The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE 19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Olds family

Title: Bills

Dates: 1864-1894.

Call No.: Col. 383

Acc. No.: 95x121

Quantity: 62 items

Location: 34 J 2

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Albert H. Olds and Alfred A. Olds of Hartford, Connecticut, were possibly father and son. The father, Albert H., was known to be a clerk and his son, Alfred A., was a bookkeeper during the mid 1870s, possibly for Charles L. Willard’s retail stove and furnace business in Hartford.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection of printed and manuscript bills and receipts was acquired by the Olds family of Hartford, Conn., between 1864-1894. Most of the items are from Hartford businesses. The goods and services purchased include meat, groceries, clothes, doctor's visits, gas and water, street sprinkling, church pew rent, dental work, promissory notes, hardware, lumber, and stove supplies. Also included are an exercise in bookkeeping methods and a rental agreement.

ORGANIZATION

In chronological order.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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

PROVENANCE

Purchased from Donald M. Bross.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Food prices - 19th century.

Clothing and dress - Prices.

Rental housing.

Stoves - Equipment and supplies.

Public utilities - Rates.

Medical fees.

Finance, Personal.

Furnaces - Equipment and supplies.

Receipts.

Invoices.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 34 J 2

Note: all accession numbers begin with 95x121

Folder 1 of 1:

.1 receipted bill, A. H. Olds paid Kilbourne & Morgan, March 1864, for meat

.2 short letter from E. T.[?] Boardman, Hartford, Nov. 19, 1865, to Alfred Olds; please pay Mr. Hun[?] for painting J. M. Gabriel’s house and deduct from rent; Carrie Gabriel has joined the church

.3 receipt, Mr. Alfred Olds has paid Gemmill, Clarke & Co., merchant tailors, Hartford, Oct. 31, 1870

.4 receipted bill, Alfred A. Olds paid Henry Ensign, dealer in clothing, Hartford, March 25, 1871, for pants

.5 receipted bill, Mr. Alfred A. Olds paid James Clarke & Co., merchant tailors, Hartford, July 3, 1871, for a suit

.6 receipted bill, Mr. A. A. Olds paid James Clarke & Co., merchant tailors, Hartford, Feb. 3, 1872, for a pants and vest

.7 receipted bill, Mr. A. A. Olds paid Gemmill, Burnham & Co., merchant tailors, Hartford, June 29, 1872, for suit

.8 receipted bill, Mr. A. A. Olds paid James Clarke & Co., merchant tailors, Hartford, Sept. 7, 1872, for pantaloons and vest

.9 receipt, Mr. A. A. Olds paid James Clarke & Co., merchant tailors, Hartford, June 11, 1873

.10 receipted bill, Alb. H. Olds paid Loomis & Morgan, fruits and fine groceries, Hartford, March 28, 1873, for potatoes

.11 receipted bill, A. H. Olds paid H. W. Stetson, July 7, 1873, for food

.12 receipted bill, A. H. Olds paid Drs. Taft & Starr, Hartford, for services Jan.-July 1873

.13 receipted bill, A. H. Olds paid H. W. Stetson, Aug. 9, 1873, for food

.14 receipted bill, A. H. Olds paid H. W. Stetson, Oct. 4, 1873, for food

.15 receipted bill, Albert Olds paid W. C. Hunt, Hartford, April 17, 1974, for raisins

.16 receipted bill, A. H. Olds paid Kilbourne & Co., Feb. 14, 1874, for meat

.17 receipted bill, A. H. Olds paid Hartford City Gas Light Company, for utilities at 9 Wadsworth St., for gas Dec. 1873-March 1874

.18 receipted bill, Mr. A. A. Olds paid James Clarke & Co., merchant tailors, Hartford, March 14, 1874, for a suit

.19 receipted bill, Mr. A. A. Olds paid James Clarke & Co., merchant tailors, Hartford, March 21, 1874, for pants

.20 receipted bill, A. H. Olds paid Hawley, Goodrich & Co., for the Daily Courant from April-July 1874, Hartford, April 1874

.21 receipted bill, A. H. Olds paid Horace W. Stetson, dealer in fresh and salt meats, poultry, game, vegetables, &c., April 30, 1874, for food

.22 receipted bill, A. H. Olds paid Horace W. Stetson, dealer in fresh and salt meats, poultry, game, vegetables, &c., May 30, 1874, for food

.23 receipted bill, A. A. Olds paid Wm. Caswell & Co., dealers in meat, poultry, Canada mutton, vegetables, fruit, Boston boiled lobsters, June 1, 1874, for food

.24 receipted bill, A. A. Olds paid H. W. Stetson, Oct. 3, 1874, for food

.25 receipted bill, A. H. Olds paid Burnham Brothers, street sprinklers, Hartford, for sprinkling Wadsworth Street during season of 1874, Dec. 7, 1874

.26 receipted bill, A. A. Olds paid H. W. Stetson, Dec. 1874, for food

.27 receipted bill, A. A. Olds paid A. H. Tillinghast, dealer in fine groceries, provisions, fruit, wood, willow and stone ware, &c., Hartford, July 17, 1875, for food

.28 receipted bill, A. A. Olds paid Park Ecclesiastical Society, Hartford, Sept. 8, 1875, for pew rent

.29 receipt, A. A. Olds paid for rent for July 1876, Hartford, receipt signed by Chas. Gabrielle

.30 receipt, A. A. Olds paid his unnamed landlord an extra sum for vacating the house at 9 Wadsworth St. before his lease expired, June 19, 1876

.31 receipt, A. A. Olds paid Chas. Gabrielle an extra sum for vacating the house at 9 Wadsworth St. before his lease expired, June 19, 1876 [a fairer copy of the document in .30, and this signed by the landlord]

.32 short letter, Chas. Gabrielle, Norwich, June 2, 1876, to Mr. Olds; asking Olds to reconsider moving; will probably make improvements next year and thinks Olds should have a friendly talk with the Coomes

.33 receipt, A. A. Olds paid E. G. Westcott, Hartford, Sept. 15, 1876, for rent of lower tenement house, 102 Wooster Street for month of August

.34 bill, Mrs. L. M. Olds owes D. L. Lane, dentist, Hartford, Nov. 22, 1876, for cap and filling

.35 resolution, directors of Farmers & Mechanics National Bank voted to execute a quit claim deed relinquishing property at 102 Wooster Street to Edward G. Westcott, April 30, 1877, embossed with seal of bank

.36 note, A. Oatman, President, Hartford, April 30, 1877, to Wm. W. Worster; request to pay A. A. Olds the rent which Worster owes on 102 Wooster Street

.37 receipt, A. Oatman, President, Hartford, April 30, 1877, received payment from A. A. Olds for rent

.38 receipt, Roland Mather, treasurer, Hartford, May 1, 1877, received payment of $140 from A. A. Olds, “the same to be endorsed on $4000 note of Wm. H. Jackson to Watkinson Juvenile Asylum & Farm School for interest thereon”

.39 printed form, about the note held by the trustees of the Watkinson Juvenile Asylum & Farm School with Wm. H. Jackson for property at 102 Wooster St., signed by A. A. Olds and R. Mather, May 1, 1877

.40 statement of account, 1872-1877, from Chas. L. Willard, a merchant in Hartford, Conn., giving summary of each year’s transactions (inventory on hand, goods bought, profits, cash sales)

.41 unsigned form, “In consideration of a compromise agreed upon by the creditors of Charles L. Willard, of Hartford, Conn., we do hereby agree to received and accept thirty cents on the dollar of our claim against said Willard,… July 12, 1877”

.42 receipted bill, A. A. Olds on account of C. L. Willard, Hartford, purchased merchandise from National Stove Works, New York, July 14, 1877

.43 receipt, A. A. Olds paid on account of C. L. Willard, money received by Early Law[?], New York, July 14, 1877

.44 receipt, A. A. Olds paid on behalf of C. L. Willard, signed Southard Robertson, New York, July 14, 1877

.45 account of Chas. L. Willard, Hartford, with Messrs Thompson & Edwards, with note on back dated Aug. 10, 1877, that A. A. Olds has paid for Thompson & Edwards and that those parties will come to an agreement about the disputed amounts owed

.46 receipt, A. A. Olds paid on behalf of Chas. L. Willard, signed Iron Clad Can Co., per J. B. Baker, New York, Aug. 11, 1877

.47 receipt, John Colles paid on behalf of C. L. Willard, signed Wiebusch & Hilger Hardward Co. per Rheinhart, New York, Aug. 11, 1877

.48 receipt, A. A. Olds paid on behalf of Chas. L. Willard, signed L. H. Mace & Co., per Springer, New York, Aug. 11, 1877

(L. H. Mace & Co. sold refrigerators, meat safes, water coolers and woodenware)

.49 receipt, A. A. Olds paid on behalf of Chas. L. Willard, signed Atlantic & Virginia Fertilizer Co., per S. S. Crenshaw, New York, Aug. 11, 1877

.50 accounts of Chas. L. Willard settled in New York, August 1877

.51 receipt, A. A. Olds paid on behalf of C. L. Willard, signed Manning Bowman & Co., Meriden, Conn., Aug. 13, 1877

.52 receipt, A. A. Olds paid on behalf of C. L. Willard, signed A. B. Cohn, agricultural implements, New York, Sept. 28, 1877

.53 bill from Hartford Water Works, May-Nov. 1877, to A. A. Olds for water used at 102 Wooster St.

.54 bill from Hartford City Gas Light Company, Sept.-Dec. 1877, to A. A. Olds, for gas consumed at 102 Wooster St.

.55 receipted bill, A. Olds paid S. M. Bronson, commission merchant, Hartford, Dec. 1, 1877

.56 receipted bill, A. A. Olds paid Amos Larned & Co., dealers in boots, shoes, &c., Hartford, July 1, 1878

.57 receipt, A. A. Olds paid on behalf of C. L. Willard, signed Munsell & Thompson Mfg., New York, Aug. 14, 1877 [possibly 1879]

.58 bill, J. Prendergast bought of Olds & Whipple, manufacturers and dealers in Barstow wrought iron furnace, stoves, agricultural implements, and fertilizer, Hartford, July 1, 1884, for purchase of range and reservoir and parts, hand stoves, salamander stove, etc.

.59 bill to A. A. Olds from J. W. Starkweather & Co., lumber dealers, Hartford, Nov. 1884, for purchase of chestnut posts and other items

.60 receipted tax bill, payment by Samuel Allen to East Lyme, Conn., Sept. 3, 1894, signed by B. K. Chapman, collector

.61 account for hanging wall paper, plastering, paint, lumber, door knob lock, no date

.62 “An Example in Equation of Payment, 1858” exercise of A. A. Olds, 56 College St.