The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry
Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Creator: Dodd Bros.
Title: Papers
Dates: 1860-1876
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 76x484, 76x485, 76x486
Quantity: 2 volumes and 556 items
Location: 9 C 1
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
William H. C. Dodd and S. Walter
Dodd were engravers who worked in
SCOPE AND CONTENT
Collection contains an account book, a design book, and over 550 receipts relating to the business of Dodd Bros. engraving firm between 1860-1876. The account book has two parts. The first is a daybook kept between November 1868- March 1870 by engraver William H.C. Dodd. The second part lists monthly debits and credits in Dodd's hand for coal that he bought and sold between 1874-1876. The back page contains an 1867 “price list for [the engraving business of] Gimbrede(?)” and Manon(?) business cards These prices record the amounts charged for services as noted in the daybook; they were for engraving such objects as rings, silverware, dishes, thimbles, watches, lockets, door plates, name plates, carriage plates, and coffin plates. Dodd also sold woodcuts, stencils, brands, gilding dies, die cuts, seal presses, steel business stamps, rubber stamps, and ribbons. He engraved large amounts of business and personal stationery including visiting cards, notes, billheads, business cards, envelopes, and wedding cards. Many entries feature illustrations of the designs and fonts used. A tabbed index in the front of the volume records patron name, a description of the job, and the amount owed, as well as a page number reference and the date of the job. Individual records contain the same basic information, but often include additional facts.
The design book has cloth pages with paper samples pasted in. Samples of thousands of engraved designs and stamps are included. Each design is numbered, and a list of prices by design number is also included. Many of these designs are small; the average size is 1-4 cm. Larger specimens from blocks are in a later portion of the book along with a corresponding price list. It is probable that this book belonged to Samuel Dodd.
More than 550 receipts chiefly document business purchases made by the Dodd Bros. Many note supplies used in the engraving business such as brass, pipes, envelopes, rubber pieces, stencil brushes, card stock, ink, casting plates, a press, an engraving lathe, stencil tools, bookbinders' tools, and numerous dies. Other receipts indicate that the Dodd Bros. jobbed out a large amount of work, including die cuts; spool labels; notary seals, stamps, and hand presses; show cards; satin cards; electrotyping; steel dies and letter cuts; and many paper postage and society stamps. Many of the receipts have specimens of the work including seals, canceling stamps, and paper postage or society stamps.
ORGANIZATION
The receipts are in chronological order. A name index to these is part of this finding aid.
LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS
The materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
Researchers must use the photocopies of the design book rather than the original volume.
PROVENANCE
Gift of B. Bazelon.
ACCESS POINTS
Topics:
Engraving - Specimens.
Etching.
Business records -
Coal - Prices - 19th century.
Stationery.
Billheads.
Envelopes (Stationery).
Lettering.
Letterheads.
Social stationery.
Wedding stationery - Prices - 19th century.
Account books.
Engravers.
Additional authors:
Dodd, William H. C.
Dodd, S. Walter.
Dodd, Samuel.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 9 C 1
Volumes on shelf:
76x484 Account book
The account book has two parts. The first is a daybook
kept between November 1868- March 1870 by engraver William H.C. Dodd. The second part lists monthly debits and
credits in Dodd's hand for coal that he bought and sold between 1874-1876. The back page contains an 1867 “price list
for [the engraving business of] Gimbrede(?)” and Manon(?) business cards.
76x485 Design book.
The design book has cloth pages with paper samples pasted in. Samples of thousands of engraved designs and stamps are included. It is probable that this book belonged to Samuel Dodd.
Note: Researchers must use the photocopies
of the design book rather than the original volume. The photocopies are in
Folder 1: receipts, 1860-1861 (acc. 76x486.1-.11)
Folder 2: receipts, January-June1862 (acc. 76x486.12-..20, .31-.42, .44-.54, .69-.79, .83, .87-.91, .93-.101)
Folder 3: receipts, July- December 1862 (acc. 76x486.21-.30, .43, .55-.68, .80-.82, .84-.86, .92, .102-.104)
Folder 4: receipts, January-June 1863 (acc. 76x486.105, .110-.120, .130-.138, .140-.145, .157-.161, .165-.166, .168-.172, .174-.175, .180-.183, .185, .187-.188, .193, .199)
Folder 5: receipts, July-December 1863 (acc. 76x486.106-.109, .121-.129, .139, .146-.156, .162-.164, .167, .173, .176-.179, .184, .186, .189-.192, .194-.198, .200-.201)
Folder 6: receipts, January-June 1864 (acc. 76x486.202, .205-.207, .209-.210, .214, .218-.219, .224-.227, .230, .232, .234-.235, .238-.241, .251, .253-.254, .257-.275, .278-.281, .285-.291, .296-.298)
Folder 7: receipts, July-December 1864 (acc. 76x486.203-.204, .208, .211-.213, .215-.217, .220-.223, .228-.229, .231, .233, .236-.237, .242-.246, .248-.250, .252, .255-.256, .276-.277, .282-.284, .292-.295, .299)
Folder 8: receipts, January-June 1865 (acc. 76x486.300-.304, .306-.307, .310-.312, .318, .323, .325, .327, .331, .334-.337, .346, .348, .352-.355, .362-.364, .366, .368-.369, .371-.376, .380, .382-.385, .389, .392, .394-.395, .397)
Folder 9: receipts, July-December 1865 (acc. 76x486..305, 308-.309, .313-.317, .320-.322, .324, .326, .328-.330, .332-.333, .338-.345, .347, .349-.351, .356-.361, .365, .367, .370, .377-.379, .381, .386-.388, .390-.391, .393, .396, .398-.399)
Folder 10: receipts, January-June 1866 (acc. 76x486.400, .402, .406-.407, .409, .415-.416, .423-.427, .429, .434-.436, .438-.439, .441-.444, .452-.454, .456-.457, .459-.467, .469-.470, .473-.474, .476, .478, .481-.486, .488, .492-.494)
Folder 11: receipts, July-December 1866 (acc. 76x486.401, .403-.405, .408, .410-.414, .417-.422, .428, .430-.433, .437, .440, .445-.451, .455, .458, .468, .471-.472, .475, .477, .479-.480, .482, .489-.491, .495-.496)
Folder 12: receipts, 1867 (acc. 76x486.497-549)
Folder 13: receipts, no date (acc. 76x486.550-.556)
Folder 14: photocopies of design book (acc. 76x485)
Index to Col. 504,
receipts, acc. 76x486.1-.556
[Note: numbers .247,
.319, and .487 were apparently not used.]
Adams,
Josiah H. .300
Allen,
Paul B. .12, .13, .14, .105
Atkinson,
Chas. P. .498
Baldwin
& Co. .302
Baldwin,
A. N. .2, .6, .15, .301, .501, .502
Baldwin,
George W. .499
Baldwin,
Jesse .500, .550
Barlow
& Shove .400
Barnett,
Oscar .401, .503-.505
Barrett
(of Fackrell, Mingus & Barrett) .377
Bedell
(of McIntire, Champenois & Bedell) .455
Beland
(of McKenzie & Beland) .349
Bellard,
James .16-.24, .107, .108a, .205-.208,
.303-.305, .402-.405, .506, .551, .552
Bellair,
A. .106, .203, .204
Benson,
Samuel .108b, 109, .230, .507
Bigelow,
M. B., & Hardy, Anson .110, .111,
.282, .480
Blood
(of Talbott & Blood) .381
Boice,
John C. .114
Boyd,
Andres .209
Bridgens,
Wm. H. .25-.30, .112, .113, .306, .406
Broad
Street Rail Road Company .119
Brown
& Brothers .408
Brown,
Alexander . 407
Bruce,
David Wolfe .508
Bruce's
Bruen,
D. B. & G. H. .409
Burley,
Charles .282
Calder,
Wm. P. .307
Campbell,
Chas. .31, .115, .210, .211
Capitol
Advertising Medium .509
Carey,
Lewis A. .410
Chamberlain,
E. D. .411, .412
Champenois
(of McIntire, Champenois & Bedell) .455
Colburn,
A. G. P. .32
Compton,
Chas. W. .213
Conery,
A. F. (of Dean & Conery) .7, .35-.37,
.117
Cortelyou,
Peter C. .214, .215, .413, .414
Coughlin,
George .308
Cross,
E. M. & Co. .33
Dammers
& Flack .309
Dammers,
James, & Co. .415, .416, .510, .511
Dane,
John .310
Day
(of Stoutenburgh, Day & Reock) .380
Dean
& Conery .72, .35-.37, .117
Dean,
W. V. (of Dean & Conery) .7, .35-.37,
.117
Denyse,
William .216
Dickinson
& Rowden .311-.313
Dill,
Vincent .417
Dodd
Dodd
Bros.
Dodd,
S. W
Dodd,
W. H.
Dodd,
W. H. C.
Dodd,
Wm. H. C. & S. W.
Dodge,
Samuel N. .217
Dovell,
Richard B. & Sons .553
Drake,
A. W. .218,-.221, 314, .315
Essex
Rolling Mill and Silver Refinery .108b,
.109, .230, .507
Evans,
John .118
Everdell,
William, Sons .512
Fackrell,
Mingus & Barrett .377
Fairchild,
John H. .222, .418, .513
Fireman's
Mutual Insurance Company .419
Fitzpatrick,
J. C. S. .420
Flack
(of Dammers & Flack) .309
Folwell,
C. H., &
Francis,
A. W. .38, .316, .421, .422
Freeman
(of Webb & Freeman) .514
French
& Wheat .515
Garrett,
John & Co. .317, .423-.426
Gasser
(of Hosp & Gasser) .523
Gauch,
Jacob .427, .428, .516
Glaubrecht,
George .39-.43, .119-.124, .224-.229,
.318-.322, .429-.432, .517
Goddard,
E. .433
Gopsill,
James .323, .434, .518
Gould
& Moore .519
Graham
(of Woolworth & Graham) .492
Hall
& Ruckel .435
Hardham
(of Williams, Hardham & Plum) .491, .548
Hardham,
Lawrence J. .324
Hardy,
Anson (of M. B. Bigelow & Anson
Hardy, Tremont Safe & Machine Co.) .110, .111, .282, .480, .539
Haroham,
L. J. .44
Harris
Bros. & Co. .125
Harris,
H. .325, .436
Hassell,
Joseph .126, .326
Hawes
Brothers & Co. .128, .129
Hawes,
Geo. .128, .129
Hawes,
J. H. .128, .129
Hawes,
J. H. G. .45, .127, .128
Hayden,
P. & Son .180, .109, .130, .230,
.231, .232, .327, .437,.507, .520
Helbig,
Albert .328, .329, .330
Hewitt,
J. W. .233
Hickcox
(or Hicox), T.N. .46-.53, .131-.137,
.234-.237, .331-.333, .438-.440, .522
Hill,
B. B. .521
Holbrook,
A. Stephen .54
Hosp
& Gasser .523
Howard
(of Reeve & Howard) .187
Howland,
William .8-.10, .55-.64, .138-.155,
.238-.248, .334-.343, .441-.451
Hughes,
James W. l156, .157
Huntington
Machine Co. .344
Jacobus,
A. D. .65-.68, .165-.167
Jerolaman,
T. .69, .249
Jessup
(of Stainsby & Jessup) .477
Kinney,
T. T. .465-.469
Kinney,
W. B. & T. T. .168, .169, .270, .345
Lacey,
E. .524
Langstroth
& Crane .452, .453, .525
Lawrence,
B. & P. .70
Leonard,
C. H. .71
Lindsay,
James (of Geo. Bruce's Son & Co.) .508
Lockwood,
C. N. .3, .4, .72, .73, .526
Lovejoy
& Son .74-.81, .170-.172, .250,
.346, .347, .454
Lovett
& Mingus .348
Lyon
Envelope Co. .82
Many,
F. & L. .173, .251, .350, .351,
.456, .457
McDermit,
P. G. .83
McIntire,
Champenois & Bedell .455
McKenzie
& Beland .349
Mead
& Sheldon .252
Mead,
Silas .252
Meeker,
O., &
Meeker,
David M.
.177
Merriam,
Jos. H.
.179
Miles,
W. H. (Jr.) .254, .255, .352
Miller,
S. B., & Co. .458
Mingus
(of Fackrell, Mingus & Barrett) .377
Mingus
(of Lovett & Mingus) .348
Mingus,
W. T. .180
Mockridge,
Elihu .84-.86, .174-.176, .257-.269,
.353-.362, .458-.464, .554
Moffet,
James G. .88, .181-.183, .256, .528
Moore,
P. D. .96, .97
Morrison
(of Peddie & Morrison) .186
Peddie
& Morrison .186
Peddie,
T.B. .186
Peters
(of Smith & Peters) .93
Pierson,
Amzi .533
Pierson,
B.T. .89, .90
Person’s
Plum
(of Williams, Hardham, &
Prieth,
B. .529
Reeve
& Howard .187, .368
Reock
(of Stoutenburgh, Day & Reock) .380
Robinson,
John .91
Robotham
& Greacen .534, .555
Rogers,
Robert .92, .188-.192
Rothschild,
J. .535
Rowden
(of Dickinson & Rowden) .311, .312, .313
Ruckel
(of Hall & Ruckel) .435
Salmon,
Sarah .11
Saubier,
Henry .369, .471
Sause,
E. J. .536
Schiller,
G. .370
Secombe,
W. W., &
Sergeant,
A. .476
Sheldon
(of Mead & Sheldon) .252
Sherman,
John .489-.490
Shove
(of Barlow & Shove) .400
Smith
& Peters .93
Smith,
Charles .193, .276
Smith,
G. T. .379
Smith,
George T. .276
Smith,
John .1
Smith,
Stephen H. .194, .195
Sofield,
R. .196
Spence,
Gaven .197, .277
Squier,
H. S. .278, .279, .280
Stainsby
& Jessup .477
Starbuck,
Francis .198, .281, .478, .538
Starr,
W. & Son .479
Stoutenburgh,
Day & Reock .380
Stratton,
C. W. .128, .129
Talbott
& Blood .381
Tobin
(of Wilkinson & Tobin) .5, .295,
.397
Tremont
Safe and Machine Co. .110, .111, .282,
.480, .539
Turner,
Geo. F. .94, .95
Tuttle,
Uzal J. .283, .284
U.
S. Internal Revenue .158-.164,
.285-.294, .382-.394, .481-.488, .540
Vanderburgh,
Wells & Co. .395, .541, .542, .543
Ward,
Dr. George S. .98
Wasson,
A. C. .544
Waterbury
Brass Co. .489, .490, .545, .547, .546
Webb
& Freeman .514
Webb,
Geo. W. .396
Wells
(of Vanderburgh, Wells & Co.) .395
Wilkinson
& Tobin .5, .99, .295, .397
Williams,
Hardham & Plum .491, .548
Winans,
William H. .199
Woolworth
& Graham .492
Last
name uncertain (Tause? Laure?) .101-.104