

            .274a   receipt: C.D. Elliot paid T.H. Seavey, Boston, April 1, 1867: for rent

 

            .274b   Bay State Collar Co. bought of Wm. Carter & Brother, Boston, April 1, 1867: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .275     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of J.A. Safford, Boston, April 1, 1867: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of boot and shoe machinery

 

            .276     A.L. Elliot bought of John A. Pearson, Cambridge, April 1, 1867: boxes

 

            .277-.278         S.C. Fay bought of Stimson & Cotter, Boston, April 9-10, 1867: collars, cuffs;

                                    Printed billhead: wholesale small wares and trimmings store (successors to Alfred A. Andrews), hosiery and gloves, shirts and drawers, trimming goods, yarns, fancy and staple goods

 

            .279     Bay State Collar Co. bought of C.M. Clapp & Co., Boston, April 10, 1867: bands;

                                    Printed billhead: rubber goods

 

            .280     receipt: Elliot & Fay paid E.L. Grant, Boston, April 11, 1867: for deliveries

 

            .281     receipt: T.H. Seavey paid Micah Dyer, Jr., Boston, April 12, 1867: for consultations about paper patent and drafting notices;

                                    April 15, 1867: T.H. Seavey received payment of S.C. Fay;

                                    Printed letterhead: Dyer was an attorney & counsellor

 

            .282     Bay State Collar Co. bought of A.H. Snyder & Bros., Philadelphia, April 12, 1867: ladies garrotes;

                                    Printed billhead: hosiery, notions and white goods; skirts a specialty

 

            .283-.284         S.C. Fay bought of Stimson & Cotter, Boston, April 12 and 18, 1867: collars, cuffs;

                                    Printed billhead: wholesale small wares and trimmings store (successors to Alfred A. Andrews), hosiery and gloves, shirts and drawers, trimming goods, yarns, fancy and staple goods

 

            .285     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Richard L. Gay, Boston, April 18, 1867: scrap books;

                                    Printed billhead: stationer and blank-book manufacturer, printing and lithographing

 

            .286     S.C. Fay bought of John H.[?] Osgood & Son, Boston, April 19, 1867: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .287     Bay State Collar Co. bought of C.M. Clapp & Co., Boston, April 20, 1867: rings;

                                    Printed billhead: rubber goods

 

            .288     Bay State Collar Co. bought of D.B. Saunders & Co., Boston, April 22, 1867: ladies’ cuffs;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturers of Mrs. Foy’s Patent Corset Skirt Supporter, illustrated with a picture of a corset

 

            .289     S.C. Fay bought of Stimson & Cotter, Boston, April 22, 1867: cuffs;

                                    Printed billhead: wholesale small wares and trimmings store (successors to Alfred A. Andrews), hosiery and gloves, shirts and drawers, trimming goods, yarns, fancy and staple goods

 

            .290     A.L. Elliot bought of Hunt, Lyon & Co., Boston, April 24, 1867: oak[-tanned] belting and lacings;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of best oak-tanned leather belting, dealers in rubber machine belting, [and other goods]

 

            .291     bill torn: someone in N.H. bought of [torn, but Bay State] Paper Collar Co., April 26, 1867: cuffs and collars in various styles;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of [torn]

 

            .292-.293         S.C. Fay & Co. bought of J. Restein & Sons, Philadelphia, April 29-30, 1867: sheets of linen [paper];

                                    Printed billhead: coloring and card pasting establishment, [and various kinds of cards and papers]

 

            .294     Bay State Collar Co. paid United States Internal Revenue, Boston, Mass., April 30, 1867: excise tax for March

                                    Printed form

 

            .295     receipt: A.L. Elliot paid Calvin Gove, Cambridgeport, May 1, 1867, for rent

 

            .296     S.C. Fay & Co. bought of J. Restein & Sons, Philadelphia, May 3, 1867: sheets of linen [paper];

                                    Printed billhead: coloring and card pasting establishment, [and various kinds of cards and papers]

 

            .297-.298         S.C. Fay bought of Burgess, Nourse & Co., Boston, May 7-8, 1867: cuffs and ruffles;

                                    Printed billhead: trimmings, buttons, gloves, small wares, linen goods, &c.

 

            .299     check: pay to the order of Philadelphia National Bank, with S.C. Fay, Bay State Paper Collar Co. written in memo line; signed J. Restein, Philadelphia, May 9[?], 1867;

                                    Printed and illustrated check, with picture of an elk, printed by Wm. F. Murphy & Sons, Philadelphia

 

            .300     receipt: R.L. Merritt & Co., Boston, May 9, 1867, paid for cuff die and jobbing

 

            .301     receipt: Davis & Cross, Nashua, May 10, 1867, paid by Bay State Collar Co.

 

            .302     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Marshall A. Lewis & Co., Boston, May 17, 1867: a long list of goods, including various kinds of combs, pencils, spoons, sewing birds, quill picks, spectacles, harmonicums [harmonicas?], soaps, wallets, playing cards, baskets, clocks, blankets, colognes, fans, chess board, checkermen, finger rings, tape measures, court plaster, whist counters, safety pins, brushes, umbrellas, etc., etc.;

                                    Printed billhead: cutlery, combs and fancy goods [and a long list of other goods, including stationery]

 

            .303-.306         Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Marshall A. Lewis & Co., Boston, May 24, 27, 29, and 31, 1867: trunks, pencils, egg glasses, clock, books, blotting paper, spectacles and cases, wafers, wallets;

                                    Printed billhead: cutlery, combs and fancy goods [and a long list of other goods, including stationery]

 

Folder 15: Bills and receipts, 1867: June, July, August, September

 

            .307     statement: E.P. Lowe in account with Bay State Paper Collar Co., Boston, June 1, 1867: unspecified merchandise

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .308-.311         Bay State Collar Co. bought of Marshall A. Lewis & Co., Boston, June 1, 3, 5, and 10, 1867: work baskets, trunks, slates[?],wallets, etc.;

                                    Printed billhead: cutlery, combs and fancy goods [and a long list of other goods, including stationery]

 

            .312     A.L. Elliot paid tax on income to the United States (for internal revenue), Cambridge, June 20, 1867

                                    Printed form

 

            .313a-b            receipt: Bay State Paper Collar Company, Boston, July 1867, is storing cases of paper with Hills & Bros.

                                    Printed form, with yellow envelop with printed return address of Bay State Paper Collar Company

 

            .314     receipt: Bay State Paper Collar Company paid B.F. George, Boston, July 1, 1867; difficult to read but seems to be for expenses in getting information and for selling collars

 

            .315     receipt for special tax: Bay State Collar Company paid United States Internal Revenue, Boston, July 5, 1867 (although dates of May 1 and June 1 also appear), for “special tax upon the business or occupation of wholesale dealers”

                                    Printed form

 

            .316     S.C. Fay bought of J. Restein & Sons, Philadelphia, July 6, 1867: sheets of linen [paper];

                                    Printed billhead: coloring and card pasting establishment, [and various kinds of cards and papers]

 

            .317     receipt: Bay State Paper Collar Company, Boston, July 12, 1867, is storing cases of paper with Hills & Bros.

                                    Printed form

 

            .318     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Jordan, Trask & Presby, Boston, July 17, 1867: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .319     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Star Collar Company, Boston, July 24, 1867: Empire enameled collars;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of ladies’ and gentlemen’s paper collars and cuffs

 

            .320     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid M.A. Lewis & Co., Boston, July 27, 1867;

                                    Printed form, printed by Hallgreen & Warren

 

            .321     Bay State Collar Co.in account with Davis & Cross, Nashua, Aug. 1, 1867, unspecified merchandise, strip boxes, collars;

                                    Printed billhead, overprinted with “successors to Knowlton & Co.”

 

            .322     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid William J. Peirce, Boston, Aug. 10, 1867, for drawing and engraving design for a box

 

            .323     Bay State Collar Co. paid United States Internal Revenue, Boston, Mass., Aug. 28, 1867: excise tax for July

                                    Printed form

 

            .324a   Bay State Collar Co. in account with Davis & Cross, Nashua, Sept. 1, 1867, unspecified merchandise, gents cuffs, ladies’ cuff boxes;

                                    Printed billhead, overprinted with “successors to Knowlton & Co.”

 

            .324b   Mr. Elliot bought of Rice, Kendall & Co., Boston, Sept. 4, 1867: a ream of paper

                                    Printed billhead: dealers in paper of all descriptions and paper manufacturers’ stock and materials; New England agents for the “American Excelsior” felts

 

            .325     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid J. &  J. Berry, Boston, Sept. 7, 1867, cash on account

 

            .326     A.L. Elliot & Co. bought of Phelps, Dalton & Co., Boston, Sept. 10, 1867: carmine;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: Dickinson Type Foundry, printing types and printing materials, newspaper headings, wood engravings, &c.; illustrated with picture of medallion awarded at 10th exhibition of Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, 1865

 

            .327     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Kimball, Lindsay & Co., Boston, Sept. 14, 1867: ruffles, Shakespeare collars, cuffs;

                                    Printed billhead: worsted goods, hosiery, gloves, skirts, corsets, small wares

 

            .328     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Union Paste and Sizing Co., Boston, Sept. 24, 1867: a keg of paste;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of patent machine paste, sizing and liquid paste, J.S. Chase, agent

 

            .329     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Butler & Rogers, Boston, Sept. 25, 1867: linen imitation tuck cuffs;

                                    Printed billhead: small wares, trimmings, buttons, hosiery, gloves, &c.

 

            .330     Bay State Collar Co. paid United States Internal Revenue, Boston, Mass., Sept. 28, 1867: excise tax for August

                                    Printed form

 

            .331     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Loyal Lovejoy, Boston, Sept. 28, 1867: spruce boards, plus sawing and carting;

                                    Printed billhead: lumber dealer

 

            .332     Bay State Collar Co. bought of M. Engelhardt, Boston, [Sept. or Oct.] 30, 1867: square boxes;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes, and importer of fancy and embossed papers, gilt, pictures, borders, &c.

 

Folder 16: Bills and receipts, 1867: October, November, December

 

            .333a   receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid Paine & Leonard, Boston, Oct. 1, 1867, for rent of portion of store on Lincoln St.

 

.333b   Bay State Collar Co. bought of J.A. Safford, Boston, Oct. 1, 1867: labor on brass plate, repairs on cuff punch, repairs on pleating and stitching machines;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of boot and shoe machinery

 

            .334     Bay State Collar Co. bought of  Davis & Cross, Nashua, N.H., Oct. 1, 1867: various kinds of boxes and cartons, noting how the boxes were labeled;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes; reusing billhead of M.D. Knowlton, with Davis & Cross handwritten

 

            .335     Bay State Collar Co. in account with Morrill & Co., Aug. 2-Oct. 2, 1867: perhaps for deliveries

 

            .336     receipt: S.C. Fay and A.L. Elliot paid Dean & Co., Boston, Oct. 8, 1867, on account

 

            .337     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid S.S. Davis, Nashua, Oct. 11, 1867, on account

 

            .338     [S.C.] Fay bought of Joseph Twitchell, Boston, Oct. 12, 1867: coal;

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in wood and coal

 

            .339     Bay State Collar Co. bought of S.S. Davis, Nashua, Oct. 14, 1867: boxes and cartons;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of plain and fancy paper boxes; successors to Knowlton & Co.; reusing Davis & Cross billhead, with that name crossed out and S.S. Davis written in

 

            .340     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid J. &  J. Berry, Boston, Oct. 16, 1867, cash on account

 

            .341     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid J.[?] Restein[?] & Son, Boston, Oct. 16, 1867

 

            .342     Bay State Collar Co. bought of James W. Wilson & Co., Boston, Oct. 22, 1867: shaft, pulleys, hangers, plus labor;

                                    Printed billhead: dealers in new and second-hand steam engines, boilers, lathes, shafting, belting, safes, &c., manufacturers of all kinds of machinery, iron doors, shutters, iron fence, &c., and of Amazeen’s Patent Ship’s Windlass Brake; successors to Roberts & Wilson

 

            .343     Bay State Collar Co. bought of S.S. Davis, Nashua, Oct. 22, 1867: boxes and cartons;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of plain and fancy paper boxes; successors to Knowlton & Co.; reusing Davis & Cross billhead, with that name crossed out and S.S. Davis written in

 

            .344-.345         Bay State Collar Co. bought of M. Engelhardt, Boston, Oct. 26, 1867: boxes and fancy paper;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes, and importer of fancy and embossed papers, gilt, pictures, borders, &c.

 

            .346     Bay State Collar Co. paid United States Internal Revenue, Boston, Mass., Oct. 28, 1867: excise tax for Sept.

                                    Printed form

 

            .347     Bay State Collar Co. paid State, City and County Tax, Boston, Mass., Oct. 28, 1867

                                    Printed form

 

            .348     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Anderson & J.A. Baird, Boston, Oct. 30, 1867: allowance for collars;

                                    Printed billhead: small wares, embroideries, trimmings, gloves and millinery goods; manufacturers of “The Unique” corset

 

            .349     receipt: Elliot & Fay paid R. & O. Woodsome[?], Oct. 3-31, 1867, for carting       

 

            .350     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of John L. Seaverns, Worcester, Mass., Nov. 1, 1867: unspecified merchandise

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .351     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Wm. Carter & Brother, Boston, Nov. 1, 1867: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .352     receipt: Fay & Elliot paid Francis McLaughlin, Boston, Nov. 1, 1867: month’s rent and steam power;

                                    Printed form, printed by Chas. K. Darling, Boston

 

            .353     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of M. Engelhardt, Boston, Nov. 1, 1867: boxes;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes, and importer of fancy and embossed papers, gilt, pictures, borders, &c.

 

            .354     Bay State Collar Co. bought of J.A. Safford, Boston, July 7, 1866: work on various machines and parts to machines, including a rotary cutter and an embossing press;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturer of boot, shoe & paper collar machinery; illustrated with pictures of a skiving machine and a Safford boot strap machine

 

            .355-.356         Bay State Collar Co. bought of James W. Wilson & Co., Boston, Nov. 1, 1867: shafting, pulleys, hangers, pat. box, labor;

                                    Printed billhead: dealers in new and second-hand steam engines, boilers, lathes, shafting, belting, safes, &c., manufacturers of all kinds of machinery, iron doors, shutters, iron fence, &c., and of Amazeen’s Patent Ship’s Windlass Brake; successors to Roberts & Wilson

 

            .357     Bay State Collar Co. bought of  Davis & Cross, Nashua, N.H., Nov. 5, 1867: cuff cartons;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes; successors to Knowlton & Co.

 

            .358     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Coffin & Twitchell, Boston, Nov. 6, 1867: for making collar patterns;

                                    Printed billhead: pattern and model makers and printers’ joiners; stereotype blocks and printers’ furnishing articles on hand and made to order

 

            .359a-b            receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid J.A. Safford, Boston, Nov. 6 and 8, 1867: on account

 

            .360a   receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid J. &  J. Berry, Boston, Nov. 7, 1867, cash on account

 

            .360b   receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid S.S. Davis, Nashua, Nov. 9, 1867, cash on account of boxes

 

            .361     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Hampden Paper Co., Holyoke, Mass., Nov. 9, 1867: paper

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .362     Bay State Collar Co. bought of M.A. Kent, Boston, Nov. 15, 1867: [Plymouth imitation?] buck gloves;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturer of buck and imitation buck, dog skin, cape kid, otter and beaver top lined kid gloves and mittens, cloth gloves, &c., agent for Plymouth buck gloves, and paper collars and bosoms; illustrated with picture of a harbor appearing under the word Boston

 

            .363     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid J.A. Safford, Boston, Nov. 16, 1867: on account;

                                    Printed and illustrated receipt form, printed by Geo. B. Brown & Co. of Boston; illustrated with woman in classical dress, next to a shield and in front of a domed building, probably Massachusetts State House

 

            .364     Chas. A. Noyes & Co. bought of Bay State Paper Collar Co., Nov. 17, 1867: various styles of cuffs;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturers of ladies’ paper collars and cuffs, fancy and pain in great variety; with view of harbor under the word Boston

 

            .365     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Phelps, Dalton & Co., Boston, Nov. 19, 1867: for electro and silvering label;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: Dickinson Type Foundry, book, newspaper and job types and printing materials, newspaper headings, wood engravings, &c.; illustrated with picture of medallion awarded at 10th exhibition of Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, 1865

 

            .366     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of John L. Seaverns, Worcester, Mass., Nov. 20, 1867: stop cutter (with 26 slitters and winder), paper rolls, labor, etc.

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of paper machinery, steam and water pipes, shafting, gearing, and mill work, steam boilers and rotary bleachers, rug cutters and dusters, [and other kinds of machines]

 

            .367     Bay State Collar Co. bought of M.A. Kent, Boston, Nov. 22, 1867: gloves, mitts;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturer of buck and imitation buck, dog skin, cape kid, otter and beaver top lined kid gloves and mittens, cloth gloves, &c., agent for Plymouth buck gloves, and paper collars and bosoms; illustrated with picture of a harbor appearing under the word Boston

 

            .368     Bay State Collar Co. bought of American Tool & Machine Co., Boston, Nov. 23, 1867: shaft and something else;

                                    Printed billhead:  engineers and machinists, successors to Geo. H. Fox & Co.

 

            .369     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Dodge, Gilbert & Co., Boston, Nov. 25, 1867: bolts and washers;

                                    Printed billhead: with a long list of the hardware, tools, and machines on offer

 

            .370     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Loyal Lovejoy, Boston, Nov. 25, 1867: planks;

                                    Printed billhead: lumber dealer

 

            .371     Bay State Collar Co. paid United States Internal Revenue, Boston, Mass., Nov. 29, 1867: excise tax for October

                                    Printed form

 

            .372     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of M. Engelhardt, Boston, Nov. 30, 1867: boxes;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes, and importer of fancy and embossed papers, gilt, pictures, borders, &c.

 

            .373     receipt: Fay & Elliot paid Francis McLaughlin, Boston, Dec. 1, 1867: rent;

                                    Printed form, printed by Chas. K. Darling, Boston

 

            .374     Bay State Collar Co. bought of James W. Wilson & Co., Boston, Dec. 13, 1867: 19 ft., 3 in. of unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead: dealers in new and second-hand steam engines, boilers, lathes, shafting, belting, safes, &c., manufacturers of all kinds of machinery, iron doors, shutters, iron fence, &c., and of Amazeen’s Patent Ship’s Windlass Brake; successors to Roberts & Wilson

 

            .375     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid J. &  J. Berry, Boston, Dec. 14, 1867, cash on account

 

            .376     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Sargent Brothers and Co., Boston, Dec. 24, 1867: unspecified something made from beaver;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .377a   Bay State Collar Co. paid United States Internal Revenue, Boston, Mass., Dec. 30, 1867: excise tax for November 1867

                                    Printed form

 

            .377b   Bay State Collar Co. bought of James W. Wilson & Co., Boston, Dec. 31, 1867: 19 ft., 3 in. of belting and amount of a bill;

                                    Printed billhead: dealers in new and second-hand steam engines, boilers, lathes, shafting, belting, safes, &c., manufacturers of all kinds of machinery, iron doors, shutters, iron fence, &c., and of Amazeen’s Patent Ship’s Windlass Brake; successors to Roberts & Wilson

 

            .377c   Elliot & Fay paid R. & O. Woodsome, [no month] 2-9, 1867: for carting

 

Folder 17: Bills and receipts, 1868: January, February

 

            .378a-o            statements of account, sent by Bay State Paper Collar, Co., Boston, Jan. 1, 1868, to C.H. Blake (Littleton, N.H.); Champney Bros.; B.F. Dutton; Gardner, Pratt & McIntire; J.M. Greenwood & Co.; Hambler & Butler; Kileski Hirshfield & Warren, Kimball Lindsay & Co.; Merritt Bros. & Co.; J.C. Morse; D. Nicoll & Bro. (Wheeling, W.V.); J.S. Rinkham & Co.; Sherman & Co. (New York City); E.M. Swift; Williamson & Burns;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .379     Elliot bought of Hammond & Foster, Boston, Jan. 6, 1868: coal;

                                    Printed billhead: coal, wood, and bark

 

            .380-.381         Bay State Collar Co. bought of Sargent Brothers and Co., Boston, Jan. 8, 1868: Hill Blea cotton;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .382     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Coffin & Twitchell, Boston, Jan. 9, 1868: for making patterns and for feet of cherry [wood], etc.;

                                    Printed billhead: pattern and model makers and manufacturers of stereotype blocks …, circular and jig sawing, cuts mortised, &c.

 

            .383     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid Merritt Bros. & Co., Boston, Jan. 14, 1868;

                                    Printed and illustrated receipt form; printed by Cutter Tower & Co., with illustration of a Native American, with other symbols

 

            .384     tax bill: sent to Bay State Collar Co. by Office of the Collector of Internal Revenue, Boston, Jan. 20, 1868

                                    Printed form

 

            .385     Bay State Collar Co. bought of J.A. Baird, Boston, Jan. 29, 1868: collars, garrotes, cuffs, all in various styles;

                                    Printed billhead: German zephyr worsteds, trimmings, white goods, and small wares

 

            .386     receipt: Elliot & Fay paid R. & O. Woodsome, Jan. 14-31, 1868, for carting

 

            .387     Bay State Collar Co. paid United States Internal Revenue, Boston, Mass., Jan. 31, 1868: excise tax for December 1867

                                    Printed form

 

            .388     receipt: Fay & Elliot paid Francis McLaughlin, Boston, Feb. 1, 1868: for month’s rent and steam power;

 

            .389     receipt: Bay State Paper Collar Company’s receipt, but indicates that the company paid J.A. Safford on account, Boston, Feb. 8, 1868;

                                    Printed and illustrated form; illustrated with view of harbor under the word Boston

 

            .390     notice of sale for Bay State Collar Company, sale made by Whitmarsh & Co., Boston, Feb. 8, 1868: boxes of collars sold;

                                    Printed billhead: auction & commission merchants

 

            .391     receipt Bay State Collar Company paid J.W. Wilson & Co., Boston, Feb. 8, 1868;

                                    Printed form, printed by Chas. K. Darling

 

            .392     receipt: S.C. Fay and A.L. Elliot paid Dean & Co., Oct. 27, 1867-Feb. 15, 1868, for amount due on mortgage and interest

 

            .393     Bay State Collar Co. bought of S.S. Davis, Nashua, Feb. 15, 1868: boxes;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of plain and fancy paper boxes; successors to Knowlton & Co.; reusing Davis & Cross billhead, with that name crossed out and S.S. Davis written in

 

            .394     Bartlett Beery & Co. bought of Bay Sate Collar Co., Boston, Feb. 18, 1868, with notes from March 12, 1868: paper goods

 

            .395     Bay State Collar Co. bought of S.S. Davis, Nashua, Feb. 20, 1868: boxes;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of plain and fancy paper boxes; successors to Knowlton & Co.; reusing Davis & Cross billhead, with that name crossed out and S.S. Davis written in

 

            .396     receipt: Fay & Elliot paid R. & O. Woodsome, Feb. 7-28, 1868, for carting

 

            .397     Bay State Collar Co. paid United States Internal Revenue, Boston, Mass., Feb. 29, 1868: excise tax for January 1868

                                    Printed form

 

Folder 18: Bills and receipts, 1868: March, April

 

            .398     Bay State Collar Co. bought of S.S. Davis, Nashua, March 1, 1868: boxes, cases, paper;

                                    Printed billhead: successors to Knowlton & Co.

 

            .399     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Coffin & Twitchell, Boston, March 2, 1868: for making blocks and strip reglet[?]

                                    Printed billhead: pattern and model makers and printers’ joiners; stereotype blocks and printers’ furnishing articles on hand and made to order

 

            .400     Bay State Collar Co. bought of James W. Wilson & Co., Boston, March 2, 1868: shaft, pulleys, hangers, pat. box, screws, and labor on various tasks;

                                    Printed billhead: machine brokers and machinists, manufacturers of Amazeen’s Patent Ship’s Windlass Brake; successors to Roberts & Wilson

 

            .401     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid Coffin & Twitchell, Boston, March 3, 1868

 

            .402     Bay State Collar Co. bought of J. Restein & Sons, Philadelphia, March 10, 1868: sheets of linen imitation [paper];

                                    Printed billhead: coloring and card pasting establishment, [and various kinds of cards and papers]

 

            .403     account of sales: sold by Hoyt & Wheeler, New York, March 10, 1868, for Bay State Collar Co.: collars;

                                    Printed form: auctioneers

 

            .404     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Curtis, Webster & Co., Boston, March 11, 1868: “social”;

                                    Printed billhead: foreign and domestic dry goods

 

            .405     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Sargent Brothers and Co., Boston, March 12, 1868: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .406     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Union Paste and Sizing Co., Boston, March 13, 1868: a keg of paste;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of patent machine paste, sizing and liquid paste

 

            .407     Fay & Elliot bought of Francis McLaughlin, Boston, March 13, 1868: artists’ [brushes];

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: brush manufacturer and dealer in … bristles; illustrated with picture of factory

 

            .408     receipt: Fay & Elliot paid Francis McLaughlin, Boston, March 13, 1868: month’s rent and steam power;

                                    Printed form, printed by Chas. K. Darling, Boston

 

            .409     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid Thomas & Company, Pawtucket, R.I., March 23, 1868;

                                    Printed form: workers of paper

 

            .410     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Butler, Pitkin & Co., Boston, March 25, 1868: collars, garrotes, cuffs; with a note about the order;

                                    Printed billhead: fancy goods, notions and hosiery

 

            .411     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of George S. Winslow & Company, Boston, March 27, 1868: linen;

                                    Printed billhead: dry goods, gents’ furnishing goods, carpetings, and Canton mattings

 

            .412a   receipt: Bay State Collar paid Morril & Co., Jan. 2-March 28, 1868, for carting

 

            .412b   receipt: Fay & Elliot paid R. & O. Woodsome, March 3-26 and April [no date], 1868, for carting (bill paid May 18, 1868)

 

            .413     Bay State Collar Co. paid United States Internal Revenue, Boston, Mass., March 31, 1868: excise tax for February 1868

                                    Printed form

 

            .414     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Coffin & Twitchell, Boston, April 1, 1868: for making blocks, cherry, etc.

                                    Printed billhead: pattern and model makers and printers’ joiners; stereotype blocks and printers’ furnishing articles on hand and made to order

 

            .415     Bay State Collar Co. bought of S.S. Davis, Nashua, April 1, 1868: boxes, cases, paper;

                                    Printed billhead: reusing Knowlton & Co. letterhead, with that name crossed out and S.S. Davis written in

 

            .416     receipt: Fay & Co. paid Morril & Co., March 24-April 3, 1868, for carting

 

            .417     Bay State Collar Co. bought of T.A. Taylor, Boston, April 10, 1868: for making a die;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of cutters, or dies, for leather, cloth, paper, &c., also, all kinds of edge tools

 

.418a   Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of George S. Winslow & Company, Boston, April 13, 1868: linen;

                                    Printed billhead: dry goods, gents’ furnishing goods, carpetings, and Canton mattings

 

.418b   statement from Geo. S. Winslow & Company, Boston, to Bay State Collar Co., for bills of March 27 and April 13, 1868;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .419     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Parker, Bacon, Kimball & Co., Boston, April 15, 1868: cass [cassimere?];

                                    Printed billhead: foreign and domestic dry goods

 

            .420     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Marshall A. Lewis & Co., Boston,  April 17, 1868: blank books;

                                    Printed billhead: cutlery, combs and fancy goods [and a long list of other goods, including stationery]

 

            .421     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of E. & F. Dillingham, Boston, April 18, 1868: [paper?];

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: paper, paper bags, and twine; illustrated with picture of a harbor appearing under the word Boston

 

            .422     Bay State Collar Co. bought of C.M. Clapp & Co., Boston, April 24, 1868: bands;

                                    Printed billhead: rubber goods, India-rubber and gutta-percha goods made to order

 

            .423     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Stimson & Cotter, Boston, April 27, 1868: linen finish paper collars;

 

            .424a   Bay State Collar Co. paid United States Internal Revenue, Boston, Mass., April 29, 1868: excise tax for March 1868

                                    Printed form

 

            .424b   receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid C. Moulton, April 1-30, 1868: for deliveries

 

 

Box 2:

 

Folder 1: Bills and receipts, 1868: May, June, July, August

 

            .425     S.C. Fay, for Bay State Collar Co., bought of John A. Tobin, Boston, May 2, 1868: cock, pipe, tacks, etc., plus labor;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: plumber, plumbers’ materials [with list]; illustrated with picture of a harbor appearing under the word Boston

 

            .426     Bay State Collar Co., bought of M. Charles & Co., Boston, May 2, 1868: [unclear];

                                    Printed billhead: government and furnishing goods, auctions, stoves

 

            .427     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Phelps, Dalton & Co., Boston, May 16, 1868: for electros and mortises;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: Dickinson Type Foundry, book, newspaper and job types and printing materials, newspaper headings, wood engravings, &c.; illustrated with picture of medallion awarded at 10th exhibition of Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, 1865

 

            .428     Bay State Collar Co. bought of National Paper Collar Company, Boston, May 23, 1868: five collar stamps;

                                                Printed billhead: licensed by the Union Paper Collar Company of New-York

 

            .429     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid S.K.[?] Taylor & Co., May 23, 1868

 

            .430     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of M. Engelhardt, Boston, May 26, 1868: fancy paper and something else;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of plain and fancy paper boxes, and importer of fancy and embossed papers, gilt, pictures, borders, &c.

 

            .431     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid C. Moulton, May 5-29, 1868: for deliveries

 

            .432     Bay State Collar Co. paid The Union Elastic Goods Co., Boston, June 2, 1868: for rent with power of front upper room, corner of Lincoln and Essex Sts.;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of suspenders, elastic webs, braid, cord, and elastic goods of every description

 

            .433     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Boston Type Foundry, June 3, 1868: type;

                                    Printed billhead: first letter foundry in New England; John K. Rogers, agent

 

            .434     Bay State Collar Co. bought of L.D. Boise & Co., Boston, June 13, 1868: collars;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturers and jobbers of clothing; illustrated with view of store, engraved by N. Brown

 

            .435     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Brown, Cooley & Nichols, New York, June 20, 1868: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .436-.438         Bay State Collar Co. bought of Marr, Read & Co., Boston, June 18, 20, and 23, 1868: sarsanet camb [cambric];

                                    Printed billhead, lithographed by W.H. Forbes & Co.

 

            .439     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Parker, Bacon, Kimball & Co., Boston, June 26, 1868: sarsanet cambric;

                                    Printed billhead: foreign and domestic dry goods

 

            .440     Bay State Collar Co. paid The Union Elastic Goods Co., Boston, June 30, 1868: for rent with power of front upper room, corner of Lincoln and Essex Streets;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of suspenders, elastic webs, braid, cord, and elastic goods of every description

 

            .441     A.L. Elliot & Co. paid Cambridgeport Post Office, for box rent from July- Oct. 1868.

                                    Printed form

 

            .442     Boston Type Foundry: statement of account with Bay State Collar Co., July 1, 1868:gold bronze, size, type, carmine, etc.;

                                    Printed billhead: first letter foundry in New England; John K. Rogers, agent

 

            .443     receipt: S.C. Fay paid Boston Ice Company, July 5, 1868: for ice from July 1-Oct. 1, 1868;

                                    Printed form

 

            .444-.445         Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Kimball, Lindsay & Co., Boston, July 8, 1868: unspecified merchandise and paper collars;

                                    Printed billhead: buttons, trimmings, worsted goods, gloves, skirts, corsets, small wares

 

            .446-.449         Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Haughton, Perkins & Co., Boston, July 6, 10, 17, and 21, 1868: sarsanet cambric;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .450     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Marr, Read & Co., Boston, July 25, 1868: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .451     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Converse, Taylor & Co., Boston, July 27, 1868: paper camb [cambric];

                                    Printed billhead: importers & jobbers of dry goods

 

            .452     receipt: Mark Folsom paid Bay [State Collar Co.], Boston, July 29, 1868;

                                    With names and addresses on back

           

            .453     Simons Brush[?] Co. in account with Morrell & Campbell, Philadelphia, July 31, 1868: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .454     Bay State Collar Co. paid The Union Elastic Goods Co., Boston, July 31, 1868: for rent with power of front upper room, corner of Lincoln and Essex Sts.;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of suspenders, elastic webs, braid, cord, and elastic goods of every description

 

            .455-.458         Bay State Collar Co. bought of S.S. Davis, Nashua, N.H., Aug. 4, 7, 8, and 15, 1868: boxes and cartons;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of plain and fancy paper boxes

 

            .459-.460         Bay State Collar Co. bought of Carter Bros. & Co., Boston, Aug. 10 and 24, 1868: mucilage;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory; paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .461     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Dennison & Co., Aug. 20, 1868: sheets of d.l. stock; with note: “for Bay State Neck Tie Co.”;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturers of merchandise tags, patent direction labels, gum labels, &c.; with illustration of a tag, listing kinds of merchandise tags available; also shipping & tree labels

 

            .462     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Emerson Leland, agent for “Boston Star Collar Company,” Boston, Aug. 24, 1868: embossed ladies’ collars;

                                    Printed billhead: commission merchant, and dealer in paper collars, cuffs, &c.

 

            .463     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Converse, Taylor & Co., Boston, Aug. 24, 1868: sarsanet camb [cambric];

                                    Printed billhead: importers & jobbers of dry goods

 

            .464-.465         Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Dennison & Co., Aug. 26-27, 1868: sheets of d.l. stock; with note: “Bay State Neck Tie Co.”;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturers of merchandise tags, patent direction labels, gum labels, &c.; with illustration of a tag, listing kinds of merchandise tags available; also shipping & tree labels

 

            .466     Bay State Collar Co. bought of B.F. Dutton, Boston, Aug. 28, 1868: handkerchiefs, with note: “charge to C.D. Elliot”;

                                    Printed billhead: importers and jobbers of millinery and small wares

 

            .467     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Jas. F.C. Francis, Boston, Aug. 31, 1868: perfumery;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer, jobber and importer of fancy goods, cosmetics, oils and perfumery; sale agents for paper collars & cuffs, [etc.]

 

Folder 2: Bills and receipts, 1868: September

 

.468     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Haughton, Perkins & Co., Boston, Sept. [?], 1868: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .469     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Converse, Taylor & Co., Boston, Sept. 1, 1868: white paper camb [cambric];

                                    Printed billhead: importers & jobbers of dry goods; lithographed by J. Mayer & Co.

 

            .470     Bay State Collar Co. bought of S.S. Davis, Nashua, Sept. 1, 1868: boxes and cartons;

                                    Printed billhead: reusing Knowlton & Co. billhead, with that name crossed out and S.S. Davis written in

 

            .471     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Carter & Wiley, Boston, Sept. 1868: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .472     Bay State Collar Co. paid The Union Elastic Goods Co., Boston, Sept. 1, 1868: for rent with steam power of front upper room, corner of Lincoln and Essex Sts.;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of suspenders, elastic webs, braid, cord, and elastic goods of every description

 

            .473     Bay State Collar Co. bought of H.B. Roberts, Boston, Sept. 1, 1868: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead: commission merchant and manufacturers’ agent for the sale of lines, twines, paper, cordage & fishing tackle

 

            .474     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Converse, Taylor & Co., Boston, Sept. 3, 1868: paper camb [cambric];

                                    Printed billhead: importers & jobbers of dry goods; lithographed by J. Mayer & Co.

 

            .475-.476         Bay State Collar Co. bought of Carter Bros. & Co., Boston, Sept. 1 and 4, 1868: mucilage; with notes about change in price;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory; wholesale dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .477     Bay State Collar Co. bought of S.S. Davis, Nashua, N.H., Sept. 5, 1868: boxes and cartons;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of plain and fancy paper boxes

 

            .478     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid C. Moulton, Sept. 7-8, 1868: for deliveries

 

            .479     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Carter Bros. & Co., Boston, Sept. 10, 1868: billheads and something else

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory; wholesale dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .480     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Hagar & Company, Boston, Sept. 11, 1868: ream of man [probably manila paper], hemp twine;

                                    Printed billhead: dealer in paper of all descriptions, envelopes, twine and paper makers’ supplies

 

            .481-.482         Bay State Collar Co. bought of Converse, Taylor & Co., Boston, Sept. 14, 1868: unspecified merchandise and paper camb [cambric];

                                    Printed billhead: importers & jobbers of dry goods; lithographed by J. Mayer & Co.

 

            .483-.484         Bay State Collar Co. bought of Carter Bros. & Co., Boston, Sept. 12 and 15, 1868: mucilage;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory; wholesale dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .485     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Parker, Bacon, Kimball & Co., Boston, Sept. 15, 1868: [unclear what purchased];

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .486     list of merchandise returned by W. Perkins, Sept. 18, 1868, including creton[?], Wide Awake, pairs of cuffs, strips, lace, tucks

 

            .487-.488         Bay State Collar Co. bought of Carter Bros. & Co., Boston, Sept. 19 and 26, 1868: mucilage and [illegible];

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory; wholesale dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .489-.490         Bay State Collar Co. bought of S.S. Davis, Nashua, N.H., Sept. 24 and 26, 1868: boxes and cartons;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of plain and fancy paper boxes

 

.491     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Haughton, Perkins & Co., Boston, Sept. 28, 1868: sarsanet cambric;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .492     S.C. Fay bought of G.C. Judson & Co., Boston, Sept. 28, 1868: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in buck, kid and flesher gloves and mittens, also gents’ superior paper collars

 

            .493     Bay State Collar Co. paid The Union Elastic Goods Co., Boston, Sept. 30, 1868: for rent with steam power of front upper room, corner of Lincoln and Essex Sts.; also elastic something;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of suspenders, elastic webs, braid, cord, and elastic goods of every description

 

            .494     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of J.E. Poillon, New York, Sept. 30, 1868: sheets of paper;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer and dealer in enameled paper; collar paper enameled at short notice

 

            .495     Bay State Collar Co. bought of the Boston Type Foundry, Sept. 30, 1868: type;

                                    Printed billhead: first letter foundry in New England; John K. Rogers, agent

 

Folder 3: Bills and receipts, 1868: October, November, December

 

            .496     Bay State Collar Co. bought of the Boston Type Foundry, Oct. 1, 1868: type and stereo, ink;

                                    Printed billhead: first letter foundry in New England; John K. Rogers, agent

 

            .497     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Lowe Press Company, Boston, Oct. 1, 1868: triple case;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturers of Lowe’s patent portable printing presses, dealers in printing material; illustrated with a press of some sort (probably Lowe’s portable printing press) and a picture of a man setting type

 

            .498     Mr. Elliot for Bay State Collar Co. bought of E.E. Bailey & Co., Boston, Oct. 2, 1868: velvet, buttons, braid;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: jobbers of hosiery, gloves, skirts, corsets, &c., and agents of ladies’ and gents’ paper collars and cuffs; illustrated with picture of a harbor appearing under the word Boston

 

            .499     receipt: Fay & Co. paid Charles Frezelle, Boston, April 27-Oct. 8, 1868: for labor, including blocks, work on bench, draw pulls, but mostly unspecified

 

            .500     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Horace Partridge, Boston, Oct. 8, 1868: creton, Young America, moire antique [textile fabrics];

                                    Printed billhead: fancy goods, Yankee notions, watches, jewelry, [and a long list of other goods]

 

            .501     Bay State Collar Co. bought of M. Folsom, Boston, Oct. 14, 1868: collar paper clips[?], paper, etc.;

           

            .502     Bay State Collar Co. bought of the Boston Type Foundry, Oct. 15, 1868:electro,  type;

                                    Printed billhead: first letter foundry in New England; John K. Rogers, agent

 

            .503     Mr. Elliot bought of J.F. Kimball, Cambridgeport, Oct. 17, 1868: a pair of pants;

                                    Printed billhead: merchant tailor and dealer in gentlemen’s furnishing goods

 

            .504     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Parker, Bacon, Kimball & Co., Boston, Oct. 17, 1868: cass [cassimere]

                                    Printed billhead: foreign and domestic dry goods

 

            .505     Bay State Collar Co. bought of E.E. Bailey & Co., Boston, Oct. 21, 1868: unspecified merchandise and a consignment of cuffs;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: jobbers of hosiery, gloves, skirts, corsets, &c., and agents of ladies’ and gents’ paper collars and cuffs; illustrated with picture of a harbor appearing under the word Boston

 

            .506     Bay State Collar Co. paid The Union Elastic Goods Co., Boston, Oct. 31, 1868: for rent with steam power of front upper room, corner of Lincoln and Essex Sts.;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of suspenders, elastic webs, braid, cord, and elastic goods of every description

 

            .507-.508         Bay State Collar Co. bought of Carter Bros. & Co., Boston, Oct. 30 and Nov. 2, 1868: mucilage and bill heads;

                                    Printed billhead: ink and mucilage manufactory; wholesale dealers in paper, envelopes, and card board

 

            .509-.510         Bay State Collar Co. bought of J.E. Poillon, New York, Nov. 4, 1868: sheets of paper and printing;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer and dealer in enameled paper; collar paper enameled at short notice

 

            .511     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Kirby & Mungovan, Boston, Nov. 11, 1868: tubing, nipple cock, and for labor;

                                    Printed and illustrated billhead: plumbers and gas fitters; illustrated with picture of a harbor appearing under the word Boston

 

            .512     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Parker, Bacon, Kimball & Co., Boston, Nov. 24, 1868: sarsanet cambric

                                    Printed billhead: foreign and domestic dry goods

 

            .513     Bay State Collar Co. bought of C.M. Clapp & Co., Boston, Dec. 3, 1868: bands;

                                    Printed billhead: rubber goods, India-rubber and gutta-percha goods made to order

 

            .514     tax bill: from Treasury Office, City of Boston, Dec. 7, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co., taxes for the year 1868

                                    Printed form; printed by Mudge & Son

 

            .515     C.D. Elliot bought of Fowle & Co., Boston, Dec. 16, 1868: carpeting, border, and installation;

                                    Printed billhead: foreign and American carpet warehouse, successors to Parker, Fowle & Sons

 

            .516     National Hide and Leather Bank of Boston, Wm. Bassett, Jr., cashier, Dec. 19, 1868, to S.C. Fay, Jr.: “your note is due this day”

                                    Printed form

 

.517     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Dennison & Co., Aug. 20-Dec. 19, 1868: unspecified merchandise

                        Printed billhead: tags, jewelers’ boxes, &c.

 

.518     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Henry A. Gane & Son, Boston, Dec. 21, 1868: paste board;

                        Printed billhead: importers and dealers in bookbinder’s stock and tools

 

            .519     Bay State Collar Co. in account with Morrill & Co., Nov. 13-Dec. 23, 1868: for carting

 

            .520     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid United State Internal Revenue, Dec. 31, 1868: excise taxes for Nov. 1868;

                                    Printed form

 

Folder 4: Bills and receipts, 1869: January-June

 

            .521     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of B.F. Dutton, Boston, Jan. 8, 1868: collars, with note: “you may send new bill of tuck collars”;

                                    Printed billhead: importers and jobbers of millinery and small wares

 

            .522a-b            E. Leland, agent, bought of Bay State Collar Co., Boston, Jan. 21, 1869: paper goods as per bill rendered, with attached bill, covering Oct. 21, 1868-Feb. 23, 1869;

                                    .522a: printed billhead: manufacturers of paper goods

 

            .523     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Burr Brothers & Co., Boston, March 6, 1869: paper collars; with note: customers complained that collars were not of size marked on boxes;

                                    Printed billhead: importers of zephyr wools, gloves, braids and trimming goods, and manufacturers of cotton and woolen hosiery

 

            .524     receipt: Bay State Paper Collar Co. paid United States Internal Revenue, Boston, Mass., May 1, 1869: tax for year ending May 1, 1870

                                    Printed form

 

            .525     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid Dearborn & Co. for ladies’ violet collars bought at sheriff’s sale, May 5, 1869

 

            .526     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid Wm. D. Martin for gents’ collars bought at sheriff’s sale, May 5, 1869

 

            .527     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Grafton & Remick, Boston, May 8, 1869: paper cuffs and collars;

                                    Printed billhead: commission merchants

 

            .528     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of George W. Tapley, Springfield, Mass., May 15, 1869: reams of paper;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of enameled card and collar paper, also linen finish paper in roll or sheet

 

            .529     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Bryant & Groom, Boston, May 17, 1869: set of crates[?], a die;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of paper boxes

 

            .530     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Haughton, Perkins & Co., Boston, May 17,  1869: sarsanet cambric;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .531     Bay State Collar Co. bought of S.S. Davis, Nashua, N.H., May 23, 1869: boxes and cartons;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of plain and fancy paper boxes

 

            .532     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Davis & Waldron, Buffalo, N.Y., May 24, 1869: perfumery, collars, set of something as samples;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of ladies’ and gents’ linen finish, cloth lined paper collars and cuffs

 

            .533     Bay State Collar Co. bought of G.F. Champney, Boston, May 25, 1869: cartons and boxes for ladies’ fancy cuffs;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of band-boxes, store-boxes and all kinds of paper boxes; successor to H.G. Waite

 

            .534-.535         Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of George W. Tapley, Springfield, Mass., May 25 and 28, 1869: reams of paper;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of enameled card and collar paper, also linen finish paper in roll or sheet

 

            .536     receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid C. Moulton, May 3-28, 1869: for deliveries

 

            .537     Bay State Collar Co. paid The Union Elastic Goods Co., Boston, May 31, 1869: for rent with steam power of front upper room, corner of Lincoln and Essex Sts.;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of suspenders, elastic webs, braid, cord, and elastic goods of every description

 

            .538     Martin McKenna bought of Bay State Collar Co., June 1, 1869: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of paper goods

 

            .539     Bay State Collar Co. bought of G.F. Champney, Boston, June 3, 1869: cartons and boxes for ladies’ fancy cuffs;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of band-boxes, store-boxes and all kinds of paper boxes; successor to H.G. Waite

 

.540     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Haughton, Perkins & Co., Boston, June 5,  1869: cambric;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .541     Bay State Collar Co. bought of G.F. Champney, Boston, June 9, 1869: fancy  boxes;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of band-boxes, store-boxes and all kinds of paper boxes; successor to H.G. Waite

 

            .542                 Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Haughton, Perkins & Co., Boston, June 11, 1869: sarsanet cambric;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .543                 Bay State Collar Co. bought of Mitchell, Green & Stevens, Boston, June 14, 1869: paper cambric;

                                    Printed billhead: importers and jobbers of foreign and domestic dry goods and woolens [sic, i.e. woolens]

 

            .544-.545         Bay State Collar Co. bought of G.F. Champney, Boston, June 19 and 23, 1869: white collar  boxes;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of band-boxes, store-boxes and all kinds of paper boxes; successor to H.G. Waite

 

            .546     Bay State Collar Co. bought of Emerson Leland, agent for “Boston Star Collar Company,” Boston, June 22, 1869: 400 of something;

                                    Printed billhead: commission merchant, and dealer in paper collars, cuffs, &c., “sole agent for Solomon’s Patent Button Hole Cuff” [includes list of styles of collars and cuffs, including opera Shakespeare, Why Not, Hunki Dori, Fancy Strip, etc.]

 

            .547     notice from Suffolk County Deputy Sheriff’s Office, Boston, Mass.: to Geo. W. Baldwin, in account with Benjamin F. Bayley, John B. Dearborn, Harum Merrill, William D. Martin, B.S. Farrington, deputies: charges in case of Poillon v. Bay State Collar Co., June 22, 1869

 

            .548     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Haughton, Perkins & Co., Boston, June 23, 1869: sarsanet cambric and something else;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .549     bought of Stimson & Cotter, Boston, June 26, 1869: collars;

                                    Printed billhead: importers and jobbers of hosiery and gloves, shirts and drawers, trimming goods, worsted and woolen yarns, fancy and staple goods (successors to Alfred A. Andrews)

 

            .550-.551         Bay State Collar Co. bought of G.F. Champney, Boston, June 25 and [no date], 1869: cartons and boxes;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of band-boxes, store-boxes and all kinds of paper boxes; successor to H.G. Waite

 

Folder 5: Bills and receipts, 1869-1870: July-October 1869 and January-February 1870

 

            .552     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Haughton, Perkins & Co., Boston, July 7, 1869: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .553-.555         Bay State Collar Co. bought of G.F. Champney, Boston, July 19, and 24 and Aug. 2, 1869: cartons and boxes;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of band-boxes, store-boxes and all kinds of paper boxes; successor to H.G. Waite

 

            .556     Mr. Elliot bought of Abbott & Hutchins, Boston, Aug. 5, 1869: brush, tooth brush, comb, hair pins, perfume, ribbon;

                                    Printed billhead: retailers and jobbers of small wares, hosiery and gloves

 

            .557     Bay State Collar Co. bought of S.S. Davis, Nashua, N.H., Aug. 6, 1869: collar boxes;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of plain and fancy paper boxes

 

            .558     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Haughton, Perkins & Co., Boston, Aug. 7, 1869: sarsanet cambric;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .559     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Prentiss C. Baird, Leo, Mass., Aug. 15, 1869: paper;

                                    Printed billhead: paper manufacturer

 

            .560     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Chas. A. Noyes & Co., Boston, Aug. 23, 1869: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .561     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Haughton, Perkins & Co., Boston, Sept. 3, 1869: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .562     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Prentiss C. Baird, Leo, Mass., Sept. 8, 1869: unspecified merchandise;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .563a-g            Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of Haughton, Perkins & Co., Boston, Sept. 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 20, 1869: sarsanet, white, and jaconet cambrics, German cloth;

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .564     Bay State Collar Co. bought of G.F. Champney, Boston, Sept. 24, 1869: boxes;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of band-boxes, store-boxes and all kinds of paper boxes; successor to H.G. Waite

 

            .565     receipt: A.L. Elliot paid Samuel Turnbull, Boston, Sept. 29, 1869, on account

 

            .566     Bay State Paper Collar Co. bought of George W. Tapley, Springfield, Mass., Sept. 29, 1869: reams of paper;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of enameled card and collar paper, also linen finish paper in roll or sheet

 

            .567     Bay State Collar Co. paid The Union Elastic Goods Co., Boston, Sept. 30, 1869: for rent with steam power of front upper room, corner of Lincoln and Essex Sts.;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of suspenders, elastic webs, braid, cord, and elastic goods of every description

 

            .568a-d            Bay State Collar Co. bought of G.F. Champney, Boston, Oct. 8, 13, 14, 154, 1869: boxes and cartons;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturer of band-boxes, store-boxes and all kinds of paper boxes; successor to H.G. Waite

 

            .569a   receipt: Mark Folsom paid Bay State Collar Co., Boston, Jan. 14, 1870

 

            .569b   Bay State Collar Co. bought of Keniston & Sawyer, Boston, Feb. 1, 1870: gauges for punch;

                                    Printed billhead: manufacturers of boot & shoe and paper collar machinery

 

Folder 6: Bills and receipts: no year and 1904

 

            .570     Bay State Collar Co. bought of J. & J. [Berry], Boston, [date torn off]: labor on roll;

Printed billhead: engravers, die sinkers, designers, and cutters of [bookbinders’ tools, &c. – torn off];

Only left half of bill remains  

 

            .571-.572         sight orders: pay to the order of mercantile Trust Co., Boston, to Sidney Flower, New York City, signed Charles J. Elliot

                                    .571: Printed form, printed by T. Groom & Co., Boston;

                                    .572: printed and illustrated form, printed by T. Groom & Co., Boston, with illustration of Native American in a cartouche, surrounded by other symbols

 

Folder 7: Shipping bills and records: 186- and 1866 (arranged by shipping company)

 

            .573a-e                        Portland Steam Packet Company, Boston, 186- and Jan. 28, 1866, received cases of paper products from Bay State Collar Co., to be transported to Shepherd & Co., Portland;

                                    Printed and illustrated forms, printed by Sargent & Lawrence or B.F. Bennett & Co., with illustration of steam boat

 

            .574     Sanford’s Independent Line, no place, 186-, received bundle of paper goods, marked Sidney Kallish, from Bay State Collar Co., to be place on steamer Katahdin;

                                    Printed and illustrated form, printed by F.A. Searle, with illustration of steam boat Katahdin

 

            .575     boxes of paper being shipped by Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, March 22, 186-, on steamship Lanon[?], to S.C. Fay, Boston;

                                    Printed and illustrated form, printed by J. Haehnlen, Phila., with illustration of steam boat with sails

 

            .576     receipt: Eastern Express Co. received case of merchandise from S.C. Fay to be shipped to Darrah Bros., Lewiston, Me., no date, but on other side of receipt are notes about orders, dated Oct. 13, 1866

 

            .577a-b            receipts:  A.L. Elliot paid Huse & Baldwin, Boston, Oct. 6 and Dec. 8, 1866, for trucking cases from Boston and Lowell Railroad;

                                    Printed form: general forwarding agents and teamsters at Boston & Lowell Freight Depot

 

            .578a-b            receipts:  Mr. Smith received cases shipped by Old Colony & Newport Railway Co., Boston, on steamer Metropolis (.a) or Empire State (.b), both from New York, Oct. 26 and Dec. 8, 1866; both these shipments had originated in Philadelphia and had been shipped to New York City via the Camden & Amboy R.R. & Transportation Co., Oct. 23 and Dec. 5, 1866;

                                    Printed and illustrated forms, for Bay State Line, with illustration of steam boat and train engine;

                                    (in both cases, 2 receipts are attached)

 

            .579a-b            receipt for and notice of shipments via Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation, June 13, 1866 (.a) and Sept. 15, 1866 (.b); .b is addressed to A.L. Elliot, Cambridgeport, and informs him that a shipment from Holyoke has been received at the railroad’s transportation office;

                                    Printed forms

 

            .580a-c                        receipts: A.L. Elliot & Co. paid Bos. & Wor. And Western R.R. Corporation [Boston & Worcester and Western Railroad] for shipment of paper from Holyoke (.a, .b) or Pittsfield (.c), Sept. 12, 15, and 27, 1866;  an additional receipt attached to .c shows that the paper from Pittsfield was first shipped from Lee to Pittsfield by the Housatonic Railroad Company;

                                    Printed forms; that of Housatonic Railroad Co. illustrated with picture of a train

 

            .581a-j             receipts for shipments on Boston & Lowell and Nashua & Lowell Railroad, July 7, Oct. 26, Nov. 5, 7, 20, 23, 24, and Dec. 2 and 3, 1866; variously addressed to W.E. Elliot, A.L. Elliot, S.C. Fay, and Bay State Collar Co.;

                                    Printed forms (2 styles)

 

Folder 8: Shipping bills and records: 1867

 

            .582a-b            boxes of paper being shipped by Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, March 12 and Oct. 15, 1867, on steamship Norman, to S.C. Fay & Co. or Bay State Collar Co., Boston;

                                    Printed and illustrated form, printed by J. Haehnlen, Phila., with illustration of steam boat with sails

 

            .583     shipped by Bay State Collar Co., Boston, Nov. 13, 1867, on steamship Norman, to Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia;

                                    Printed and illustrated form, printed by Wm. F. Shaw & Co., Boston, with illustration of steam boat; the name of shippers White, Browne & Co. is crossed out and replaced with Bay State Collar Co.

 

            .584     receipt: J. Elliot & Son paid for shipment on the Blue Line Through Freight Company, Boston, Aug. 15, 1867, for shipment from Chicago;

                                    Printed form

 

            .585a-b            notice of arrival of shipment and receipt for shipment, to Bay State Collar Co., from Boston and Providence Railroad, Jan. 12 and Sept. 13, 1867;

                                    Printed forms

 

            .586     receipt for shipment, being shipped by Merchants Union Express Co., New York, April 30, 1867, to S.C. Fay, Boston

                                    Printed form

 

            .587     receipt for shipment, being shipped by Jas. Restein via Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company, Philadelphia, May 1, 1867, to S.C. Fay & Co., Boston

                                    Printed form

 

            .588a-c                        receipts for shipments via Railroad Corporation;

.a: March 8, 1867, for Boston & Main Railroad, Boston, shipment from Bay State Collar Co. to J.H. Additon, St. John, New Brunswick;

.b: April 9, 1867, via steamer Roman, from Bay State Collar Co., Boston, to J. Restein & Son, Philadelphia;

.c: Oct. 17, 1867, via Peoples Despatch, from Bay State Collar Co., Boston, to G. & H. McFadden, Cincinnati, Ohio;

Printed forms, 2 styles, all illustrated with trains, .a and .b printed by C.K. Darling, .c printed by Cutter, Tower, & Co.

 

            .589     receipt for shipments: Elliot & Co., paid Holman & Co.’s Express, Cambridgeport, April 1, 1867

                                    Printed billhead

 

            .590a   receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid Hills & Brother, Boston, Oct. 3, 1867, for carting and storage;

Printed form: storage agents for various railroads, form printed by Cutter, Tower, & Co.

 

            .590b   notice: Hills & Bro’s Warehouses, Boston, Nov. 6, 1867, notifies Bay State Collar Co. that the warehouse is storing rolls of paper for the company

                                    Printed form, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .591a-c                        receipts for storage: G. Tufts paid Hills and Bro., Boston, for storage, May 18, 20, 22, 1867

 

            .592     two attached receipts for shipment: Pawtucket Express paid for shipment to Bay State Collar Co., Sept. 2, 1867; and a receipt from Boston & Providence Railroad Co. for the shipment, Sept. 3, 1867;

                                    The railroad company’s receipt is on a printed form

 

            .593a-d            receipts for shipments on Boston & Lowell and Nashua & Lowell Railroad, Boston, April 11 and 30, Aug. 27, Oct. 2, 1867; variously addressed to Bay State Collar Co. and to A.L. Elliot

                                    Printed forms

 

            .594a-k            receipts: Bay State Collar Co. paid Bos. & Wor. And Western R.R. Corporation [Boston & Worcester and Western Railroad] for shipment of paper from Holyoke, Feb. 7, July 3, Aug. 15, Oct. 12, Nov. 9, 12, 15, 16, and 20, 1867; 

                                    Printed forms

 

            .595a-r             receipts: F. Wilkins, Boston, paid by Bay State Collar Co. for trucking from Boston and Lowell Railroad, Feb. 28, March 30, April 18 and 24, May 15, July 1 and 16, Aug. 16, 21, 28, and 29, Sept. 5, 11, 16, and 23, Nov. 6 and 21, Dec. 9, 1867

                                    Printed forms, printed by Arthur W. Locke, Boston

 

Folder 9: Shipping bills and records: 1868

 

            .596     from United State and Canada Express Office, Boston, Sept. 30, 1868, to A.W. Coulton, Boston: parcel has arrived, signed Fiske & Co.

                                    Printed form letter

 

            .597     receipt for shipment: being shipped by Merchants Union Express Co., New York, May 8, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co., bundle being shipped by Brown, Cooley & Nichols, New York City

                                    Printed form

 

            .598a-d            receipts for shipment: boxes being shipped via Old Colony & Newport Railway Company and its partner Union Line, Boston, to Bay State Collar Co., Boston, April 14, May 18, and Oct. 13, 1868; three shipments from by M. Loth Cincinnati, Ohio, and one from Philadelphia, which began its journey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company on May 15;

                                    Printed forms, those of the Union Line illustrated with a red star; the Oct. 13 receipt is illustrated with a train

 

            .599a-e                        from Portland Steam Packet Company, Boston, May 25, 28, 29, and Sept. 4 and 17, 1868; three receipts for cases of paper products from Bay State Collar Co., to be transported to Shepherd & Co., Portland; two receipts for shipping, no destination given;

                                    Printed and illustrated forms, three printed by Sargent & Lawrence and two by Berry; all with illustration of steam boat

 

            .600a-e                        receipts for shipments on Boston & Providence Railroad Co., including shipments to New York via Stonington line, on steamer Stonington,  March 28 and 30, Oct. 1, Nov. 5 and 8, 1868; attached to receipt of March 30 is a receipt for a shipment made via the Pawtucket Express; all shipments charged to Bay State Collar Co.

                                    printed forms

 

            .601a-b            shipping forms: Bay State Collar Co. shipped via Norwich Line to New York, Feb. 20-21, 1868; one case to Wilson, Yale & Staats and the other to Butler & Pitkin, both of New York City;

                                    Printed form, printed by Richard L. Gay & Co., Boston, illustrated with a steam boat

 

            .602a-d            shipping receipts:

                                    .a: from Bay State Collar Co. to J. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, via steamship Roman, Jan. 18, 1868;

                                    .b: from J. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, to Bay State Collar Co., Boston, via steamship Norman, Jan. 20, 1868;

                                    .c-.d: from J. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, to Bay State Collar Co., Boston, via steamship Roman, April 8-9, 1868;

                                    Printed and illustrated forms; printed by B.F. Bennett & Co. or J. Haelhnlen, Phila., illustrated with steam boats with sails

 

            .603a-p            receipts for freight shipped via Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Line, on Norman, Roman, Aries, or Saxon, from Philadelphia, and paid for by Bay State Collar Co., Boston, Jan.-Dec. 1868

 

            .604a-e                        receipts for freight shipped via Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Line, on Roman, or Saxon, from Bay State Collar Co., Boston, to J. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, and paid for by April 1, May 8, July 14 and 16[?], Dec. 16, 1868;

                                    Printed and illustrated forms; printed by B.F. Bennett & Co., illustrated with steam boats with sails

 

            .605a-c                        receipts: Bay State Collar Co. paid Bos. & Wor. and Nor. & Wor. R.R. Corporations [Boston & Worcester and Norwich and Worcester Railroads] for transport of goods from Springfield or New York, March 23, 26, and 28, 1868[?];           Printed forms

 

            .606a-d            receipts for shipments on Boston & Lowell and Nashua & Lowell Railroad Corporation, June 8, Nov. 13, 20 and 21, 1868; addressed to Bay State Collar Co.;

                                    Printed forms

 

            .607a-z                        receipts: F. Wilkins, Boston, paid by Bay State Collar Co. for trucking from Boston and Lowell Railroad, March-Dec. 1868

                                    Printed forms, 2 styles; one style printed by Arthur W. Locke, Boston; Wilkins was a general forwarding agent and teamster at Boston and Lowell freight depot

 

            .608     receipt for shipment via Railroad Corporation, on Boston & Providence line, Jan. 25, 1868; Bay State Collar Co. sent rolls of paper to Thomas & Co., Pawtucket, R.I.

                                    Printed and illustrated form; printed by Wm. F. Shaw & Co., Boston, illustrated with picture of a train; the name White, Browne & Co. has been crossed through and Bay State Collar Co. substituted in its place 

 

            .609a-c            receipts for shipments via Peoples Despatch Railroad Corporation, Jan. 22, 25 and 27, 1868; Bay State Collar Co. sent goods to Gurley & Currie in New York City and to G. & H. McFadden in Cincinnati, Ohio;

                                    Printed and illustrated form; printed by Cutter, Tower & Co., illustrated with picture of a train engine [locomotive]

 

            .610a-b            receipts for shipments via Peoples Despatch – Western R.R. Freight Depot, April 9 and Sept. 14, 1868; Bay State Collar Co. sent goods to A.M. Rook, Detroit, Michigan;

                                    Printed and illustrated form; illustrated with picture of a train

 

            .611a-c                        receipt for shipment via Railroad Corporation, on Norwich & Worcester line, Jan. or June 23, 1868; Bay State Collar Co. sent goods to Weld & Andrews, Curley & Currie, and Butler & Pitkin, all of New York City;

                                    Printed and illustrated form; printed by Cutter, Tower & Co., illustrated with picture of a train engine [locomotive]

                                    Note: the sheets have been torn into three pieces

 

Folder 10: Shipping bills and records: 1869

 

            .612a-b            receipt: Bay State Collar Co. paid Hills & Brother, Boston, May 19 and 28, 1869, for carting and storage;

Printed form: storage agents for various railroads, form printed by Cutter, Tower, & Co.

 

            .613     notice of arrival of shipment sent to Bay State Collar Co., from Boston and Providence Railroad, June 14, 1869;

                                    Printed form

 

            .614     receipt for freight shipped via Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Line, on steamship Roman, from Philadelphia, and paid for by Bay State Collar Co., Boston, Jan. 7, 1869

 

            .615a-b            these two receipts are stuck together, but whether by desire or by happenstance is unknown;

                                    .a: receipt for shipment: Bay State Collar Co., Boston, paid National Transportation Co., New York, June 11, 1869, for a shipment to Boston;

                                    .b: receipt for shipment: Bay State Collar Co., Boston, paid Boston & Providence Railroad Co. for transportation from New York via Neptune Line, steamer “Electra,” June 12, 1869;

                                    Both on printed forms

 

Folder 11: Statements and orders: 1866

 

            .616a-ll            a group of statements and orders, many originating from the work of S.C. Fay; these give names of customers; some of the orders also include other information, such as the state of trade;

one (on back of blue stationery of Bowen, Holmes & Co.) includes personal expenses, perhaps of C.D. Elliot (the E.J.E. could be his wife Emily Jane Elliot), including theater, supper, newspapers, fares to Troy and Rutland

 

Folder 12: Statements and orders: 1867

 

            .617a-kk          a group of statements and orders, originating from the work of C.D. Elliot, A.L. Elliot, and S.C. Fay; also includes statements about bank account of J.E. & Sons; these notes give names of customers; some of the orders also include other information, such as the state of trade; a couple of items are undated

 

Folder 13: Statements and orders: 1868

 

            .618a-mm        a group of statements and orders originating from the work of C.D. Elliot, A.L. Elliot, and S.C. Fay; these give names of customers; sometimes the letters give other information as well, such as the state of business (usually dull); of course, these also give the names of men selling on behalf of Bay State Paper Collar Co.

 

Folder 14: Statements and orders: 1869

 

            .619a-f             a group of statements and orders originating from the work of A.L. Elliot and S.C. Fay; these give names of customers

 

Folder 15: Statements and orders: no year

 

            .620     chiefly orders, with names of customers

 

 

Box 3

 

Folder 1: Correspondence: Business and miscellaneous, no year, 1860, and 1875-1876

 

            .621     Cambridge Library Association, Feb. 27, 1860, to G.[?] L. Richardson: notice that he was elected vice-president of the association

                                    Printed form letter, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .622     Pastor Smith Baker certifies that Deacon E. B. Welch was chosen to represent Frist Church in Lowell at the called council, Sept. 4, 1875

 

            .623     letter, John K. Tarbox, Washington, D.C., to Charles Cowley, Chairman of Committee, [Lowell, Mass.], Feb. 26, 1876: Tarbox unable to accept invitation to participate in observance of Lowell’s semi-centennial; goes on to praise Lowell

 

            .624     District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, no date, to A. W. Carleton, Boston, Mass., giving him notice of the amount Carleton is to receive in the case of the bankruptcy of Moses C. Swift of Ned Bedford

                                    Printed form letter, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .625     letter, A. M. Rook, Detroit, Sept. 11, no year, to S.C. Fay: requests samples of men’s paper collars, cuffs, and bosoms

 

            .626     short letter from S.S. Davis, [Nashua, N.H.], no date: am sending what he can to fill order; hopes to be in Boston next week

 

            .627     short letter: Shepherd & Co., Portland, April[?] 22, to Bay State Collar Co.: seems to be an order [difficult to read]

 

            .628     C.D. Elliot to Mr. Fay: warns Fay against trusting Carlton: “if you do, you will surely lose by him.”

 

            .629     Mellen & Tillson Thompsen, Boston, Sept. 15, to S.C. Fay: needs payment before the 25th

 

            .630     note about Sidney Flower of New York City, publisher of New Thought magazine, and Nellie Snyder, manager of the magazine

 

            .631     S.C. Fay to the President, [Paper Collar Manufacturers Association]: “The Bay State Paper Collar Co. of Boston desire admission into the association” so it can join others in defense against the claims of the Union Collar Co.

 

            .632     S.M. Burgess of Burgess, Nourse & Co. to Mr. Fay: needs the goods to fill an order as someone else has already sold them

 

            .633a   Young Drachen[?], Boston, Aug. 8, [year unclear], to A.L. Elliot: please explain an order

 

            .633b   Merritt Bros.[?] & Co., Portland, Sept. 27, no year, to A.L. Elliot, Cambridgeport: haven’t received all of order; send bill to Boston office

 

            .633c   short note from K & Co. [Knowlton & Co.?], no date: “We have been disappointed with our help, which causes delay in filling orders….”

 

            .633d   [illegible], Wheeling, no date, to S.C. Fay, B.S.P.C.Co.: check enclosed

 

Folder 2: Business Correspondence, 1865-1866, March-June

 

            .634     Thomas & Co., Pawtucket, R.I., to J. & C.D. Elliot, Dec. 14, 1865: have not received payment for last shipment

                                    Printed letterhead: manufacturers of card board;

                                    On back: estimates of cost of making collars from cardboard, and some other notes

 

            .635     Alfred L. Elliot of Cambridge gives names Charles D. Elliot to represent him at meeting of United States Paper Collar Manufacturers Association, March 12, 1866, with blind embossed seal of notary public

 

            .636     T. B. Lord, Boston, to J. & C.D. Elliot: please send some goods;

                                    Printed letterhead: selling agent for Bigelow’s celebrated ladies’ and gents’ celebrated satin enamelled collars and cuffs, and ladies’ embossed collars

 

            .637     G. Howard for T.B.L. [T. B. Lord], Boston, March 16, 1866, to Messrs Elliot: why haven’t you sent collars?

 

            .638     Chas. D. Elliot, Cambridgeport, May 12, 1866, to T.C. Theaker, Commissioner of Patents: asking if his papers for design of paper collars had been received

 

            .639     T. H. Seavey, Boston, June 1, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: needs immediate delivery on some goods

 

            .640     C.A. Righter & Co., New York, June 11, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: payment enclosed

 

            .641     John C. Morse & Co., Boston, June 12, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: send corrected bill

                                    Printed letterhead: manufacturers of worsted braids, woolen yarns and hosiery

 

            .642-.643         Lewis Coleman & Co., Boston, June 12 and 14, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: orders ladies’ cuffs

 

            .644     A. L. Elliot, Cambridgeport, June 14, 1866, to Knowlton & Co.: new order and where is the previous order?

 

            .645     Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., June 14, 1866, to J. Elliot & Son: has shipped earlier order; requests additional information about new order

           

            .646     Wm. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., June 15, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: gives date the paper is to be shipped

 

            .647     Lewis Coleman & Co., Boston, June 15, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: have been warned by Union Paper Collar Co. not to sell any more ladies’ paper collars or cuffs

 

            .648     copy of letter from Chas. D. Elliot, Cambridgeport, June 19, 1866, to T.C. Theaker, Commissioner of Patents: requests copies of patents; inquiring again about his designs of paper collars

 

            .649     Moore, Wyman & Co., Boston, June 19, 1866, to Elliot & Sons: crimping rolls are ready

 

            .650     Ordway, Bradbury & Co., June 21, 1866, to A. L. Elliot: please send corrected bill

 

            .651     Whiting & Russell, Boston, June 21, 1866, to L.A.[sic] Elliot: see them about a claim they have received against Elliot

 

            .652     Gardner, Pratt & Mackintire, Boston, June 21, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co., Cambridgeport: order for paper collars;

                                    Printed form letter

 

            .653     T.H. Seavey, Boston, June 25, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co., Cambridge: order for tuck collars

 

            .654     Lewis Coleman & Co., Boston, June 26, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: orders tuck collars

 

            .655     J.E. Bailou, Fremont, Ill, June 26, [1866?], to A.L. Elliot & Co.: orders cuffs and collars, and asks that they be shipped at lowest rates and quickest time to St. Paul, Minn.; inquires about payment from Mr. Lovering of Cincinnati – advises against sending a second order until first is paid for; would be able to sell more cuffs if price were lower

 

            .656     E.T. Lovering, Covington, Ky., June 26, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: has been ill and has not been able to sell goods so hasn’t been able to pay, but is better now

 

            .657     Lewis Coleman & Co., Boston, June 28, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: tuck collars of poor quality and don’t think they can do much with them

 

            .658     W. Fenwick[?], Cincinnati, June 28, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: orders collars and cuffs; has taken over from Mr. Lovering; mentions local competition

 

            .659     Kileski & Hirshfield, Lowell, June 28, 1866, to A.L. Elliot, Cambridgeport: received a bill and case of paper ruffling from him which they did not order; have ordered from Mr. Seavey and have never heard of him

                                    Embossed letterhead: cash jobbers

 

            .660     S.C. Fay, Lowell, June 28, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: places an order for goods and mentions Kileski & Hirshfield

 

            .661     draft [called copy] of letter from A.L. Elliot, Cambridgeport, June 29, 1866, to Kileski & Hirshfield: the goods they received were ordered through his agent Mr. Fay

 

Folder 3: Business Correspondence, 1866: July

 

            .662     S.C. Fay, Boston, July 2, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: [sending in orders]

 

            .663     Lewis Coleman & Co., Boston, July 2, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: hurry up order

 

            .664     Kileski & Hirshfield, Lowell, July 2, 1866, to A.L. Elliot, Cambridgeport: about the order received from them, which was placed with Fay and they thought was to come from T. H. Seavey;

                                    Embossed letterhead: cash jobbers

 

            .665     [illegible] Wright, July 3, 1866, to friend Fay: reports on his sales

 

            .666     S.C. Fay, Boston, July 3, 1866, to A.L. Elliot [& Co.]: [more orders]

 

            .667     Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., July 4, 1866, to Elliot & Co.: has shipped sample of tuck label; having problems getting them properly printed

 

            .668     telegram: Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., July 5, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: boxes to be delivered this evening;

                                    On printed letterhead stationery of The American Telegraph Company

 

            .669     S.C. Fay, Boston, July 5, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: [more orders]

           

            .670     Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., July 7, 1866, to J. Elliot & Son: about delivery of boxes on the 5th

 

            .671     E.T. Lovering, Cincinnati, July 9, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: encloses draft; still feeling effects of illness; Fenwick is okay man

 

            .672     S.C. Fay, Boston, July 9, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: [more orders];

                                    Written on back of printed advertisement for New Fish Market, 10 St. Charles Market, kept by Charles Williams and George A. Slack

 

            .673-.674         Moore, Wyman & Co., Boston, July 10 and 12, 1866, to C.D. Elliot: bill for pattern enclosed (10th); and about settling two bills (12th)

 

            .675-.676         S.C. Fay, Boston, July 12, 1866, to Elliot & Co.: [more orders]

 

            .677     C.A. Righter & Co., New York, July 14, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: what is price on gents collars?

 

            .678     S.C. Fay, Boston, July 16, 1866, to Elliot & Co.: [more orders]

 

            .679     H. Seavey, pr Chamberlain, Boston, July 18, 1866: bill of sale for machinery in his factory at 315 North St., Boston, and rent of a room; purchase being made by Joseph, C.D., and A.L. Elliot

 

            .680     T.C. Theaker, United States Patent Office, Washington, D.C., July 19, 1866, to Chas. D. Elliot, Cambridgeport: Elliot’s papers for design for paper collars, cuffs, &c., received and will be considered for a patent;

                                    Printed form letter, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .681     E.T. Lovering, Cincinnati, July 20, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: has been ill again; preparing to start for St. Louis, Dubuque, etc.

                                    On printed letterhead stationery of J.R. Hawley & Co., Publishers, Booksellers, and Stationers, Cincinnati

 

            .682     S.C. Fay, Boston, July 20, 1866, to Elliot & Co.: [more orders]; Whiting needs to know about needed width of roll paper

 

            .683     Mrs. R.C. Dunlap, Worcester, July 23, 1866, to S.C. Fay: encloses payment

 

            .684     D.C. Griswold & Co., Boston, July 24, 1866, to Messrs Elliot: about orders

 

            .685     S.C. Fay, Boston, July 25, 1866, to Elliots: needs samples of Shakespeares

 

            .686     Gardner, Pratt & Mackintire, Boston, July 26, 1866, to L.A.[sic] Elliot & Co., Cambridgeport: order for paper collars;

                                    Printed form letter

 

            .687-.689         S.C. Fay, July 27 and 28, 1866, to friend Elliot: [orders]

 

.690     Kileski & Hirshfield, Lowell, July 29, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: encloses payment

 

.691     Gardner, Pratt & M[ackintire], Boston, July 31, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: returning collars;

                        On back: account of stock made or sold by the Elliots

 

Folder 4: Business Correspondence, 1866: August

 

            .692     Weld, Andrews & Leet, New York, Aug. 4, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: check enclosed, and another order;

                                    Printed letterhead stationery: importers and jobbers of foreign and domestic fancy goods

 

            .693     Stimson & Cotter, Boston, Aug. 7, 1866, to S.C. Fay: orders goods on consignment

 

            .694     E.T. Lovering, Cincinnati, Aug. 7, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: encloses check; took ill in St. Louis and returned to Cincinnati; cholera in Cincinnati

 

            .695a-b            S.C. Fay, Aug. 8-9, 1866, to friend Elliot: orders, with additional information about one firm and comments on what is wanted.  “I have been over the city till I am very nearly sick….”

 

            .696     A. Storrs & Co., Boston, Aug. 9, 1866, to Mr. Elliot: about Elliot’s order

 

            .697     Morse & Browne[?], Boston, Aug. 9, 1866, to S.C. Fay: enclose check

 

            .698     Snyder & Morey, Philadelphia, Aug. 9, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: apologizes for delay in sending check, and orders more collars

 

            .699     Gross, Strauss & Co., Worcester, Mass., Aug. 11, 1866: check enclosed;

                                    Printed form letter, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .700     Barton & Co., Manchester, N.H., Aug. 14, 1866, to S.C. Fay: draft enclosed

 

            .701     George F. Bassett, Lee, Mass., Aug. 14, 1866, to J.E. Houghton: quotes prices for making boxes

 

            .702     H. Peck for J.[?] Woodward, New York, Aug. 15, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: problem with order

 

            .703     A. Callahan & Co., Boston, Aug. 17, 1866, to S.C. Fay: needs Shakespeare collars

 

            .704     A.L. Elliot, Cambridgeport, Aug. 17, 1866, to Knowlton & Co.: needs boxes soon

 

            .705     Howard Kinsman, Springfield, Mass., Aug. 17, 1866, to S.C. Fay: encloses cash

 

            .706-.707         Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Aug. 17-18, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: will ship boxes tomorrow; will send labels for boxes

 

            .708     Gibbs & Austin, Ogdensburg, N.Y., Aug. 21, 1866, to S.C. Fay: received shipment of goods from T. H. Seavey; price of goods      

 

            .709     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, Aug. 21, 1866, to S.C. Fay: can enamel the collar paper in the sheet, but not the roll; have garrote collar board on hand;

                                    On back: sketch of sheet of paper

 

            .710     Geo. W. Moore, New York, Aug. 22, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: check enclosed

 

            .711     Wm. Whiting, Whiting Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., Aug. 23, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: will ship paper soon; charges for enameling paper

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .712     Weld, Andrews & Leet, New York, Aug. 23, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: orders ruffles;

                                    Printed letterhead stationery: importers and jobbers of foreign and domestic fancy goods

 

            .713     Jas. E. Houghton, Boston, Aug. 24, 1866, to A.L. & C.D. Elliot: reports on visit to Mr. Smith about the paper

 

            .714     N. Frank, Ogdensburgh, Aug. 24, 1866, to S.C. Fay, Cambridgeport: check enclosed

 

            .715     Waterbury Mills, Ogdensburgh, Aug. 27, 1866, to T.H. Seavery & Co.: requests prices on goods;

                                    Penciled figures on back

 

            .716     S.C. Fay, Boston, Aug. 28, 1866, to friend Elliots: while Fay is away, Elliots need to check each day if any orders have come in and get them attended to; make sure have enough help in factory; go ahead and box up some of stock; if have enough help, then can fill orders with dispatch and can attend to creating new styles

 

            .717     S.C. Fay, New York, Aug. 29, 1866, to friend Elliots: orders; New York Ladies’ Collar Co. has reduced its prices

 

            .718     John[?] Bentley, Chateaugay, [N.Y.], Aug. 29, 1866, to S.C. Fay: Mr. Clark opened the box and found that other orders had been included with his;

                                    Printed letterhead: United State and Canada Express, Cheney, Fiske & Co., proprietors

 

            .719     Ordway Bradbury & Co., Boston, Aug. 29, 1866, to Mr. Fay: please send ordered goods

 

            .720     Butler & Rogers, Boston, Aug. 29, 1866 to S.C. Fay: please send bill;

                                    Embossed letterhead

 

            .721     S.W.H. Ward, New York, Aug. 30, 1866, to Dealers in Paper Collars: the Union Paper Collar Co. is “endeavoring to prevent dealers from selling any paper collars except those made by themselves” [because they think they hold the only patent on the process].   Ward offers to defend any of his customers against the company; says that paper collars were made and sold in the U.S. as early as 1832 [and describes how people made collars by re-using the paper used to wrap ribbons, and how one man made his paper look like linen]; Ward makes more paper collars than anyone except the Union Paper Collar Co.

 

            .722     Butler, Pitkin & Co., New York, Aug. 30, 1866, to A.L. Elliot, Cambridgeport: gives amount of an invoice

 

            .723     George F. Bassett, Lee, [Mass.], Aug. 31, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: sends samples of boxes, with prices

 

            .724     Stone Wood & Co., Boston, Aug. 31, 1866, to  L.C.[sic] Fay: need invoice for goods received

 

            .725     Stimson & Cotter, Boston, Aug. 31, 1866, to S.C. Fay: orders Byron collars

 

            .726     J. & C.[?] Greenwood & Co., Boston, Aug. 31, 1866, to Mr. Fay: needd invoice

 

Folder 5: Business Correspondence, 1866: September

 

            .727     Stone Wood & Co., Boston, Sept. 1, 1866, to S.C. Fay: order is short

 

            .728     Edward Lyman, Burlington, Vt., Sept. 3[?], 1866, to A.L. Elliot: check enclosed;

                                    Blind embossed letterhead: wholesale and retail dry goods

 

            .729     Wellington Smith, Smith Paper Co., Lee, Mass., Sept. 3, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co., Cambridgeport: can supply enameled paper;

                                    Printed letterhead: writing, blank-book, printing: collar and enameled papers, paper collars

 

            .730     Tufts, Burtis & Co., New York, Sept. 5, 1866, to A.L. Elliot, Cambridgeport: as their order from him was so long delayed, had to get collars from elsewhere and cannot use all that Elliot finally sent;

                                    Printed letterhead: importers & wholesale dealers in foreign & domestic fancy goods

 

            .731     H. Rubens, New York, Sept. 6, 1866, to T. H. Seavey & Co.: am sending a sample of collar paper just imported from Europe, with prices; takes 70-90 days to fill orders from Europe

 

            .732     J. & L. Dejonge, New York, Sept. 6, 1866, to L.[sic]C. Fay: will fill his order for paper, but takes time to do it properly; can only emboss one pattern at a time; mentions imported paper [part of letter is missing]

 

            .733     partial letter, to Messrs Smith & Co. [Smith Paper Co., Lee, Mass.], from [Elliot & Co.], Cambridgeport, Sept. 7, 1866: asks for lower prices on paper

 

            .734     Wm. Whiting, agent [for Whiting Paper Company], Holyoke, Mass., Sept. 8, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: will ship paper soon; sending a sample

 

            .735     A.L. Elliot, Cambridgeport, Sept. 8, 1866, to Tufts, Burtis & Co., New York: sorry for delay; if can’t use goods, then please return them

 

            .736     H. Rubens, New York, Sept. 8, 1866, to S.C. Fay: will ship case of collars soon; the paper is popular and has little left

 

            .737     S.W. Ripley, Lewiston, Sept. 11, 1866, to friend Fay: order to be send to Darrah Bros., with shipping information;

                                    2 patterns for collars are drawn in ink at bottom of paper; the letter refers to a sample, but it is unclear whether one of these designs is the referenced sample

 

            .738     Peck, Heaton & Co., Boston, Sept. 11, 1866, to S.C. Fay, Cambridgeport: check enclosed

 

            .739     George F. Bassett, Lee, [Mass.], Sept. 11, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: will fill the company’s order for boxes; gives price

 

            .740     Wellington Smith, Smith Paper Co., Lee, Mass., Sept. 13, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: will meet requested price [see .733] and will send sample of garrote paper

                                    Printed letterhead: writing, blank-book, printing: collar and enameled papers, paper collars

 

            .741     D.A. Waldron, American Paper Collar and Bosom Company, Providence, Sept. 14, 1866, to S.C. Fay: gives terms for their agents and how they ship

 

            .742     George F. Bassett, Lee, [Mass.], Sept. 15, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: will ship the company’s order for boxes soon

 

            .743     L. Doolittle & Son, Champlain, [no state], Sept. 17, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: draft enclosed

 

            .744     Lewis Coleman & Co., Boston, Sept. 18, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: cancels order

 

            .745     Nathan Frank, Ogdensburgh, Sept. 20, 1866, to S.C. Fay: draft enclosed

 

            .746     M.A. Tynburg, New York, Sept. 21, 1866, to S.C. Fay: send bill and rest of order

 

            .747     George F. Bassett, Lee, [Mass.], Sept. 24, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: will ship the boxes today; shipment delayed because had to wait for straw board

 

            .748     Kileski & Hirshfield, Lowell, Sept. 24, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: have sold few crimped collars – should they return the rest?

                                    Blind embossed letterhead: cash jobbers

 

            .749     Knowlton & Co., Nashua, Sept. 25, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: requests more information about how to cover boxes

 

            .750     O.W. Kibbie[?], Newport, R.I., Sept. 27, 1866, to S.C. Fay: problem with bill

 

            .751     I. Irving, Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 29, 1866, to S.C. Fay, Cambridgeport: problem with order; with added note: “corrected bill sent, CDE”

 

Folder 6: Business Correspondence, 1866: October

 

            .752     George F. Bassett, Lee, Oct. 1, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: sorry missed seeing him on recent trip to Boston; wants to make better boxes for him

 

            .753     Almon Miller & Co., New York, Oct. 1, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: check enclosed

 

            .754     Ordway, Bradbury & Co., Oct. 2, 1866, to S.C. Fay: check enclosed

 

            .755a-b            J. & L. Dejonge, New York, Oct. 5, 1866, to S.C. Fay: sample of paper which Fay sent differs greatly from what he ordered; encloses sample of paper which they ordered for him;

                                    Includes sample; Dejonge name and address stamped at head of letter

 

            .756     [name not clear, but Katz is part of it], New York, Oct. 5, 1866, to S.C. Fay: check enclosed [see also .836 – same name]

 

            .757     Weld, Andrews & Leet, New York, Oct. 5, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: check enclosed;

                                    Printed letterhead stationery: importers and jobbers of foreign and domestic fancy goods

 

            .758     Nathan Frank, Ogdensburgh, Oct. 6, 1866, to S.C. Fay: thinks he sent the draft of Sept. 20 to Cambridge – please check there for it

 

            .759     E. Seibert, Baltimore, Oct. 8, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: payment enclosed

 

            .760     Ezra[?] Bliss, New York, Oct. 10, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: payment enclosed

 

            .761     A.L. Elliot & Co., Oct. 11, 1866, to E.T. Lovering: encloses bill; Barbour has explained why Lovering hasn’t paid, but the company needs the money; Fenwick hasn’t paid, either – please send his address

 

            .762     N.W. Slocum, Providence, R.I., Oct. 13, 1866, to S.W.R.: answering advertisement for paper collar agents; gives his qualifications;

                                    Note added: “write him and offer him 10%”

 

            .763a   Joseph Lichtenstern, New York, Oct. 13, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: payment enclosed;

                                    Printed letterhead: importer and jobber in hosiery and gent’s furnishing goods

 

            .763b   Whiting & Russell, Boston, Oct. 13, 1866[?], to L.A.[sic] Elliot, Cambridgeport: Union Paper Collar Co. has renewed their complaint of Elliot’s infringement on its patent; wish to talk to him about this

 

            .764     Stone Wood & Co., Boston, Oct. 15, 1866, to L.[sic]C. Fay: please call on us

 

            .765     Knowlton & Co., Nashua, Oct. 15, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: ready to send order

 

 

            .766     P. Van Volkenburgh & Co., New York, Oct. 15, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: payment enclosed

 

            .767     Gardner, Pratt & Mackintire, Boston, Oct. 15, 1866[?], to S.C. Fay: payment enclosed;

                                    Printed form letter, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .768     Hurd Curran & Co., New York, Oct. 16, 1866, to S.C. Fay: payment enclosed

 

            .769     L.M. Bowdoin, Portland, Oct. 18, 1866, to Mr. Elliot: payment enclosed; also orders more goods; please include samples of new styles

 

            .770     Kileski & Hirshfield, Lowell, Oct. 19, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: returning ruffled collars – unable to sell them;

                                    Blind embossed letterhead: cash jobbers

 

            .771     S.W.H. Ward, New York, Oct. 19, 1866, to A.L. Elliot, secretary and treasurer of Bay State paper Collar Co.: will endorse the application of his company for admission to Paper Collar Manufacturers Association at the next board meeting

 

            .772     Justice & Co., New York, Oct. 19, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: check enclosed;

                                    Printed letterhead: importers and dealers in fancy goods, notions, hosiery and gents’ furnishing goods

 

            .773     Jacob Stern, Springfield, Oct. 20, 1866, to S.C. Fay: returning collars because the quality and style is not suited to his trade

 

            .774     A. Storrs & Co., Boston, Oct. 20, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: please pay bill;

                                    Someone else used the paper to design monograms, including JE & Co., SB, TE, etc.; back used for calculations

 

            .775     J. Nathan & Co., New Haven, Oct. 22, 1866, to S.C. Fay, Cambridgeport: incomplete order received;

 

            .776     G. Fox, Hartford, Oct. 22, 186, to S.C. Fay: check enclosed

 

            .777     J. Restein, Philadelphia, Oct. 23, 1866, to S.C. Fay: had to transfer his shipment to another line as the steamer was full;

                                    On back: order for D.C. Griswold & Co.

 

            .778     Wm. P. Lyon, secretary and treasurer, Paper Collar Manufacturers Association, New York, Oct. 23, 1866, to A.L. Elliot, secretary and treasurer of Bay State Paper Collar Co.: application for admission to Paper Collar Manufacturers Association has been accepted; mentions initiation fee

 

            .779     S.W.H. Ward, New York, Oct. 23, 1866, to A.L. Elliot, president of Bay State Paper Collar Co.: don’t pay initiation fee until further notice; mentions fight against Union Paper Collar Co.; hopes Elliot can meet Ward in New York

 

            .780     L. Oppenheimer, Hartford, Oct. 24, 1866, to S.C. Fay: check enclosed

 

            .781     Danzig & Bro., Hartford, Oct. 24, 1866, to S.C. Fay: payment enclosed;

                                    With a rough sketch of something

 

            .782     L.M. Bowdoin, Portland, Oct. 27, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: order received, but not receipt for his last payment

 

            .783     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, Oct. 27, 1866, to S.C. Fay: encloses sample of satin board, which they think will suit his needs

 

            .784     S.R. Mead, Boston, Oct. 31, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: where is his order?  Don’t tell anyone that Mead buys from Elliot: “I want to keep clear of any trouble.”

 

Folder 7: Business Correspondence, 1866: November

 

            .785     Mead, Boston, Nov. 2, 1866, to friend Elliot: paper goods received, but bill has different price from what quoted

 

            .786     A. Storrs & Co., Boston, Nov. 2, 1866, to Grub[?]: encloses sample, invites order

 

            .787     Berlin & Jones, New York, Nov. 2, 1866, to S.C. Fay: can make an arrangement with him now, but perhaps not later

 

            .788     Shepherd & Co., Portland, Nov. 3, 1866, to S.C. Fay: will try hard to sell goods

 

            .789     Knowlton & Co., Nashua, Nov. 3, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: enclose invoices and an order ready to ship; Mr. Knowlton hopes to see him next week

 

            .790     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, Nov. 3, 1866, to S.C. Fay: encloses samples of imperfect satin and garrote boards, which are still useful

 

            .791     R.H. S[illegible], Boston, Nov. 5, 1866, to S.C. Fay: returning the goods left on consignment as unable to sell them

 

            .792     Wm. Whiting, Whiting Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., Nov. 5, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: check received

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .793a   partial letter, to Wm. P. Lyon, secretary and treasurer of Paper Collar Manufacturers Association, from unknown person [probably A.L. Elliot & Co.], Nov. 6, 1866: please send some of the circulars which the association has issued; also, if the company is sued, to whom in the association should they turn for assistance

 

            .793b   another partial letter, no date, seems not to be the continuation of .793a, but does request circulars and asks what to do if the company is sued

 

            .794     M. D. Robbins, Portsmouth, N.H., Nov. 6, 1866, to friend Fay: Shepard & Co. never gave him a list of what to send, so still uncertain about that; includes an order

 

            .795     S.R. Mead of Lewis Coleman & Co., Boston, Nov. 7, 1866, to Mr. Elliot: needs boxes of point lace collars – can he supply them?

 

            .796     John H. Wilson & Co., New York, Nov. 7, 1866 to C.L.[sic] Elliot: enclose check

 

            .797     Wm. P. Lyon, secretary and treasurer, Paper Collar Manufacturers Association, New York, Nov. 8, 1866, to A.L. Elliot, secretary of Bay State Paper Collar Co.: [reply to letter of Nov. 6, .793]: will send circulars, what to do if suit brought against him (mentions a lawyer in Boston who can help); dues due soon

 

            .798     C.W. Bowen[?] for J.A. Safford, Boston, Nov. 9, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: will call tomorrow to see him

 

            .799     Wm. P. Lyon, secretary, New York, Nov. 10, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: encloses receipt for initiation fee; “The U.P. Col. Co. are great on threats!”

 

            .800     S.W.H. Ward, New York, Nov. 10, 1866, to A.L. Elliot, secretary of Bay State Paper Collar Co.: “I have done nothing further since I last wrote you….”

 

            .801     J. H. Additon, St. John, N.B. [New Brunswick], Nov. 11, 1866, to S.C. Fay: wants a sample book; prices must be low

 

            .802     Snyder & Morey, Philadelphia, Nov. 12, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: check enclosed; were sent double what ordered

 

            .803     A. Blair, New Haven, Ct., Nov. 12, 1866, to S.C. Fay: returning goods; came too late to be of use

 

            .804     S.W. Ripley, New York, Nov. 12, 1866, to friend Fay: gives an address to which he can write Josephson, who is keeping a hog farm somewhere; Dresser reports western trade is dull and there are many drummers on the road; includes orders

 

            .805     Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, Nov. 13, 1866, to S.C. Fay: son is going to his town on business, so please pay him the money owed

 

            .806     Wm. Bacharach, Hartford, Nov. 13, 1866, to S.C. Fay: check enclosed

 

            .807     Bartlett, Smith Paper Co., Lee, Mass., Nov. 13, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: still awaiting payment of bill

                                    Printed letterhead: writing, blank-book, printing: collar and enameled papers, paper collars

 

            .808     J. & L. Dejonge, New York, Nov. 13, 1866, to S.C. Fay: have requested samples of imitation lace collars from Europe; manufacturers unable to emboss large sheets of paper – what sizes does he want instead?

                                    Dejonge name and address stamped at head of letter

 

            .809     John H. Wilson & Co., New York, Nov. 14, 1866 to A.L. Elliot & Co.: correction to bill

 

            .810     Fosdick, Mitchell & Hild, Baltimore, Nov. 15, 1866, to S.C. Fay: returning collars as they arrived so late that they bought others instead;

                                    Printed letterhead: reusing stationery of Hild, Trammelle & Mitchell, importers and jobbers of French, English, German and American fancy goods and druggists’ sundries; agents for Jules Hauel’s and J.C. de la Cour’s preparations

 

            .811     Darrah Bros., Lewiston, Maine, Nov. 15, 1866, to S.C. Fay: returning come of goods ordered because they arrived too late to be saleable

 

            .812     Munn & Co., Office, Scientific American, New York, Nov. 15, 1866, to “dear sir”: enclose prospectus of the 1867 Scientific American, and ask help in promoting it

                                    Printed form letter

 

            .813     Wm. P. Lyon, secretary, New York, Nov. 15, 1866, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: receipt for dues (based on October returns to Internal Revenue assessor); with short note: lawyers feel confident they can overthrow the U.P.C. Co. [Union Paper Collar Co.]

 

            .814     M.[?] Klein & Br., B’port [Bridgeport?], Nov. 15, 1866, to S.C. Fay: check enclosed

 

            .815     S.W. Ripley, New York, Nov. 16, 1866, to friend Fay: Mr. Polhamus received letter; Berlin & Jones are not making more collars; saw Blossom; business is dull in New York and out west; [more news]

 

            .816     E.T. Lovering, Cincinnati, Nov. 17, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: was in New Hampshire but now back in Cincinnati; Fenwick has failed; will try to pay his bill but has been ill and doesn’t know how will feed his family

 

            .817     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, Nov. 17, 1866, to S.C. Fay: sending order for satin board; prices for various kinds of board

 

            .818     J.R. Hawley & Co., Cincinnati, Nov. 19, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: showed their letter to Lovering and he said he had written them; Fenwick still in city;

                                    On printed letterhead stationery of J.R. Hawley & Co., Publishers, Booksellers, and Stationers, Cincinnati

 

            .819     S.W. Ripley, New York, Nov. 19, 1866, to friend Fay: trade dull; includes an order; “Mr. Polhamus will see about the dies….”

 

            .820     C.W. Birren[?] for J.A. Safford, Boston, Nov. 20, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: will call to collect last month’s balance

 

            .821     E. Malley, New Haven, Conn., Nov. 20, 1866, to S.C. Fay: check enclosed;

                                    Printed form letter, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .822     Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in Insolvency, Messenger’s Notice, Boston, Nov. 21, 1866: warrant issued against Jason S.[?] Bailey, a trader in Boston, for debt;

                                    Printed form, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .823     S.W. Ripley, New York, Nov. 19, 1866, to friend Fay: trade still dull, but encloses an order; Dry Goods Exchange has broken up and Ripley is leaving it; going to Winchester, N.H., for brother’s funeral; please send him a check there

 

            .824     notice of Dissolution of Co-Partnership, New York, Nov. 24, 1866: Weld, Andrews & Leet has dissolved, but will continue under the name of Weld & Andrews;

                                    Printed notice

 

            .825     Rohr & Bros., Baltimore, Nov. 26, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: check enclosed

 

            .826     E. Richardson, National City Bank, Cambridgeport, Nov. 26, 1866 [or 1868] to C.D. Elliot: your account is overdrawn

 

            .827     J.M. Billings & Co., New York, Nov. 27, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: demand for paper collars and other kinds of goods is down

                                    Printed letterhead

 

Folder 8: Business Correspondence, 1866: December

 

            .828     telegram, from Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Dec. 1, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: about a note at Traders Bank

                                    Printed form of The Western Union Telegraph Company

 

            .829     A.L. Elliot & Co. to Mr. Knowlton, Dec. 1, 1866: about the note mentioned in .828 above

 

            .830     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, Dec. 1, 1866, to S.C. Fay: will fill order for imperfect garrote board, although the price is lower than they wish

 

            .831     Jacob Stern, Springfield, Dec. 4, 1866, to S.C. Fay: money enclosed

 

            .832     Thomas & Co., Pawtucket, R.I., Dec. 4, 1866, to S.C. Fay: replying to his request for cardboard;

                                    Printed letterhead: workers of paper, enameled and plain

 

            .833     J. Nathan & Co., New Haven, Dec. 5, 1866, to S.C. Fay: check enclosed

 

            .834     Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, Dec. 5, 1866, to S.C. Fay: shipping information and total of bill

 

            .835     J. & L. Dejonge, New York, Dec. 6, 1866, to S.C. Fay: encloses samples of paper made in Europe;

                                    Includes envelope, holding a wrapper with 8 samples; Dejonge name and address stamped at head of letter

 

            .836     [name not clear, but Katz is part of it], New York, Dec. 6, 1866, to S.C. Fay: check enclosed  [see also .756 – same name]

 

            .837     Birren[?] for J.A. Safford, Boston, Dec. 7, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: you need to pay me tomorrow

 

            .838     Snyder & Morey, Philadelphia, Dec. 7, 1866, to S.C. Fay: gives reference for unnamed businessman

 

            .839     Whitehill & Straus, Baltimore, Dec. 7, 1866, to S.C. Fay: encloses draft

 

            .840     Cohn Sempline[?] & Co., Wheeling, Dec. 7[?], 1866, to “gents”: encloses draft

 

            .841     H.[?]B. King, New York, Dec. 10, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: about King’s buying Elliot’s account with Cunningham & Gray

 

            .842     L. Joseph & Goldsmith, New York, Dec. 10, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: check enclosed

 

            .843     L.H. Mandelbaum, New York, Dec. 11, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: check enclosed

                                    Printed letterhead: manufacturer of ladies’ furnishing goods and dress trimmings

 

            .844     R. Bernhard & Bro., Bridgeport, Dec. 11, 1866, to S.C. Fay: check enclosed

 

            .845     Wm. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., Dec. 12, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: check received

 

            .846     J. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, Dec. 14, 1866, to S.C. Fay & Co.: glad he is pleased with paper; brought embossed papers from France; have old sample books [grammar is not very clear, as if written by someone poorly educated]

 

            .847     Gibbs and Austin, Ogdensburgh, Dec. 15, 1866, to “gents”: returning damaged cuffs

 

            .848     Wm. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., Dec. 17, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: do not make cheap grade of collar paper; the market for collars depressed

 

            .849     C.S. Weatherby & Co., Hartford, Dec. 17, 1866, to S.C. Fay: need to return goods as the quality is not as good as the sample

 

            .850     B. Barnard[?], Rochester, Dec. 17, 1866, to “dear sir”: draft enclosed

 

            .851     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, Dec. 19, 1866, to S.C. Fay: check received; enclose sample of linen finish [paper] for cuffs and collars [sample attached to letter]

           

            .852     E.E. Bailey, New Haven, Conn., Dec. 19, 1866, to S.C. Fay: has hopes of doing business with L.D. Anthony & Co. of Providence, but other retailers there “have been scared out of there[sic] wits by the Union Paper Collar Co.” so was not able to sell to them

 

            .853     Barr, Duncan & Co., St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 21, 1866, to Bay State Collar Co.: check enclosed;

                                    Printed form letter, with blanks filled in

 

            .854     D. Nicoll & Bro., Wheeling, Dec. 26, 1866, to S.C. Fay: payment enclosed

 

            .855     Rawson, Bulkley & Co., New York, Dec. 26, 1866, to A.L. Elliot: requests receipt for their check

                                    Printed letterhead: fancy gods, notions, hosiery, gloves, etc.

 

            .856     N.S. Clark, Manchester, Dec. 26, 1866, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: returning cuffs because they are short and imperfect

 

            .857     J. H. Additon, St. John, N.B. [New Brunswick], Dec. 26, 1866, to S.C. Fay: collars received and will start selling them this week, and get his agents to sell in the provinces; requests show cards for them to use

 

            .858     M. Kohnes, Hartford, Dec. 27, 1866, to S.C. Fay: payment enclosed

 

            .859     Wm. P. Lyon, secretary, New York, Dec. 28, 1866: meeting of Paper Collar Manufacturers’ Association scheduled for Jan. 3

 

            .860     Wm. Whiting, Whiting Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., Dec. 29, 1866, to Bay State Collar Co.: gives prices for paper and invites order;

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .861     Cunningham & Gray, New York, Dec. 31, 1866, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: draft enclosed

 

Folder 9: Business Correspondence, 1867: January-February

 

            .862     from Charles F. Thayer, notary public, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Jan. 1, 1867, to S.C. Fay: check signed by A. Callahan & Co. and “endorsed by you” has been protested for non-payment

 

            .863     J.M. Billings & Co., New York, Jan. 3, 1867, to A.L. Elliot & Co.: Union Paper Collar Co. is demanding that they stop selling anyone’s collars but their own

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .864     Wm. Whiting, Whiting Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., Jan. 3, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: offer on paper accepted

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .865     Thomas & Co., Pawtucket, R.I., Jan. 4, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: Bay State must pay cash for goods since they know nothing about the company;

                                    Printed letterhead: workers of paper

 

            .866     Sterns[?] C. & Co., Nashua, Jan. 9, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: sending samples as requested, and gives price; other kinds of paper available

 

            .867     Jos. R. Blossom, New York, Jan. 14, 1867, to C.D. Elliot: giving news about the fight against Union Paper Collar Co.

 

            .868     Davis & Cross, Nashua, Jan. 19, 1867, to “gentlemen”: have sent the boxes; didn’t have quite enough labels for all

 

            .869     J. & L. Dejonge, New York, Jan. 22, 1867, to S.C. Fay, Bay State Collar Co.: encloses samples of ladies’ paper collars received from Europe [asks for their return]; gives prices and invites order

                                    Dejonge name and address stamped at head of letter

 

            .870     Thomas & Co., Pawtucket, R.I., Jan. 22, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: are able to enamel the paper, must be done by hand;

                                    Printed letterhead: workers of paper

 

            .871     E.C. Flagg, North Brookfield, Jan. 25, 1867, to Mr. Fay: sends sample of kind of collar that Tucker wants; if cannot supply them let him know immediately

 

            .872     F. & L. Lyons, New Haven, Jan. 26, 1867, to Bay State Paper [Collar] Co.: check enclosed

 

            .873     Wellington Smith, Smith Paper Co., Lee, Mass., Jan. 30, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: cannot finish the paper until warmer weather

                                    Printed letterhead: writing, blank-book, printing: collar and enameled papers, paper collars

 

            .874     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, Jan.  30, 1867, to S.C. Fay: have started to finish the linen board, but the process is slow

 

            .875     Notice: Chas. H. Corliss has left Corliss & House and is now part of Blair & Corliss, New Haven, Conn., Feb. 1, 1867

                                    Printed notice

 

            .876     notice: dissolution of C.S. Weatherby & Co., and now call the firm Weatherby, Knous & Pelton, Hartford, Feb. 1, 1867

                                    printed notice

 

            .877     E. [illegible], New York, Feb. 1, 1867, to C.D. Elliot: plans to get a license, then buy machinery of several manufacturers and use it to produce collars for all of them, which he thinks will be cheaper for all

 

            .878     Perkins & Gilbert, New Haven, Feb. 12, 1867, to “gents”: the goods came so late that the season had passed for selling them, and have most of stock still on hand and cannot afford to pay for it; offers to return it at their expense

 

            .879     Davis & Cross, Nashua, Feb. 12, 1867, to “gentlemen”: please pay bill

 

            .880     Bartlett Beery & Co, no place, Feb. 18, 1867, to Mr. Fay: needs the goods ordered last month

 

            .881     J. H. Additon, St. John, N.B. [New Brunswick], Feb. 18, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: has been selling collars, but no one able to settle bills until March

 

            .882     Davis & Cross, Nashua, Feb. 19, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: will send cuff boxes tomorrow; clarification of an older bill

 

            .883     J. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, Feb. 20, 1867, to Mr. Fay: will be shipping paper soon; am retooling machines for the enameling of paper and linen finish

 

            .884     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, Feb. 20, 1867, to gentlemen: sending rest of board; would have sent earlier but understood they were “engage in arraying with the Union or other collar co.”

 

            .885     Wm. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., Feb. 20, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: straightening out misunderstanding about bill

 

            .886     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, Feb. 21, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: will send samples soon;

                                    Printed letterhead: proprietors of the Nashua Card and Glazed Paper Co.

 

            .887     J. & L. Dejonge, New York, Feb. 25, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: can send the sample of imitation lace collar to Europe and ask if it can be made at the price they wish; other issues with importing

 

            .888     Davis & Cross, Nashua, Feb. 26, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: cheaper for them to pay for freight in Nashua than in Boston; inquires about box deliveries

 

            .889     Knowlton & Co., Nashua, N.H., Feb. 28, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: Mr. George knows about sales of paper collars before there were any patents – would be worthwhile to talk to him about that

 

Folder 10: Business Correspondence, 1867: March

 

            .890     S.W. Ripley, New York, Mar. 1, 1867, to friend Fay: business better, awaiting sample book; Lyons willing to enter partnership with Fay; discusses arrangement between Berlin & Jones and Roy & Taylor; Lyons hopes Fay’s organization will beat the Union Collar Co. [discusses the case, but part of that is smeared]; Ward has withdrawn from combination but is still continuing to fight Union Co.

 

            .891     Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, March 1, 1867, to S.C. Fay & Co.: how many sheets do they want per week?  [quotes prices for the work]

 

            .892     Weatherby, Knous & Pelton, Hartford, March 7, 1867, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: samples you sent no better than what they have and won’t sell; need new styles

 

            .893     John H.[?] Osgood & Son, Boston, March 7, 1867, to S.C. Fay: seeking advice for prices on enameled and plain collars

 

            .894     E.B. Paine, Boston, March [or perhaps May] 10, 1867: I hearby grant permission to Sylvester C. Fay and Alfred L. Elliot to sell goods from their factory [which goods are in schedule attached to mortgage], witnessed H.C. Kingman

 

            .895-.896         Gilman Brothers, Nashua, March 11 and 14, 1867, to gentlemen.: 11th: sending case of satin board; please send a payment; 14th: making another case of cheap board, thanks for check

 

            .897     J.A. Safford, Boston, March 14, 1867, to A.L. Elliot: needs payment

 

            .898     D. Nicoll & Bro., Wheeling, March 15, 1867, to gents: what shall we do with the crimped collars – did not order them as they do not sell; will want gents cuffs

 

            .899     Charles Magarge & Co., Philadelphia, March 15, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: not satisfied with their terms, but will do the job for cash

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .900     Davis & Cross, Nashua, March 16, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: would need new die to make boxes their desired shape, and cannot afford the die; most customers who want custom-shaped boxes get their own die

 

            .901-.902         Wm. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., March 19 and 21, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: about quality of paper

 

            .903     [?] Scott, Boston, March 21, 1867, to B.S.P.C. Co.: need to have the gentleman who called recently return to his office

 

            .904     Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, March 23, 1867, to S.C. Fay & Co.: encloses bill of lading for shipment of paper on steamship Saxton, and mentions what is in shipment

 

            .905     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, March 23, 1867, to gentlemen.: will try to get satisfactory finish on the thin board

 

            .906     Wm. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., March 26, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: about giving the company time to pay a bill

 

            .907a-c                        J. H. Additon, St. Stephen, N.B. [New Brunswick], March 26-27, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co., Mr. Fay: has been selling gents’ collars for Provincial Paper Collar Co. because of larger commission; gives further information about selling collars and an order for Evans Model Enameled Collars

 

            .908     Wyman & Weinberg, New York, March 28, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: please sent price list and terms – am considering carrying their line

 

            .909     Davis & Cross, Nashua, March 28, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: had 10,000 boxes underway when letter came; hope to keep the company’s business, so can continue to keep factory girls employed

 

            .910     Birren[?] for J.A. Safford, Boston, March 29, 1867, to A.L. Elliot: you need to pay me Saturday; the machines are ready

 

            .911     L.T. Peck [Mrs. Louisa T. Peck], Cambridge, March 29, 1867, to Mr. Elliot: notification of increase in rent starting April 23

 

            .912     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, March 30, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: will work on their order when the paper is delivered

 

Folder 11: Business Correspondence, 1867: April

 

            .913     Davis & Cross, Nashua, April 1, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: does the company want the cartons they have on hand?

 

            .914     Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, April 1, 1867, to S.C. Fay & Co.: payment received; gives new terms for paper; ask Mr. Ward for one of his circulars

 

            .915     Wm. Eaton & Son, Dexter, Maine, April 2, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: encloses sight draft, send receipt for E. Coburn’s bill

 

            .916     Shepherd & Co., Portland, April 2, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: have sold few goods but hope to sell more after moving into new store

 

            .917     J. Nathan & Co., New Haven, April 3, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: check enclosed

 

            .918     S.W. Ripley, New York, April 8, 1867, to friend Fay: only 1000 collars received; includes order – “send immediately or they don’t want them.  Now attend to this at once.”  Please send samples

 

            .919     Weld & Andrews, New York, April 9, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: request duplicate bills in order to balance their books;

                                    Printed letterhead stationery: importers and jobbers of foreign and domestic fancy goods

 

            .920     Snyder & Bros., Philadelphia, April 12, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: returned goods which were not ordered

 

            .921     C.A. Righter & Co., New York, April 13, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: had already returned goods via Norwich line

 

            .922     James P. Haskins, Suffolk Fire Insurance Company, Boston, April 1867, to J. Elliot & Sons, Cambridgeport: policy [on property perhaps owned by Davis & Cross] will expire on the 14th; with note that the company had moved

                                    Printed form, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .923     Davis & Cross, Nashua, April 16, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: please pay us; will send boxes when weather is favorable

 

            .924     Sydney[?] & Golding[?], Calais, Me., April 17, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: goods received; did not order the ladies’ collars and cuffs; ordered the gents’ Evans Molded Collars, not the ones sent

 

            .925     M.D. Knowlton for Davis & Cross, Nashua, April 17, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: sending boxes [gives quantity and type], invoice to follow

 

            .926     Woods, Fay & Reed, Richmond, Va., April 18, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: what discounts are offered, and can the company supply everything in their sample book;

                                    Printed letterhead: commission merchants

 

            .927     Wm. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., April 22, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: please pay your bill

 

            .928     Sydney[?] & Golding[?], Calais, Me., April 24, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: cannot sell the ladies’ collars; the Liberty collars sent are not as suitable as Evans collars, which were the ones ordered; what shall they do with unwanted goods?

 

            .929     Davis & Cross, Nashua, April 25, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: please pay bill

 

            .930     Shepherd & Co., Portland, April 25, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: requests some more goods; thinks could sell more if could sell for less

 

            .931     J. H. Additon, Charlottetown P.E. Island, April 29, 1867, to Mr. Fay: cannot send any money until returns to St. John; may sell more goods for Provincial Co.

 

            .932-.933         Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, April 29-30, 1867, to S.C. Fay & Co.: 29th: shipping goods [letter is damaged]; 30th: more about shipment and bills; “please keep secret the arrangement we have made” as it is a special deal

 

Folder 12: Business Correspondence, 1867: May

 

            .934     E.A. Ayer, Dexter, May 1, 1867, to “gents’: no longer needs the collars they were unable to furnish at the time of his original order

 

            .935     L.B. Pratt & Co., Middleboro, Mass., May 2, 1867, to gentlemen: soliciting advertisement for a directory they plan to publish for Plymouth County

 

            .936     Wm. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., May 3, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: please pay your bill

 

            .937-.939         R. Tresise, Cincinnati, May 3, 6, 7, 1867, to S.W. Ripley: encloses orders [not with letter]; “Send me some particulars in regard to the fight about the paper collar co.s….”  Not able to do much with collars because selling another line as well; needs more samples and cards; .939 has added note from Ripley to Mr. Fay;

                                    Letters .938-.939 on printed letterhead stationery of James M. Clark & Co., dry goods commission merchants, Cincinnati; [see also .942]

 

            .940     Wentz, Hartley & Co., New York, May 7, 1867, to Bay State P.C. Co.: check enclosed

                                    On printed letterhead

 

            .941     Shepherd & Co., Portland, May 8, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: asks for more gents linen finish collars by return express – needs them to fill orders

 

            .942a   S.W. Ripley, New York, May 9, 1867, to friend Fay: encloses the letters and orders from Tresise [see .937-.939], with comments on the discount

 

            .942b   Davis & Cross, Nashua, May 10, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: enclose bill; “disappointed in not receiving your check for balance…. We depended upon it for our pay roll today.”  Information about boxes

                                    [note: the year looks like it could be 1869, but the Davis & Cross partnership was dissolved before that year, so this must be 1867.]

 

            .943a-c                        R. Tresise, Louisville, May 10-11, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: [.a] encloses order; heard from Mr. Ripley that he has given up collar business and advised Tresise to be in direct communication with company; hopes to continue selling company’s goods;

                                    [.b] sorry to hear of misunderstanding; please write him more fully about discounts [gives address in St. Louis];

                                    [.c] encloses order [not with letter] and is on his way to Evansville

 

            .944     Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, May 11, 1867, to S.C. Fay & Co.: sending an order by steamship Norman

 

            .945     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, May 11, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: working on company’s order

 

            .946     R. Tresise, Evansville, May 12, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: order enclosed [included at end of letter]; lawyer named Morgan “has been badly scaring the people on the Union Collar question.”

 

            .947     Messenger’s Notice: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, In Insolvency, Boston, May 13, 1867: Judge Isaac Ames has issued warrant against firm of Hamblett & Butler; requests creditors to draw up their bills;

                                    Printed form, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .948     Woods, Fay & Reed, Richmond, Va., May 13, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: encloses order; their sample book incomplete and cannot sell from it; need to know more about their products and how packaged

                                    Printed letterhead: commission merchants

 

            .949     Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, May 14, 1867, to S.C. Fay & Co.: sending an order by Camden Amboy R.R.

 

            .950     S.H. Loring, New Brunswick, N.J.[?], May 18, 1867, to S.C. Fay, South[?], Mass.: still awaiting cards; will try to sell his goods; about to head west

 

            .951     R. Tresise, Chicago, May 20, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: business is slow; plans trip to New York and Boston;

                                    On printed letterhead of Lewis, Ham & Co., Chicago

 

            .952     F. & L. Lyons, New Haven, May 20, 1867, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: check enclosed

 

            .953     Wm. P. Lyon, secretary, Paper Collar Manuf. Asso., New York, May 22, 1867, to C.D. Elliot: receipt for membership fee; with short letter: good idea to publish facts about patents not owned by UPCCo.; your circular shows “pluck”

 

            .954     Louis Stix & Co., Cincinnati, May 22, 1867, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: goods received but cannot use them because of injunction from Union Paper Collar Co.; cannot sell them without a license from Union;

                                    Printed and illustrated letterhead: dry goods, notions, &c., cloaks & mantillas, illustrated with picture of store, lithographed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. of Cincinnati

 

            .955     Davis & Cross, Nashua, May 30, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: sending patent boxes; waiting for strip boxes to dry; need to talk about price

 

Folder 13: Business Correspondence, 1867: June, July, August

 

            .956     Wm. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., June 10, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: cannot make paper for less than quoted; will telegraph for Mr. Fay if need him for trial

 

            .957     Woods, Fay & Reed, Richmond, Va., June 26, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: most of received order is wrong, and are returning most of it; unhappy about delay in filling order;

                                    Printed letterhead: commission merchants

 

            .958     Davis & Cross, Nashua, July 11, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: need labels or cannot finish boxes; please pay bill

 

            .959     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, July 12, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: can we send you the 4000 sheets of cheap board?  It is in our way.

 

            .960     J. Lindsay[?] & Co., Philadelphia, July 14, 1867: will send statement of sales as trying to close out all of your goods

 

            .961     S.S. Davis, for Davis & Cross, Nashua, N.H., July 17, 1867, to friend Elliot: let me know how you come out with the Union Co.; making about  1000 collar boxes a day for him; please pay bill

 

            .962     Edmund Wetmore, New York, July 18, 1867, to C.D. Elliot: thanks for the documents, which will help in fight against the monopolists

 

            .963     William Sawyer, Wakefield, N.H., July 19, 1867, to Mrs. E. W. Frobisher, 11 Lawrence St., Boston, Mass.: Mrs. Sawyer has sent you paper bonnets manufactured in imitation of Leghorn bonnets, in use 15-20 years ago; when Leghorns went out of style, he was unable to sell anymore of the paper ones; he himself did not sell other paper goods, but assumes there were others on the market; please thank Mr. Frobisher for his trouble in trying to find me a job

 

            .964     Wm. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., July 30, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: will be making paper for them soon; has some small lots to offer

 

            .965     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, July 31, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: gives prices

 

            .966     J.E. Barbour, Fremont, Ill, Aug. 2, 1867, to J. Elliot & Sons: returning unsold paper cuffs; health has improved; offers services to help establish a selling agency in Chicago’’     

 

.967     S.W.H. Ward, New York, Aug. 2, 1867, to C.D. Elliot: Mr. Lyons gave me your letter; encloses letter for Mr. Lothrop about how to act [letter not present];

                        Printed letterhead: Ward’s Shirt & Paper Collar Manufactory

 

            .968     Davis & Cross, Nashua, Aug. 5, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: needs additional information about size of box wanted; please pay bill

 

            .969     Locke & Mongehan[?], Cincinnati, Aug. 8, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: requests samples of ladies’ cuffs and point lace; where do you buy linen finish paper?

 

            .970     Elizur Smith, Smith Paper Co., Lee, Mass., Aug. 16, 1867, to C.D. Elliot.: “we have no information that would be of any value to you in the case mentioned”

                                    Printed letterhead: writing, blank-book, printing: collar and enameled papers, paper collars

 

            .971a   Gilman Brothers, Nashua, Aug. 20, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: will talk more about doing the enameling work; hopes its finishing machine will be ready to try

 

            .972b   Davis & Cross, Nashua, Aug. 30, 1867, to friend Elliot: about what boxes have been shipped

                                    [although year could be read of 1869, Davis & Cross partnership had ended before then, so the year must be 1867]

 

            .972     Jas. E. Mongahan[?], Cincinnati, Aug. 31, 1867, to friend Elliot: encloses draft [apparently a sketch, not a check], mentions castings, patterns, and machinery; “please inform us of the progress of the suit with the U.P.Col.Co.”

 

Folder 14: Business Correspondence, 1867: September, October, November, December

 

            .973     Davis & Cross, Nashua, Sept. 9, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: forwarding boxes; don’t order enough strip boxes as a time; please pay bill; Davis has been ill

 

            .974     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, Sept. 10, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: not aware of any imperfections, and profit margin so low not really able to give them an allowance for it; if use paper wisely, should make no difference;

                                    Printed letterhead: proprietors of the Nashua Card and Glazed Paper Co.

 

            .975     Wm. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., Sept. 14, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: check received

 

            .976     Davis & Cross, Nashua, Sept. 28, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: list of boxes on hand; labels for boxes; hope to receive orders

 

            .977     Wm. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., Oct. 5, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: check received

 

            .978     George L. Andrews, U.S. Marshal, Mass. District, to Bay State Collar Co.: notice that warrant in bankruptcy has been issued against James M. Greenwood of J.M. Greenwood & Co.; lists creditors [including Bay State Collar Co.] who are to meet Oct. 17, 1867

 

            .979     Wm. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., Nov. 7, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: check received

           

            .980-.981         S.S. Davis, Nashua, Nov. 19 and 22, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: .980: account of boxes; problems with banking; needs labels for boxes;

                                    .981: still need labels – girls need them so they can work

 

            .982     J. Comly[?], Williamsburgh, Nov. 24, 1867, to gentlemen: soliciting order for machine for embossing patterns on collars; a girl could run it

 

            .983     Shepherd & Co., Portland, Nov. 26, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: charges for work done

 

            .984     J.M. Billings & Co., New York, Nov. 26, 1867, to Bay State Collar Co.: hve placed their goods and hope for good sells in western trade

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .985     J. Lindsay[?] & Co., Philadelphia, Nov. 30, 1867: trade dull in this season and would be hard to induce merchants to stock the company’s collars, but if send a sample case (5-10,000), will see what they can do

 

            .986a   B.F.E. for M. Ezekiel, Sr., Philadelphia, Nov. 30, 1867, to A.L. Elliot: Mr. Ezekiel is out of the city and unable to reply to his letter

 

            .986b   Butler, Pitkin & Co., New York, Dec. 11, 1867, to Bay State P. [Paper] Collar Co.: informs how much of the company’s stock they have on hand

 

Folder 15: Business Correspondence, 1868: January-February

 

            .987     J. Woodward, New York, Jan. 7, 1868, to S.C. Fay, agent of the Bay State Paper Collar Co.: will try to sell the company’s goods at his store, so send a small assortment of collars and cuffs in the newest styles

 

            .988     Thomas & Co., Pawtucket, R.I., Jan. 18, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: will finish collar board; prices for the work are very low; please settle old bill

                                    Printed letterhead: workers of paper

 

            .989     Gilman Brothers, Nashua, Jan. 21, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: sending most of board today and rest will follow

 

            .990     J.A. Brown, Canterbury, N.H., Jan. 27, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: encloses payment, with adjustment to total

 

            .991a-c                        S.S. Davis, Nashua, Jan. 27 and 31, Feb. 4, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.:

                        [.a] needs labels; girls came through the snow today to affix them and had to give them another job instead;

                        [.b] still awaiting labels – let me know when to expect them;

                        [.c] about trouble it will be to unpack the boxes, put on tops, and repack them

 

            .992     Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, Feb. 7, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: about the finish they put on the linen paper

 

            .993     S.S. Davis, Nashua, Feb. 10, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: in desperate need of more labels – needs to send larger quantities of them

 

            .994     George W. Tapley, Springfield, Mass., Feb. 11, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: encloses sample of linen finish water-proof board;

                                    Printed letterhead: manufacturers of enameled card and collar papers, also photograph and Bristol board; with Tapley’s name overprinted in red on top of Brigham & Tapley

 

            .995     J. E. Monghton[?], Cincinnati, Feb. 12, 1868, to friend Elliot: believes Elliot has Mr. Belk’s pattern for folding collars; if true, would he let them use it?

 

            .996     R. Tresise, Chicago, Feb. 12, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: please send sample book with best prices and will try to drum up business

 

            .997     M.E. Robbins for Benjamin H. Waite, New Bedford, Feb. 13, 1868 to [Moire Antique Paper Collar Co.]: inquires about price for 50,000 paper collars

                                    [letter seems to be to Moire Antique Paper Collar Co., but it is perhaps the name of Waite’s company]

 

            .998     Dean & Co., Boston, Feb. 13, 1868, to Messrs Fay & Elliot: mortgage payment due

 

            .999     S.S. Davis, Nashua, Feb. 13, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: received labels but needs more so as to finish job; hard to keep the girls working

 

            .1000   Wilson, Yale & Staats, New York City, Feb. 18, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: is the company still interested in consigning goods to them?  Time to get moving for spring trade;

                                    Printed letterhead: imports & jobbers of hosiery, gloves & Yankee notions, white goods, ribbons, trimmings, &c.

 

            .1001   Gilman Brothers, Nashua, Feb. 19, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: receipted statement enclosed, and reason for delay

 

            .1002-.1003     S.S. Davis, Nashua, Feb. 20-21, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: ,1002: received some labels but needs those for “Wide Awake” so can to finish job; hard to keep the girls moving from one job to the next while awaiting labels; “politics run high in N.H. about this time”;

                        .1003: concerned about lack of coordination between box orders and labels

 

            .1004   J. Lindsay & Co, Philadelphia, Feb. 21, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: enclose samples of linen finish collar paper; “your goods seemed to be very much mixed – they do not run regular.”

 

            .1005   Terry & Downs, New York, Feb. 24, 1868, to “dear sir”: will not take their collars until the Union Paper Collar Co. litigation is settled

 

            .1006   George W. Tapley, Springfield, Mass., Feb. 25, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: gives prices for various kinds of paper;

                                    Printed letterhead: manufacturers of enameled card and collar papers, also photograph and Bristol board; with Tapley’s name overprinted in red on top of Brigham & Tapley

 

            .1007a-b          L. Wells, assignee for J. Woodward, New York, Feb. 28, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: .1007: trying to settle accounts of Mrs. Woodward, and he think she paid for the company’s goods, not had them on consignment

                                   

.1008   Goodyear Glove Co., per J.W. Turner, New York, Feb. 29, 1868, to Sylvester Fay, Boston: solicits his orders for elastic bands

                        Printed letterhead: Goodyear’s India Rubber Gove Manufacturing Co., manufacturers and dealers in all kinds of rubber goods

 

.1009   S.S. Davis, Nashua, Feb. 29, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: have received some labels, but still need others; my business is crowded with unlabeled boxes, and I will send unlabeled boxes if don’t receive labels soon; Davis willing to print labels if Bay State can’t do it; “you are some like the dog in the manger – wouldn’t eat the hay nor let the horse”; my patience is wearing thin

 

Folder 16: Business Correspondence, 1868: March, April, May

 

            .1010   James H. Newton, Franklin Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., March 2, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: will ship paper next Monday;

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .1011   Shepherd & Co., Portland, March 2, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: about bill from the company; complaints about sales and prices

 

            .1012   Wilson, Yale & Staats, New York City, March 6, 1868, to S.C. Fay, agent, Bay State Collar Co.: have not yet received promised samples; received ladies’ goods, but not interested in them; received some gents’ goods but cost too much;

 

            .1013   Sanders & Co., New Bedford, March 7, 1868, to gents: can’t use so many of the antique collars, what are terms for $12 collars?

 

            .1014   George W. Tapley, Springfield, Mass., March 10, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: won’t be able to do company’s next lot of paper because will be moving shop at that time;

                                    Printed letterhead: manufacturers of enameled card and collar papers, also photograph and Bristol board; with Tapley’s name overprinted in red on top of Brigham & Tapley

 

            .1015   Bartlett Beery & Co, New York, March 11, 1868, to Mr. Fay: needs collars put up in white boxes, and needs them quickly

                                    Printed letterhead: importers and jobbers of silk and fancy dry goods

 

            .1016   telegram, from James H. Newton, Holyoke, Mass., March 13, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: meet me at your office tomorrow morning

                                    Printed form of The Western Union Telegraph Company

 

            .1017a-b          S.S. Davis, Nashua, March 13 and 16, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: needs notes signed and was disappointed not to get them

 

            .1018   George W. Tapley, Springfield, Mass., March 17, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: has received notice he is infringing on a patent and has to charge more to cover royalty; can’t do anything about work now as in process of moving;

                                    Printed letterhead: manufacturers of enameled card and collar papers, also photograph and Bristol board; with Tapley’s name overprinted in red on top of Brigham & Tapley

 

            .1019   S.S. Davis, Nashua, March 18, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: did not charge enough for last batch [and other financial details]

 

            .1020   James H. Newton, Franklin Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., March 19, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: about paper;

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .1021   D.B. Saunders & Co., Boston, March 19, 1868, to Mr. Fay: please send goods soon as they need to be shipped

 

            .1022   Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, March 23, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: encloses statement – please send payment as we need money

 

            .1023   Rawson & Co., New York, March 30, 1866, to Bay State Collar Co.: received a shipment (which they did not order) in a broken case, contents damaged; please send money so they can have a new case made for returning these goods

                                    Printed letterhead: fancy gods, notions, hosiery, gloves, etc.; the name Bulkley is crossed out of the list of partners in Rawson & Co.

 

            .1024   Gilman Brothers, Nashua, March 31, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: your note is due;

                                    Printed letterhead: proprietors of the Nashua Card and Glazed Paper Co.

 

            .1025   Northrup, Taylor & Co., New York, April[?] 11, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: please send statement so we can pay you;

                                    The month looks like Mril – a combination of March and April;

                                    Although a short note, it was written on printed billhead, not letterhead

 

            .1026   Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, April 16, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: have sent paper by steamer Roman; could have sent some earlier but knew they were moving; will send rest soon and then will try finishing other paper

 

            .1027   James H. Newton, Franklin Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., April 21, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: about paper;

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .1028a-c          Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, April 24, May 2 and 12, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: have sent paper by steamer Norman; other information about paper and account

 

            .1029   Mrs. E. Clark, Nashua, May 11, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: I return collars which I have not sold and money for those which I have; had expected someone to come pick up the unsold goods

 

            .1030   Gurley & Currie, New York City, May 13, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: have collars which cannot sell – what shall we do with them?

                                    Printed letterhead: manufacturers and commission merchants in foreign and domestic fancy goods; agents for New England Pin Co. and Blood’s Helix Needles

 

            .1031   J. Lindsay & Co, Philadelphia, May 15, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: returning some goods, but keeping gents collars

 

            .1032a-b          Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, May 20 and 30, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: have sent paper by steamers Norman and Saxon; other information about account

 

            .1033   S.S. Davis, Nashua, May 30, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: about charges for boxes; “I want to send in 10,000 [boxes] at once very much.”

 

 

Folder 17: Business Correspondence, 1868: June, July, August

 

            .1034   Shepherd & Co., Portland, June 1, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: asks about selling price and orders Wide-awake collars

 

            .1035   S.S. Davis, Nashua, June 3, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: about charges for boxes; “I want to send you 10,000 collar boxes per week ….”

 

            .1036   S.W. Ripley, Bangor, June 16, 1868, to Fay: business very dull; no drummers in town; one store would sell Fay’s goods if the price were right [discusses price offer]; goes to Bucksport next

 

            .1037   Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, June 14, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: have sent paper by steamer Saxon; other information about account

 

            .1038   J. Lindsay & Co, Philadelphia, Sept. 17, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: returning goods – the quality not good enough for their trade

 

            .1039   Mrs. Olive McDonald, Lowell, Mass., June 18, 1868, to Mr. Fay: seeking job in collar factory; previously worked in one in Springfield; needs to know pay “as board is much higher there than here”

 

            .1040   Shepherd & Co., Portland, June 10, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: orders more Wide-awake collars

 

            .1041   J.P. Hooper, Bucksport, [Maine,] June 26, 1868, to gents: received collars from them but doesn’t want to sell them for fear he will be sued for doing so; “Will you explain how you stand with the Union Paper Collar Co., ….”

 

            .1042   James H. Newton, Franklin Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., June 27, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: please pay bill

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .1043   [illegible,] Kimball Lindsay & Co., Boston, July 1, 1868, to Mr. Fay: about an order for gents paper collars

 

            .1044   G.L. Bradley, Bucksport, [Maine,] July 3, 1868, to gents: do they have a license to sell paper collars?  Doesn’t want to put himself in position to be sued; understands people in Belfast [Maine] had trouble

 

            .1045   Hancock & Wiley, Bucksport, [Maine,] July 13, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: have been informed that they cannot sell Bay State’s collars because there is no license stamp on them – please inform

 

            .1046   Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, July 14, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: about a sample linen imitation paper

           

.1047   Locke & Wise, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 18, 1868, to Mr. Fay: requests samples of Shakespeare [style of collar] and another collar

 

.1048   Gilman Brothers, Nashua, July 22, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: your note is received; don’t remember the company’s new address;

                                    Printed letterhead: proprietors of the Nashua Card and Glazed Paper Co.

 

            .1049   Dean & Co., Boston, July 24, 1868, to Messrs S.C. Fay & A.L. Elliot: not satisfied with mortgage payments – thinks they are paying others and not them

 

            .1050   M. Loth, Cincinnati, Aug. 20, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: enclose draft;

                                    Printed form letter, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .1051   Chas. H. Lyon, agent Lad. Col. Union, New York, Aug. 24, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: their price for ladies’ Byron collars too high for him to do anything with; William P. is coming out with his own Byron collar and must price theirs competitively with his

 

            .1052   W.F. Daniell, Franklin, N.H., Aug. 26, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: sample received but does not make that grade of paper

                                    Printed letterhead: manufacturer of book and news paper

 

.1053   Chas. H. Lyon, New York, Aug. 28, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: orders some ladies’ Byron collars and samples of gents collars

 

.1054   J.[?]A. Brown, Manchester, N.H., Aug. 31, 1868, to S.C. Fay: orders collars

 

.1055   James H. Newton, Franklin Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., Aug. 31, 1868, to Mr. Fay, agent, Bay State Collar Co.: Mr. Page will confer with you about payment due us;

                                    Printed letterhead

 

 

Box 4:

 

Folder 1: Business Correspondence, 1868: September, October

 

            .1056   Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, Sept. 2, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: shipment sent on steamer Norman, and amount of account

 

            .1057   Basfield & Ross, Hudson, Sept. 3, 1868, Bay State Collar Co.: about agreement on use of patterns, which are to left at the foundry in Hudson

 

.1058   James H. Newton, Franklin Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., Sept. 3, 1868, to Mr. Fay, agent, Bay State Collar Co.: partial payment received and hope to get the remainder due us;

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .1059   Bulkley, Weld & Andrews, New York, Sept. 4, 1868, to Bay State P. Collar Co.: please send an invoice;

                                    Printed letterhead stationery: importers and jobbers of dress goods, linens, white goods, hosiery, fancy goods and small wares

 

            .1060   Chas. H. Lyon, New York, Aug. 28, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: sends some samples of his collars; willing to exchange his for their Byron collars

 

            .1061   Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, Sept. 4, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: paper received but cannot finish this batch as well as last [? A little unclear]

 

            .1062   Shepherd & Co., Portland, Sept. 11, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: enclose check; will return rest of goods to the company or sell them in the provinces; could sell more if could sell them for less

 

.1063   James H. Newton, Franklin Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., Sept. 15, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: please send promised payment

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .1064   Forbes, Richards and Co., Boston, Sept. 15, 1868, to friend Fay: someone came in and took the goods

 

            .1065   S.S. Davis, Nashua, Sept. 21, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: needs fewer instructions in labeling boxes;

 

            .1066   G. & H. McFaddin, Cincinnati, Sept. 22, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: “cannot make up out a/c from the list you sent us and the prices, quantities and names of the styles does not agree with our bill [from the original shipment]”;

                                    Printed and illustrated letterhead: importers & jobbers of notions, hosiery and furnishing goods, agents for Wards Paper Collars; illustrated with picture of their store

 

            .1067   Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, Sept. 23, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: about problem with enameling roll of paper; sending paper on steamer Saxon

 

            .1068a-b          S.S. Davis, Nashua, Oct. 1 and 5, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: [.a]: made the boxes just the size the company ordered, and put on what labels he was sent, so if the boxes are the wrong size and if some don’t have labels, it is Bay State’s fault; [.b]: encloses bills and notes, which need to be signed and returned

 

            .1069   J.E. Poillon, New York, Oct. 6, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: encloses new draft [for payment]; discusses how he expects bills to be paid

                                    Printed letterhead: manufacturer & dealer in enameled, linen finished & embossed collar paper

 

            .1070   Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, Oct. 7, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: may send back the paper that is not well made; sending paper on steamer Norman

 

            .1071a-b          S.S. Davis, Nashua, Oct. 8, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: [.a]: all labels put on boxes not on cartons; send more labels ;

[.b]: will send boxes although price too low; send Cretan labels

 

            .1072a-c          J.E. Poillon, New York, Oct. 9 and 13, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: [.a]: encloses new draft [for payment]; sends samples;

                                    [.b]: return samples of items the company wishes to order;

                                    [.c]: encloses yet another draft; quotes prices on paper;

                                                Printed letterhead: manufacturer & dealer in enameled, linen finished & embossed collar paper

 

            .1073   H. Rubens, New York, Oct. 11, 1866, to S.C. Fay: check received

 

.1074   Gilman Brothers, Nashua, Oct. 15, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: quotes prices on different kinds of paper;

                                    Printed letterhead: proprietors of the Nashua Card and Glazed Paper Co.

 

            .1075   Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, Oct. 16, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: encloses samples of linen for paper collars

 

.1076a-b          James H. Newton, Franklin Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., Oct. 17 and 22, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: please send payment; payment received

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .1077   Wm. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., Oct. 27, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: about shipment of collars to Shepherd & Co.

 

            .1078   J.E. Poillon, New York, Oct. 28, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: their offer for paper too low; quotes other prices for paper;

                                    Printed letterhead: manufacturer & dealer in enameled, linen finished & embossed collar paper

 

Folder 2: Business Correspondence, 1868: November, December and no month

 

            .1079   Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, Nov. 2, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: please send payment

 

            .1080   Am. Pin. Co. [American Pin Co.], T.I. Driggs, tr., Waterbury, Nov. 3, 1868, to Bay State Neck Tie Co.: “We card our hooks & eyes as fast as we make them,” and gives names of stores “in your city” where Bay State can buy them

 

            .1081a-b          S.S. Davis, Nashua, Nov. 4 and 6, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: [.a]: have sent boxes; please sign notes; “Accidents will happen in the best families sometimes”;

                                    [.b]: asks for directions about making boxes

 

            .1082a-b          J.E. Poillon, New York, Nov. 6-7, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: [.a]: sign notes and return;

                                    [.b]: paper sent was what they ordered by sample;

                                                Printed letterhead: manufacturer & dealer in enameled, linen finished & embossed collar paper

 

            .1083   Wm. Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., Nov. 9, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: error in bill; why are they charging Shepherd & Co. more for this shipment than others?

 

            .1084   G. & H. McFaddin, Cincinnati, Nov. 9, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: cannot get their accounts to agree, but don’t think they owe Bay State anything

 

            .1085a-b          J.E. Poillon, New York, Nov. 10 and 12, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: [.a]: yet again sending corrected notes; [bottom third of page is missing];

                                    [.b]: drafts received and are all right;

                                                Printed letterhead: manufacturer & dealer in enameled, linen finished & embossed collar paper

 

            .1086   Willis[?] & Davis, Morning News Office, Saint John, New Brunswick, Nov. 27, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: request prices on collars

 

            .1087   printed notice: Stillman, B. Allen, District Court of the United States, District of Massachusetts: Seth M. Burgess and Byron H. Nourse, under firm name Burgess, Nourse & Co., have declared bankruptcy; meeting of creditors to be held Nov. 28, 1868

 

            .1088   Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, Nov. 30, 1868, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: paper sent by steamer Norman, giving price

 

            .1089   S.S. Davis, Nashua, Dec. 3, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: making 5000 boxes; send sample of perfumery box wanted and he’ll say what he can make it for

 

            .1090   [?] Driggs, Grand Tower, Ill., Dec. 5, 1868, to S.C. Fay: is the machine done and is it a success?

                                    Printed letterhead: Mount Carbon Coal and Railroad Company

 

            .1091   J.R. Bigelow, Boston, Dec. 8, 1868, to Messrs Fay & Elliot: he cannot take the machine he purchased yesterday because there is a mortgage on it

 

            .1092   [?] Driggs, Grand Tower, Jackson County, Ill., Dec. 13, 1868, to S.C. Fay: brother said the machine is not done; is anxious to hear if works so can plan accordingly

 

            .1093a-b          J.E. Poillon, New York, Dec. 14 and 23, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: [.a]: Mr. Clark will be there soon to show them samples;

                                    [.b]: don’t have paper of size they want – will another size do?  Of if they increase their order, the mill will make it for them;

                                                Printed letterhead: dealer & manufacturer of all kinds of paper

 

            .1094   S.S. Davis, Nashua, Dec. 28, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: wants to see them about the work they want, but not able to come now because of illness

 

            .1095   George W. Tapley, Springfield, Mass., Dec. 29, 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: encloses bill, please send draft to pay it and then will ship;

                                    Printed letterhead: linen finish collar paper and card board

 

            .1096   Munn & Co., Office of the “Scientific American,” New York, December 1868, to “dear sir”: enclose prospectus of the 1869 Scientific American, and ask help in promoting it

                                    Printed form letter

 

.1097   James H. Newton, Franklin Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., [no date], 1868, to Bay State Collar Co.: expected shipping date

                                    Printed letterhead

 

Folder 3: Business Correspondence, 1869: January-September

 

            .1098   Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, Jan. 6, 1869, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: paper sent by steamer Roman, giving price; please honor our sight draft

 

.1099   James H. Newton, Franklin Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., Jan. 9, 1869, to Bay State Collar Co.: note for payment received

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .1100   S.S. Davis, Nashua, Jan. 12, 1869, to Bay State Collar Co.: please let son E.S. Davis have some collars and cuffs, don’t need to be in boxes; need labels

 

            .1101   Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, March 13, 1869, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: paper sent by steamer Norman, giving price; will finish paper as they wish

 

            .1102   B.F. Dutton & Co., Boston, March 27, 1869, to S.C. Fay: have paper on hand, with information about his account

 

            .1103   S.C. Fay, Southboro, April 19, 1869, to Alfred [Elliot]: cannot come to Boston because of illness; will get the boxes of ladies’ cuffs at Griswolds and send them to Leland – “we shall lose the whole order unless he gets them today”

 

            .1104   Baldwin & Clark, Boston, May 27, 1869, to A.L. Elliot: gives prices for collar cutting press, buttonhole machine, and stitching machine;

                                    Printed letterhead: manufacturers of boot and shoe machinery

 

            .1105   B.F. Dutton & Co., Boston, July 2, 1869, to Bay State Collar Co.: requests sizes for collars “to complete our purchase of Franklin Paper Collar Co.”

 

.1106a-b          James H. Newton, Franklin Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., July 13 and 19, 1869, to Bay State Collar Co.: [.a]: will hold them to their last contract and have only 2 more days to fill it; [.b]: sent statement of account showing amount of collars sent to B.F. Dutton & Co.

                                    Printed letterhead

 

            .1107   S.F. Cary & Co., Binghamton, July 26, 1869, to Bay State Collar Co.: enclose check

 

            .1108   Davis & Waldron, Buffalo, July 27, 1869, to Bay State Collar Co.: check enclosed;

                                    Printed letterhead: Buffalo Paper Collar Manufacturing Co., Davis & Waldron, proprietors, manufacturers of ladies’ and gent’s [sic] stain enameled and linen finish paper collars and cuffs

 

            .1109   Flaviel P. Smith, Keene, N.H., Aug. 9, 1969, to Ripley & Co.: requests list of perfumeries and prices

 

            .1110   H.P.[?] Driggs, Grand Tower, Ill., Aug. 9, 1869, to Bay State Collar Co.: asks about their collar machine done and whether willing to sell

                                    Printed letterhead: Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Co.

 

            .1111a-b          S.S. Davis, Nashua, Aug. 9-10, 1869, to Bay State Collar Co.: [.a]: please send note to cover bill; [.b]: please send note at once

 

            .1112   Flaviel P. Smith, Keene, N.H., Aug. 17, 1969, to Ripley & Co.: orders perfume and samples of other articles; “I shall canvass Keene thoroughly and all other towns in Cheshire County.”

 

            .1113   Prentiss C. Baird, Leo, Mass., Aug. 26, 1869, to Bay State Collar Co.: paper still missing and still looking for it;

 

            .1114   Jas. Restein & Son, Philadelphia, Aug. 28, 1869, to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: son coming to see them – please pay him;

                                    Printed and illustrated letterhead: paper-enamelling, glazing & linen imitation establishment; illustrated with picture of James Restein’s patent collar, held by two hands

 

            .1115   Butler & Rogers, Boston, Aug. 31, 1869 to Bay State Paper Collar Co.: returning perfume and paper stock because store too small to show them to advantage; please send samples of their paper stock;

                                    Printed letterhead: importers and jobbers of dress trimmings, hosiery, gloves, &c.

 

.1116   John C. Newton, treasurer, Hampden Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., Sept. 10, 1869, to Bay State Collar Co.: lists paper available and gives price

                                    Printed letterhead, printed by T. Chubbuck, Springfield

 

            .1117   H.P.[?] Driggs, Grand Tower, Ill., Sept. 11, 1869, to Bay State Collar Co.: sending a payment

                                    Printed letterhead: Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Co.

 

.1118   James H. Newton, Franklin Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., Sept. 11, 1869, to Bay State Collar Co.: encloses statement of account – please pay

                                    Printed letterhead

 

.1119   John C. Newton, treasurer, Hampden Paper Company, Holyoke, Mass., Sept. 13, 1869, to Bay State Collar Co.: will ship paper order

                                    Printed letterhead, printed by T. Chubbuck, Springfield

 

Folder 3: Business Correspondence, 1870

 

            .1120   Locke & Wise, Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 2, 1870, to Mr. Fay or Elliot: wish to buy a power press for cutting paper collars – do they wish to sell one?

 

            .1121   notice from Charles F. Thayer, notary public, Boston, Feb. 25, 1870, to A.L. Elliot: promissory note signed by Bay State Collar Co. payable to [illegible] is protest for non-payment, and is now presented to Elliot as endorser of the note

                                    Printed form

 

            .1122   notice from Charles F. Thayer, notary public, Boston, March 18, 1870, to A.L. Elliot: bill drawn by Bay State Collar Co. payable to John C. Newton, Hampden Paper Co., is protest for non-payment, and is now presented to Elliot as endorser of the bill

                                    Printed form

 

Folder 5: Insurance policies and other business papers (including designs)

 

            .1123   insurance policy from Narragansett Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Providence, R.I., June 1, 1867, insuring T. H. Seavey’s stock of paper collars, machinery, and furniture in building at 315 North Street, Boston; payable in case of loss to S.C. Fay; issued by company’s Boston office, J.W. Porter, agent

                                    Printed form, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .1124   insurance policy from Albany City Insurance Company, New York, May 8, 1867, insuring C.D. Elliot’s stock of paper collars, and stock in process of manufacture in building at 315 North Street, Boston; policy issued by company’s Boston office, S.B. Maynard, agent;

                                    Printed form, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .1125   certificate of sale: Alfred L. Elliot sells to Charles D. Elliot his interest in a machine invented by him to produce paper and linen collars, a license from Union Paper Collar Co., real estate and factory in Wakefield, Mass., and his share of Pemberton Paper Collar Association, Sept. 19, 1870

                                    Printed form, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .1126a-b          certificates of deposit from Library of Congress Copyright Office, Aug. 28, 1871: A.L. Elliot of Wakefield, Mass., deposited a print of Kaleidescope [sic] collars  made by Pemberton Collar Co.

                                    Printed forms, with blank spaces filled in; blind embossed

 

            .1127a-b          envelope labeled “paper collar memo – machinery &c &c,” with slip of paper inside on which is written notes about the paper collar business

 

            .1128a-c          designs, one of which is labeled “paper collars backed with netting, Sep. 1873, C.D.’s idea”; the sketches on another paper may be ways of laying out patterns to maximize number out of a sheet of paper

 

            .1129   memorandum book, with notes about gas, water and drain pipes; building materials, with sketch of a building; a treatment for rheumatism; lists of names, etc.; Somerville is mentioned several times; perhaps kept by Charles D. Elliot

 

            .1130   business notes, starting with “Fay to have exclusive sale of all goods from Whitings Paper,” apparently rough draft of business agreement

 

            .1131   business notes, starting with “I furnish the capital for building the first machine…,” apparently rough draft of business agreement dealing with a machine

 

            .1132   sketch of a machine of some kind, on the inside of a blank sales form from Bowen, Holmes & Co., New York, 185-

 

Folder 6: Printed letters and forms pertaining to paper collars

 

            .1133   “Notice to Manufacturers of Paper Collars, Collar Paper, &c.,” Troy, March 1, 1866, from S.S. Stone, Jas. H. Hoffman, and P.C. Schuyler, announcing meeting of United States Paper Collar Manufacturers’ Association on March 15, 1866, in Troy

 

            .1134   Union Paper Collar Company, listing officers, and their patents; not dated, but someone penciled in: “probably before July 1866 as reissue of Lockwod & Evans of July 10, 1866 is not here”

 

            .1135   from Jas. H. Hoffman, patentee, New York, Aug. 15, 1866: “Caution: Patent Glacé Perspiration Proof Paper Collars”: about his patent for turn-over enameled paper shirt collars

 

            .1136   Keystone Collar Company, Philadelphia: giving their statement of facts; no date, but the latest date mentioned in the text is Sept. 1,1866

 

            .1137a-h          “To Dealers in Paper Collars” from the Paper Collar Manufacturers’ Association, Joseph R. Blossom, president; S.W.H. Ward, vice-president; Wm. P. Lyon, secretary; October 1866;

                                    [.a] is blind embossed Universal Paper Collar Co., Jos. R. Blossom;

                                    [.b] is blind embossed Bay State Paper Collar Co.

 

            .1138   Union Paper Collar Company: lists manufacturers who have been granted licenses; someone added date Jany. 7, 1867, and a few extra names to the list

 

            .1139   “Paper Collars. To our customers and the trade,” from Wm. P. Lyon & Co., New York, Jan. 9, 1867

 

            .1140a-c          “To Dealers in Paper Collars,” from Bay State Paper Collar Company, Boston, April 1867;

                                    [.a] has the names added: S.C. Fay, Joseph Elliot, Chas. D. Elliot, Alfred L. Elliot

 

            .1141   Circular No. #, of the Paper Collar Manufacturers’ Association, Exposition vs. Imposition, Paper Collar Manufacturers’ Association vs. Union Collar Company, June 1867

 

            .1142   statement in a law suit; the latest mentioned date being Dec. 27, 1867

 

            .1143   $20,000 reward in gold!  Dealing with case against Union Paper Collar Company.  From S.W.H. Ward, no date

 

            .1144   To Manufacturers of Paper Collars in the United States, inviting people to join the Paper Collar Manufacturers’ Association against the Union Paper Collar Co., issued by J. R. Blossom, president; S.W.H. Ward, vice-president; Wm. P. Lyon, secretary; no date

 

            .1145   Lyon Ladies’ Paper Collar Company, New York, price list, Sept. 1, 1866; includes a variety of styles of collars and cuffs

 

            .1146   notice: Bennett & Fellows announce have moved to new location, Troy, N.Y., Jan. 1, 1868; the business sold paper collars and cuffs

 

            .1147   notice: James Restein & Son’s Card & Fancy Paper Enameling Establishment, Philadelphia, notify customers about the different kind of work they can do, no date

 

            .1148   label for Young America linen finish collars, plaited edge, 14 [probably the size]

 

            .1149   blank statement form from Bay State Paper Collar Co., Boston, July 1, 1867

 

            .1150a-b          blank receipt forms from Bay State Paper Collar Co., Boston, 1867

[the two copies are attached]

 

Folder 7: Trade cards and calling cards (no accession numbers)

 

trade cards:

“Sunnyside” land sale, Hyde Park, June 22, 1870;

Mason & Elliot, Civil Engineers & Surveyors, Somerville;

Le Maitre Optical Co., New York and Paris

Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Co.;

People’s Fire Insurance Co., Worcester, Mass.;

C.B. & W.S. Jenks, foreign and domestic fancy goods, Providence, R.I.;

J.R. Russell, tin, plate and sheet iron worker, plumber, stoves, ranges, furnaces, Lynn;

Mark T. Ellsworth, butter, cheese, lard, eggs, etc., Boston;

Abbott & Hutchins, hosiery, gloves and fancy goods, Boston;

T.F. Arnold’s Express, Somerville;

Emma Molloy;

Metropolitan Dining Room, Boston;

Potter & Joselan’s Quadrille Band, Boston;

Pinkham, Daniels & Co., commission merchants, Boston;

F.J. Daniels & Co, commission merchants, Boston, overprinted with name S.G. Beal;

W.S. Mudgett, commission merchant, Boston;

Thornhill & Co., commission merchants, New Orleans;

Bowen, Moore & Co., men’s furnishing goods, Boston;

Milton A. Kent, gloves & mittens, Boston;

Cook & Aldrich, hatters & furriers, Boston;

Fred. C. Floyd, gentlemen’s furnishing goods, South Boston;

Elliot, Brooks & Co., sanitary, hydraulic and railroad engineers, Cambridgeport;

Charles D. Elliot, civil engineer and surveyor, Somerville;

Charles D. Elliot, leather and straw board inner soles and taps, [etc.], Boston;

Bay State Paper Collar Co., Boston;

S.C. Fay, ldeis’ & gent.’s paper goods, Boston;

J.A. Chesley, dry & W.I. goods, Wakefield, N.H.

 

Calling cards:

Charles E. Bunker, Dedham;

R.W. Carpenter, Foxboro;

Emma E. Fairborn;

Sarah B. Wood;

Granville Tufts;

James A. Wood, Somerville;

Mary E. Elliot, G.W.S. of I.O.G.T., Boston;

Eva F. Elliot;

A.L. Elliot, Cambridgeport;

Joseph Elliot;

C.[?] M. Bacon;

George C. Bonner, Somerville

 

Folder 8: Printed ephemera (no accession numbers)

 

Address labels: Charles D. Elliot, from Engineering, London, England;

Package labels: Pure Grated Horse Radish, put up by Joseph Elliot, Somerville, Mass.;

                        Pure Fruit [blank space] Jelly, put up by J. Elliot, Cambridgeport;

                        Ladies’ Ruffled Trimming;

Invitations: Morse Grammar School, Graduate Exercises, July 1, 1885;

                        Public installation of Putnam Commandery, No. 38, U.O.G.C., Jan. 7, 1889, one with name Addie G. Elliot written on it;

                        Pound Party given by Unity Division, S. of T., Nov. 10, 1869;

Program: Musical and Literary Entertainment, High School Hall, Somerville, Oct. 26, 1882;

Poem: “Conjugal Affection,” from newspaper, with a character named Elliot;

Blank check, printed by Charles K. Darling, Boston, illustrated with picture of sailing ship;

“For county commissioner, L.B. Chandler, of Somerville, Mass.”;

Blank shipping form, Merchants & Miners Transportation Co., for shipments from Boston to Norfolk;

Advertisement for The Scientific American for 1869, from Munn & Co.;

Blank form, to appoint someone as proxy at meeting of proprietors of Mount Auburn Cemetery, and a printed report of their meeting held Feb. 10, 1869;

Receipt for use by Grand Worthy Secretary of Headquarters Independent Order of Good Templars, Boston, 187-;

American Society of Civil Engineers: ballot list, envelope, Oct. 7, 1893;

Envelope for U.S. Revenue Stamps, Charles K. Darling;

Advertisements: Carpet Bug Killer, Mystic Chemical Co., Boston: printed version (with note about Edward Cox on the back) and handwritten copy of ad from newspaper;

            Mr. I. E. Al-Khouri, Orientalist, his new Oriental Store (rugs, carpets, objects of art), Boston, 1904, with other notes written on it;

Pamphlet about Deane Winthrop house, Winthrop, June 1906;

Part of a box [from one of the boxes in the oversize file]

 

 

Folder 9: Elliot Family Correspondence, 1860-1876

 

            .1151   M. Tarbell, Mechanicsville, [Rutland County, Vermont,] Sept. 2, 1860, to “dear friends”: death of father on Aug. 23; mother too ill to attend funeral; news of other friends, including Stillman Tucker

                                    [Luther Tarbell died at age 54; he was the husband of Fidelia Tucker (1830-1884), sister of Zenora Tucker Elliot.  He had sons named Marshall and Daniel.]

 

            .1152   Winthrop Literary Association, North Cambridge, Nov. 15, 1860, to C.D. Elliot: he has been appointed to the affirmative in the debate “Is a lie every justifiable.”

                                    Printed form, with blanks filled in

 

            .1153   Cambridge Library Association, Jan. 17, 1861, to Charles D. Elliot: he has been appointed to the affirmative in the debate “Resolved: that woman is mentally inferior to man.”

                                    Printed form, with blanks filled in

 

            .1154   Joseph [Elliot,] Foxboro, June 12, 1862, to Zenora [Elliot, his wife]: about his journey home [would get out of the vehicle when it went uphill, and pull grass for the horse to eat]; mother is very ill with a cold; give love to children

 

            .1155   J. Elliot, Foxboro, Oct. 10, 1862, to Usher & Quimby: gives new address for newspaper delivery;

                                    On back: diagram of streets, and something about “an intervention on rebel hopes”

 

            .1156   unknown writer (a school teacher), June 9, 1863, to C.D. Elliot, “present”: writes him while her students study; upbraids him for not writing; women are “getting up an association for the dissemination of Union sentiments”; wishes he could visit

 

            .1157   Rainbow [Mary E. Elliot], Cambridgeport, Aug. 1866, to “dear uncle”: “will you please admit me to the band of Merry Cousins?”  have wanted to join since became a reader of The Chat.

 

            .1158   receipted bill: A.L. Elliot paid Macullar, Williams and Parker, Boston, June 1, 1870, for coat, pants, vests

 

            .1159   Phebe Torrence, Pickwick, Winona Co., Minn., June 14, 1870, to sister Emily [Elliot]: haven’t heard from her in over a year; health better, but sister Caroline is worse; father still poor in health; please write

                                    [Phebe Ann Ring (born 1830) married Silas Torrence (1823-1880).]

 

            .1160   N.F. Hyer, New Orleans, Aug. 20, 1870, to Charles and Emily [Elliot]: glad to hear of safe arrival of their first son; wishes they could live nearer the Hyers; mentions real estate on the Tangipahoe

 

            .1161   Charles D. Elliot, Jan. 1872, to Board of Aldermen, Somerville, Mass.: requests appointment as city civil engineer

 

            .1162   [not signed], Somerville, Feb. 1872: appoints J. Wingate Thornton to vote for him at meeting of stockholders of Pemberton Collar Company

 

            .1163   Fidelia Tarbell, Mechanicsville, March 11, 1872, to “dear sister” [Zenora Elliot]: my health is poor; inquires about Zenora and her family; gives news of neighbors; “let us try to be prepaired [sic] for a better world”

 

            .1164   C.D. Elliot, Somerville, March 12, 1872: appoints J. Wingate Thornton to vote in his name at meeting of stockholders of Pemberton Collar Company

 

            .1165   [unsigned,] Somerville, April 15, 1873, to mother: recovering very slowly from birth of daughter Addie

 

            .1166   A. Berney, Somerville, April 13, 1875, to Mrs. E.J. [Emily Jane] Elliot: notice of meeting of subscribers “to associate themselves with the intention to constitute … Union Council No. 71, Sovereigns of Industry of Massachusetts”

 

            .1167   receipt: E. J. Elliot paid dues to S. of I. Union Council No. 71, Somerville, July 14, 1875, receipt issued by secretary Mary E. Elliot

 

            .1168   Louise C. [M. Louise Cummings], Chelmsford, Mass., Aug. 13, 1875, to cousin Alfred: requests repayment of a loan made to his wife

 

            .1169   envelope for Household Ware Co., manufacturers of patent household wares, Boston, Mass., 1875, on which someone has written a note: A. Berney was treasurer and Mary E. Elliot was secretary and director of this company, but it “never got as far as to manufacture”

 

            .1170   Clara Z. Elliot, no place, to “dear papa” [Charles D. Elliot], June 20, 1876: wishes him a pleasant birthday, and wishes for him good health and good luck

 

            .1171   lodging ticket for Lancaster House, Philadelphia, with note: “C.D.E. stopped here while at Centennial Exhib., Nov. 1876”

 

            .1172   return registered letter receipt: Charles D. Elliot received a letter from Mary E. Elliot while he was in Philadelphia for the Centennial Exhibition, Nov. 11, 1876

 

Folder 10: Elliot Family Correspondence, 1880-1899

 

            .1173   printed form letter from Census Office, Department of the Interior, concerning time reports of enumerators, 188-

 

            .1174   printed form letter from Census Office, Department of the Interior, Aug. 28, 1880, to Charles D. Elliot: about his vouchers for services as enumerator

 

            .1175a-b          draft of letter, Charles D. Elliot, Somerville, Sept. 4, 1880, to Francis A. [unclear], Superintendent of Census: about a deduction made from his account as enumerator;

                                    The draft is written on back of physician’s question form used by Sovereigns of Industry, Mutual Relief Association, Division No. 1, Massachusetts

 

            .1176   Addie Genevieve Elliot, Somerville, Nov. 16, 1880, to Dear Grandma: this is the first letter I ever wrote with pen and ink; glad you are well; don’t forget my maple sugar [illegible] and [illegible]

 

            .1177   receipt: Charles D. Elliot paid dues to Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, March 9, 1892; signed by registrar L. L. Tarbell, illustrated with picture of the society’s seal

                                    Printed form, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .1178   summons to appear in court: sent to Charles D. Elliot and John F. Mead of Medford, dealing with a bill in equity between two other parties, Sept. 17, 1894;

                                    Printed form, with blank spaces filled in

 

            .1179   Charles D. Elliot, no place, May 27, 1896, to Mrs. Hattie A. Ralph, chairman of committee: accepts invitation to reception to be given by Willard C. Kinsley Relief Corps in honor of his sister Mary E. Elliot

 

            .1180   printed form letter from William P. Derby, Headquarters, Department of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic, Boston, Nov. 3, 1896: requesting that assistance be given to the Women’s Relief Corps in their census of Veterans of the War of the Rebellion [Civil War];

                                    On back: a copy of the veteran census form

 

            .1181   I.C.M. Coulrey, Somerville, April 6, 1898, to Mrs. Elliot: unable to come help her; “I thank you kindly for your kindness to me always.”

 

            .1182   Emily J. Elliot, East Wallingford, Sept. 14, 1898, to son Charlie: describes picnic trip to the White Rocks; have more visits to make, and Marshall might be arranging a trip to Lake George; will return home early if needed

                                    [Marshall is Marshall Tarbell, son of Fidelia Tucker Tarbell.]

 

            .1183-ab          M.T. [Marshall Tarbell], Mechanicsville, Vt., Dec. 12, 1988, to cousin C.D. [Charles D. Elliot]: little rain or snow; Stillman [Tucker] and wife ought not to be living alone; made 110,000 pounds of cheese; would like to market some wood – will he talk to lumber yards near him to get an idea of prices;

                                    On printed letterhead: M. Tarbell, manufacturer of hay rakes, hoe and fork handles, jiggered chair stock and lumber

 

            .1184   copy of letter from Charles D. Elliot, Somerville, Dec. 17, 1899, to cousin Marshall [Tarbell]: glad to hear that Marshall’s business seems to be good; A.L.E. [Alfred L. Elliot] “has been engineering all over the country” but now works for Charles; gives prices for wood; greetings to Mount Holly friends

 

Folder 11: Elliot Family Correspondence,  1900s and no year

 

            .1185   appointment card: C.J.E. [Charles J. Elliot] has appointment with Drs. Parker & Powers, Jan. 19, 1900;

                                    Printed card

 

            .1186a-b          Clara, Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 20-21, 1901, to Mary: [visiting Niagara Falls and the Pan-American Exposition]; describes view of exposition by night as one of “brilliancy and beauty”; “Once inside, we were in fairyland.  How beautiful the electric tower is….”  P.S.: about loud W.R.C. women on train to Buffalo

                                    On illustrated letter sheet, with photos of Whirlpool Rapids, bridge among the upper rapids of Niagara, and an illustration of the “Legend of the White Canoe,” printed by Arthur Livingston and engraved by Central Bureau of Engraving, New York

 

            .1187a-e          various receipts and a promise to pay, transactions between: C.D. Elliot and Emory L. White, Oct. 31, 1903-April 2, 1904;

                                    [.a]: on back of printed form: voucher for medical examiner’s reports, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.;

                                    [.b and .e]: on printed letterhead for Emory L. White, M.D.’

                                    [.c-.d]: on letterhead for John C. Paige & Co., insurance, Boston

 

            .1188a-c          Sydney Flower, The New Thought, New York, May 25, 1904, to Mary E. Elliot, with envelopes: soliciting an investment, but will not say what it is;

                                    With 2 envelopes: one addressed to Miss Elliot, and the other a return envelope printed with address of New Thought;

                                    Typed letter on letterhead stationery

 

            .1189a-b          C.B. Jopp, treasurer, Mercantile Trust Company, Boston, July 30, 1904, to Chas. D. Elliot: need address of Sidney [sic] Flower; together with the draft Elliot had left at the bank for Flower, dated July 26, 1904, signed Charles J. Eliot;

                                    Letter on printed letterhead

 

            .1190   copy of letter from Charles D. Elliot, Aug. 1, 1904, to C.B. Jopp, treasurer, Mercantile Trust Company, Boston: gives Sidney Flower’s address and some other contact information about him;

                                    Written on back of printed letterhead stationery for Memory History Committee, Somerville, Mass., 1892; Charles D. Elliot was a member of the committee

 

            .1191   C.B. Jopp, treasurer, Mercantile Trust Company, Boston, Aug. 9, 1904, to Chas. D. Elliot: more about the draft of Sidney Flower

 

            .1192a-b          Sydney Flower, The New Thought, New York, Aug. 30, 1904, to Chas. J. Elliot, with envelope:         not making refunds at this time;

                                    Letter on printed letterhead; envelope printed with return address

 

            .1193a-b          receipt: Chas. D. Elliot gave money to Woman’s Relief Corps of Massachusetts, April 25, 1906, for California Relief Fund for Veterans; receipt signed by Sarah E. Fuller, treasurer; with envelope on which is written: for San Francisco Sufferers;

                                    Printed receipt form, and envelope has printed return address of Department Headquarters, W.R.C., Boston

 

            .1194   invitation: Charles D. Elliot invited to meeting of Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Jun 21, 1906, as guest of W.K. Watkins;

                                    Printed invitation card, illustrated with seal of the society

 

            .1195   second page of letter, to and from unknown people, no date: Arville’s message to Mary: about knowing someone in New York

 

            .1196   from friend to friend, no date: do you prefer a short or a long life?  For Christians, long life is preferred to give them more time to serve Christ on this earth

 

            .1197   yellow envelope, addressed to Mr. Joseph Elliot, Foxboro, Mass., postmarked West Cambridge, Dec. 9[?]

 

            .1198   envelope addressed to Miss Mary E. Elliot, care of Mr. Joseph Elliot, Foxboro, Mass., postmarked New Orleans, but the date is not clear

 

Folder 12: historical sketches and drafts, etc.

 

            .1199   pencil sketch of small house, with large tree behind, not signed

 

            .1200a-d          notes and outline history of Somerville

 

            .1201a-b          “The Revolutions of Time,” with the name P. Earle written on the last sheet

 

            .1202a-h          rough draft of speech?  Written on one page: “probably memo written by CDE for MEE’s address or report,” but that may refer only to that page; the pages do not necessarily belong in the order in which they are lettered;

                                    All written on back of printed notice: “To the Citizens of Ward 2 Somerville,” about the candidate William Bayfield, no date

 

Folder 13: Elliot family genealogy, household accounts, and other notes

 

            .1203   “To Miss Zenora Tucker, Acrostic,” an unsigned poem beginning “Zeal in the love of God will set they spirit free,” but part of page is missing; the line for the K in Tucker is only partly legible, and the lines for E and R are missing

 

            .1204a-b          history notes

 

            .1205   U.C. Burnap, Pastor, Appleton St. Church, Lowell, Aug. 20, 1842, to John St. Church: recommends Charles Lord and his wife as new members, as they are in regular standing with his church

                                    [relation to Elliot family unknown]

 

            .1206   “Boundaries of J. Elliot farm, copied from deed of Braster[?] to Sumner, C.D.E., Aug. 24, 1864”

 

            .1207a-b          two lists of groceries and prices; one is signed Emily Jane Elliot, C.D. Elliot [his name twice]

 

Folder 14: Ring family letters and genealogy

 

            .1208   envelope which held some of the documents in this collection

 

            .1209a-b          typed copy of letter from Phebe Ann, Brownsville, Minn., Feb. 19, [no year, but circa 1864], to brothers David and Charles and sister Susan: received letter from Emily [J. Elliot], describing her husband Charlie; Emily staying with adopted father and mother [the Hyers] while husband in the army; other family news

 

            .1210a-b          typed copy of letter from Silas and Phebe A. Torrence, Pickwick, Winona Co., Minn., July 24 1861, to brother and sister: family news

 

            .1211   Silas Torrence, Brownsville, Feb. 19, [no year, but circa 1864], to dear brother [David Ring]: about a religious meeting; Phebe unwell for awhile; other family news; sending some books for him to read

                                    [possibly copy of a letter]

 

            .1212a-c          copy of letter, Emily J. Hyer, New Orleans, Feb. 19, 1858, to brother David: recalls two things about her life with her birth family: mother’s death and when she left with the Hyers [whom she calls Papa and Mama]; recalls some of the places the Hyers have lived; does not like school much; does not remember all her brothers and sisters

 

            .1213a-l           notes about Ring family, and one note about Thomas Elliot, 1669

 

Folder 15: undated miscellaneous notes, chiefly about business (no accession numbers)

 

            Miscellaneous notes, with names of customers, lists of boxes, figures, etc., and a “memo of gas pipe and fixtures,” settled.  Also includes letterhead for stationery of Mason & Elliot, Civil Engineers & Surveyors, Somerville, for a letter written July 1, 1871 (but letter is missing)

 

 

Oversize materials: map case C, drawer 1:

 

Assortment of ladies’ collars in different styles, different sizes, with different eyelet or lace patterns;

 

One man’s collar;

 

One cuff, probably just partial cuff, with notes written on it;

 

Tops and bottom of round boxes:

one top with engraved portrait of Major General George B. McClellan, copyrighted by  Wm. E. Lockwood in 1861;

other top has pictures of different styles of men’s collars and asks “What constitutes a perfect shirt collar?” 

            “June” is stamped on the box bottom.

 

Top and bottoms of rectangular boxes: 

            The top has label: The Metropolitan Collar, Ladies’ Embroidery, Demi Shakespeare 70, 100 assorted collars, illustrated with picture by Harley of ladies and gentlemen at an outdoor party, across the river is a factory labeled Met. C. Co.

            The box bottoms have labels: Manufactured by the Star Collar Company, Boston, licenses by the Union Paper Collar Company of New York, [list of patents, 1854-1865], W.E. Lockwood, president, S. Johnson, treasurer