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 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         J.P. & H. Hemenway.

Title:               Records

Dates:             1837-1860, bulk dates 1837-1847

Call No.:         Col. 554

Acc. No.:        98x1

Quantity:        about 485 items (1 box)

Location:        34 L 1

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

J.P. & H. Hemenway was the name of a general store in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, operated by brothers James Phineas (1809-1861) and Hardin (1811-1886) Hemenway.  They were the sons of Abigail (Nabby) Beaman and Phineas (or Phinehas) Hemenway.  They married sisters, James P. to Elizabeth Henry (1816-1850), and Hardin to Mary Henry (1814-1848), daughters of Cynthia Ingram and Samuel Henry of Prescott.  (Bills from Samuel Henry are found in the collection.)    

 

James P. Hemenway also served as selectman in 1857 and was a representative to the Massachusetts General Court in 1842.  Hardin Hemenway also served as town clerk and representative to the Massachusetts General Court.  The family name was also spelled Heminway.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Collection consists chiefly of bills for items ordered by the general store of J.P. & H. Hemenway of Shutesbury, Mass.  Most of the items were purchased in Boston, Mass., or Hartford, Conn.  The store ordered all kinds of goods, including textiles and sewing supplies, groceries (fish, raisins, molasses, sugar, spices, English walnuts, flour, etc.), hardware and tools (screws, nails, shears, hay forks, etc.), personal items (combs, jewelry, gloves, etc.), books and school supplies (ink, slate pencils, textbooks, rewards of merit, etc.), musical instruments (Jews harps, harmonicas; also violin strings), toys, medicine, tableware (glasses, dishes, tea sets, etc.), lamps, chairs, and feathers (probably for beds and pillows).  In addition, the store bought palm leaves, as Shutesbury was a center for the making of palm leaf hats.  There are two records in this collection of the sale of palm leaf hats made by Rice Mason.  There are also records about the renting of a farm by Hardin Hemenway to David B. Harris.  Most bills are on plain pieces of paper, but some are on printed billheads.  Railroad freight bills are also included.  Materials are arranged by date.  Records of sales of hats, records of the farm rental, and some financial notes are found at the end of the collection.

 

           

ORGANIZATION

 

The materials are divided by year.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

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

           

 

PROVENANCE

           

Purchased from Steve Finer.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

People:

            Hemenway, Hardin, 1811-1886.

            Hemenway, James Phineas, 1809-1861.

            Mason, Rice.

            Harris, David B.

 

Topics:

                        General stores - Massachusetts - Shutesbury.

                        Business records - Massachusetts - Shutesbury.

                        Rent charges - Massachusetts - Wendell.

                        Wholesale trade - History - 19th century.

                        Hats - Massachusetts - Shutesbury.

                        Dress accessories - Prices - 19th century.

                        Food prices - 19th century.

                        Hardware - Prices - 19th century.

                        Hats - Prices - 19th century.

                        Hatters - Massachusetts.

                        Household supplies - Prices - 19th century.

Textile fabrics - Prices - 19th century.

Receipts.

                        Bills (financial).

                        Billheads.

                        Retailers.

 

           

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 34 L 1

 

 

All accession numbers begin with 98x1.  All items are addressed to J.P. & H. Hemenway unless otherwise noted.

 

 

Folder 1: 1837 (.1-.23)

 

.1a       receipted bill: George Newton, Shutesbury, June 16, 1837: hay forks

 

.1b       receipted bill: A.H. Pomoy & Co., Hartford, Aug. 28, 1837: molasses and salaratus

 

.2         bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Aug. 29, 1837: prints, sheetings or shirtings, and other items

 

.3         receipted bill: John W. Bull, no place, Aug. 29, 1837: blue edge plates, green tea set, tumbrels, sets of painted [unclear], glass lamps

 

.4         receipted bill: Savage & Stockbridge, Hartford, Aug. 29, 1837: snuff, tobacco

 

.5         receipted bill: Otis Orcutt, Hartford, Aug. 29, 1837: barrel of Oswego flour

 

.6         receipted bill: Terry & Brown, Hartford, Aug. 29, 1837: corn;

                        Printed form: flour and grain dealers

 

.7         receipted bill: Normand Lyman, no place, Aug. 29, 1837: salt

 

.8         receipted bill: L.H. Hanks & Co., no place, Aug. 29, 1837: pocket knives and fish hooks

 

.9         receipted bill: Isaac D. Bull, no place Aug. 29, 1837: salts, indigo, copperas, camphor, chalk, and something else

 

.10       receipted bill: James Parker, Hartford, Aug. 29, 1837: codfish

 

.11       bill: Smith & Knowlton, Hartford, Aug. 29, 1837: salt, tobacco, pepper, sperm oil, bag of shot, etc.

 

.12       bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Oct. 7, 1837: sheetings

 

.13       bill: John W. Bull, no place: Nov. 15, 1837: cc chambers, teas, glass lamps, green tea set, tea plates;

                        Address included: no. 70 State Street – Sign of Large Pitcher

 

.14       receipt: Howe Mather & Co., Harford, Nov. 15, 1837: were paid on account

 

.15       receipted bill: Savage & Stockbridge, Hartford, Nov. 15, 1837: raisins

 

.16       bill: Solomon Porter & Co., no place, Nov. 15, 1837: barrel of honey[?]

 

.17       bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Nov. 15, 1837: men’s gloves, tapes, buttons, twist, thread, braid, crape, pins, various fabrics (including cambric, prints), padding, wadding

 

.18       bill: Smith & Knowlton, no place, Nov. 15, 1837: codfish, oil, and unspecified merchandise

 

.19       receipted bill: S. Spencer & Co., Hartford, Nov. 15, 1837: snuff and something else

 

.20       bill: Smith & Knowlton, Hartford, Nov. 15, 1837: raisins, sniff, oil, tobacco, soap, shot, salt, sugar, etc.

 

.21       receipted bill: Terry & Brown, Hartford, Aug. 29, 1837: flour

                        Printed form: flour and grain dealers

 

.22       receipted bill: Stockbridge Allen Root & Co., no place, Dec. 23, 1837: corn, flour, fish, saleratus, oil, tobacco, sugar, raisins, honey, etc.

 

.23       freight bill: John Nash, May 24-Aug. 11, 1837: for freighting to and from Hartford, including salt, rice, flour, and fish

 

 

Folder 2: 1838 (.24-.83)

 

.24       receipted bill: J. Dickinson, Shutesbury, Jan. 19, 1838: flour

 

.25       bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Jan. 19, 1838: thread, twist, pins, etc.

 

.26       receipted bill: Rufus Leonard, Shutesbury, Jan. 31, 1838: oil, soap, raisins, molasses, plus freight charges

 

.27       receipted bill: Seneca Haskins, no place, March 13, 1838: pails and something else

 

.28       receipt: Solomon Porter & Co., Hartford, March 16, 1838: paid on account

 

.29       receipt: Smith & Knowlton, Hartford, March 16, 1838: paid on account

 

.30       receipt: Howe Mather & Co., no place, April 24, 1838: paid on account

 

.31       receipt: J.W. Bull, no place, April 24, 1838: paid in full

 

.32       receipt: Smith & Knowlton, Hartford, April 24, 1838: paid on account

 

.33       receipt: Mr. Hemmenway paid steam-boat Cleopatra, Hartford, April. 26, 1838, for freight on a barrel

                        Printed form

 

.34       receipted bill: Burdick & Wright New York, April 26, 1838: brown hava sugar

 

.35       bill: Savage Stockbridge & Co., Hartford, April 27, 1838: molasses, tobacco, salt, tea, soap, snuff, codfish, cloves, etc.

                        [see .66 for payment of this bill]

 

.36       bill: [name unclear, might be Nunn], Hartford, April 27, 1838: grass seed

 

.37       bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Arpil 27, 1838: pearl buttons, laces, shirting, drill, cass [cassimere], prints, etc.

 

.38       receipted bill: Elijah Brigham, Boston, May 25, 1838: English walnuts, ink[?], oranges and lemons

 

.39       receipted bill: Holbrook & Mann, Boston, May 25, 1838: tea, bed cords

 

.40       receipted bill: P.B. Hevey[?] & Co., no place, May 28, 1838: raisins

 

.41       bill: Wm. H. Learnard, Boston, May 25, 1838: ladies kid and leather shoes[?]

 

.42       receipt: Taylor & Ritch, New York, June 7, 1838: sugar

 

.43       receipted bill: Isaac D. Bull, no place, June 8, 1838: camphor, salts, chalk, and glyc [glycerin?]

 

.44-.45             receipts: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, June 8, 1838: payments on account

 

.46       receipted bill: Braddock Baker, Hartford, June 8, 1838: codfish

 

.47       receipted bill: Savage Stockbridge & Co., Hartford, June 8, 1838: pepper and other goods

 

.48       receipted bill: Otis Orcutt, Hartford, June 8, 1838: barrels of superfine flour

 

.49       receipted bill: Normand Lyman, Hartford, June 8, 1838: salt, plus charge for cooperage

 

.50       receipted bill: S. Spencer & Co., Hartford, June 8, 1838: molasses

 

.51       bill, Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, June 8, 1838: fabrics (prints, drill, linen, cambric), silk flags, laces, silk braids, suspenders, pearl buttons, cravats, ribbon, hooks and eyes, and other goods

 

.52       receipted bill, Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, June 8, 1838: paid for merchandise

 

.53       bill: Smith & Knowlton, Hartford, June 8, 1838: chest of tea, salt, tobacco (both chewing and smoking), snuff, and other goods

 

.54       bill: John W. Bull, Hartford, June 8, 1838: edge plates, cc mugs, cc chambers, painted teas, bowls, glass lamps, tumblers, glass peppers and salts, gold luster jugs;

                        Printed billhead: no. 70 State Street, Sign “Large Pitcher

 

.55       receipted bill: Annindon[?] Comus[?] & Co., Boston, July 2, 1838: blue drill [fabric]

 

.56       receipted bill: Augustus Perrin, no place, July 2, 1838: palm leaf

                        [see .61b – probably the shipping of this purchase]

 

.57       receipted bill: Preston & Thayer, Boston, July 2, 1838: tea and raisins

 

.58       receipted bill: B. & A. Rogers, no place, July 2, 1838: halibut

 

.59       receipted bill: Bartlett & Farmington, Boston, July 2, 1838: English walnuts

 

.60       receipted bill: Wm. H. Learnard, Boston, July 3, 1838: leather shoes and inlaid[?] slippers

 

.61a-b  two shipping receipts glued together; both printed forms:

                        .61a     steamboat Cleopatra, June 4[?], 1838: freight of 1 barrel;

                        .61b     Boston & Hartford New Line, Hartford, July 19, 1838: bales of palm leaf shipped from Boston on schooner Planter

                                                [see .56 – probably the purchase being shipped]

 

.62       receipted bill: Normand Lyman, Hartford, Aug. 27, 1838: salt

 

.63       receipt: Smith & Knowlton, Hartford, Aug. 27, 1838: paid on account

 

.64       bill: Smith & Knowlton, Hartford, Aug. 27, 1838: molasses, brown sugar, salt, nails, oil, saleratus and keg for it, snuff, bag of shot

                        [see .70 for payment of this bill]

 

.65       receipted bill: Isaac D. Bull, no place, Aug. 27, 1838: brimstone, indigo, soda

 

.66       receipted bill: Savage Stockbridge & Co., Hartford, Aug. 27, 1838: merchandise per bill of April 27, 1838 [which is .35, above]

 

.67       bill, Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Aug. 27, 1838: wick, textiles (prints, cambric), braid, pins, and other goods

 

.68       receipted bill: John J. Baker, Shutesbury, Oct. 29, 1838: sugar, tobacco, snuff, raisins, saleraus, and freight charges

 

.69       receipt: J. W. Bull, Hartford, Oct. 30, 1838: aid on account

 

.70       receipt: Smith & Knowlton, Hartford, Oct. 30, 1838: paid for bill dated Aug. 27, 1838 [bill is .64 above]

 

.71       receipt: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Oct. 30, 1838: paid on account

 

.72       receipted bill: Gilbert & Co., Hartford, Nov. 1, 1838: pen and pocket knives, steel pens, knives and forks, tacks, snuff boxes, plate lock;

                        Bill is written on back of printed stationery, but only part of the stationery is present, and it lists the names of a number of companies

 

.73       receipted bill: J.A. Ayrault & Co., Hartford, Nov. 1, 1838: sole

 

.74       receipted bill: William H. Imlay & Co., Hartford, Nov. 1, 1838: Erie Canal flour;

                        Printed form: dealers in flour, feed, &c

 

.75       receipted bill: Isaac D. Bull, no place, Nov. 1, 1838: indigo, brimstone, glyc[?], black ink

 

.76       receipted bill: Normand Lyman, Hartford, Nov. 1, 1838: salt

 

.77       receipt: Howe Mather & Co., [Hartford], Nov. 1, 1838: note on account

 

.78       bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Nov. 1, 1838: textiles: merino, velvet, prints, flannel, cambric, camblet, drill, taffeta, ticking, shirting; also padding, vesting, lace, handkerchiefs, thread, buttons, suspenders, wool gloves, buck mitts, comforters, pins, batts, etc.

 

.79       bill: Smith & Knowlton, Hartford, Nov. 1, 1838: molasses, nutmegs, cloves, mats cassin, pepper, spice, tobacco, ginger, teas, salt, oil

 

.80       receipted bill: John Nash, no place, Nov. 1838: freight bill for hauling salt, molasses, tea, tobacco, leather, a crate of wares, oil

 

.81       receipted bill: John D. Crawford, Shutesbury, Dec. 28, 1838: salt;

                        Name as endorsed: John D. Crafford

 

.82       receipted bill: Stockbridge Allen Root & Co., no place, Dec. 28, 1838: fish, soap, salt, sugar, molasses, box of glass, pipes, flour, tea, tobacco, palm leaves, nails, oil;

                        Receipt signed John D. Crawford;

                        Endorsed on back: freight bill

 

.83a     bill: Lee Jenkins & Co., Barre, 1837-1838: handkerchiefs, scarves, cashmere shawls, French calico, palm leaves

 

.83b     bill: Lee Jenkins & Co., Barre, Dec. 15, 1838: [palm] leaves

 

 

Folder 3: 1839 (.84-.120)

 

.84       bill: Lee Jenkins & Co., no place, Feb. 1, 1839: hats

 

.85       receipted bill: Warren Wood, no place, Feb. 8, 1839: common and rocking chairs, raise seat rocking chair, children’s chairs;

                        Receipt signed Elijah W. Wood, and that is the name in the endorsement

 

.86-.87             receipted bills: Rufus Larned, Shutesbury, Feb. 21, and April 1, 1839: halibut, codfish, sugar, soap, saleraus, raisins, oranges, molasses, and freight charge;

 

.88       bill: Lee Jenkins & Co., no place, April 9, 1839: palm leaves and sample hats

 

.89       receipted bill: John Hunt, Jr., New York, April 18, 1839: hats

 

.90       receipted bill: Lyon & Lane, New York, April 18, 1839: pegged welts and kid slips  [shoes and slippers]

 

.91       receipted bill: Buck & Barnes, New York, April 18, 1839: gingham

 

.92       receipted bill: C.W. & J.T. Moore, New York, April 18, 1839: dry goods: canton cord, Irish linen, prints, cambric, taffeta and velvet ribbons, web braces, cotton hose, silk braids, elastics, silk gloves, ivory combs, cravats, handkerchiefs, merino and cashmere shawls, etc.;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in foreign and domestic dry goods

 

.93       receipted bill: Normand Lyman, no place, April 20, 1839: salt

 

.94       receipted bill: Gilbert & Co., Hartford, April 20, 1839: Adams shovels, tacks, pocket knives, saw files, aprons, snuff boxes, butcher knives, shears, trunk  locks, fish hooks, screws, brass nails, iron rim locks, needles

 

.95       receipt: Smith & Knowlton, Hartford, April 20, 1839: paid on account;

                        Receipt signed: for the late firm of Smith & Knowlton, Knowlton & Martin

 

.96       receipt: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, April 20, 1839: paid on account

 

.97       bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, April 20, 1839: textiles (drill, check gingham, burlap, prints), and handkerchiefs, vesting, flags, suspenders, thread, buttons, etc.

 

.98       receipted bill: Isaac D. Bull, no place, April 20, 1839: copperas, alum

 

.99       receipt: Smith & Peck, Hartford, April 20, 1839: paid for superfine flour;

                        Printed form: dealers in flour and grain

 

.100     receipted bill: Rufus Larned, Shutesbury, April 30, 1839: halibut, codfish, and freight charge

 

.101     receipted bill: Blana[?] Palmer, Shutesbury, May 8, 1839: children’s shoes and women’s slippers

 

.102     bill: Lee Jenkins & Co., no place, May 8, 1839: “bill of leaf” [palm leaf]

 

.103     receipt: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, May 15, 1839: paid on account

 

.104-.105         receipts: Knowlton & Martin, Hartford, May 15 and May 31, 1839: paid on account

 

.106     receipted bill: Lee Jenkins & Co., no place, June 7, 1839: sample hats and sacks (presumably of palm leaf)

 

.107     receipt: Squire Cooley, Shutesbury, June 17, 1839: paid on account

 

.108     letter: Smith & Peck, Hartford, July 11, 1839: out of Ohio flour, so sent Western flour instead; sometimes shipments are delayed

                        [receipt for payment of this flour is .109, below]

 

.109-.110         receipts: Smith & Peck, Hartford, Sept. 3, 1839: paid for superfine flour; (bills are dated July 11 and Sept. 3; both paid Sept. 3)

                        Printed forms: dealers in flour and grain

 

.111     receipted bill: Kennedy & Way, no place, Sept. 3, 1839 [date on back]: patent balance, slate pencils, pocks knives, cut tacks

 

.112     receipted bill: Isaac D. Bull, no place, Sept. 3, 1839: logwood, indigo, ink, madder, copperas, soda

 

.113     bill: Knowlton & Martin, Hartford, Sept. 3, 1839: spice, pepper, cloves, tobacco, tea, salt, codfish, oil, N.E. rum, coffee, snuff, cassin, nutmegs, and a box for codfish

 

.114     bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Sept. 3, 1839: braid, tapes, thread, twist, pearl buttons, cord, pins, suspenders, handkerchiefs, cravats, flags, ribbon, foundation, cambric, shirting, flannel, prints, merino, sheetings, etc.

 

.115     receipted bill: A. & G. church, Hartford, Sept. 3, 1839: “bill of ropes”: halters, bed cord

 

.116     receipted bill: Normand Lyman, Hartford, Sept. 3, 1839: salt and heading

 

.117     receipted bill: E. & R. Roberts, Amherst, Oct. 10, 1839: various kinds of paper: wrapping, ruled, letter; also a day book, a sp book [spelling book?]; with credit given for rags

 

.118     receipted bill: Samuel Henry, Prescott, Oct. 29, 1839: kid shoes, seal skin caps, almanacs, quilts, indigo, silk velvet ribbons, shalls [shalloon or shawls?], merino[?], thread, etc.

 

.119     bill: A. F. Beaman, no place, Dec. 6, 1839: bread, butter

 

.120     bill: Augustus Perrin, Boston, Dec. 9, 1839: bales of palm leaf

           

 

 

Folder 4: 1840 (.121-.164)

 

.121-.122         receipted bills: Woods & Field, Barre, April 8 and 14, 1840: black cloth, ribbon, satin, satinet, [palm] leaf, drilling, etc.

 

.123     receipted bill: Boston and Worcester Rail-Road, Worcester, April 20, 1840: for transportation of butter and hats;

                        Printed form

 

.124     receipted bill: Wm. Goddard, Petersham, April 20, 1840: for pressing men’s and boys [coats?], and for boxes;

                        The bill is written on recycled paper, with the name Mr. Spooner appearing on the reverse of the bill, and part of a sentence that includes the work hat

 

.125     receipted bill: Chase, Kimball & Co., Boston, April 21, 1840: satinet, prints, furniture [upholstery fabric], ticking, kid slippers, padding, coat buttons, shirting, cambric, twist, thread, vest patterns, braids;

                        Payment received by Woods & Field;

                        Printed billhead: foreign and domestic dry goods and woolens

 

.126     receipted bill: Augustus Perrin, [Boston], April 21, 1840: bales of palm leaf, and hats

 

.127     receipted bill: Manning & Glover, Boston, April 22, 1840: feathers;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in feathers, beds, mattresses, and other bedding articles, also foreign and domestic dry goods

 

.128     receipted bill: W. & S. Phipps & Co., Boston, April 22, 1840: silk, satin, bonnet ribbon, caps, hats, thread, cravats, handkerchiefs, shawls, etc.

                        Printed billhead: importers, W. & S. Phipps, C.F. Baxter

 

.129     receipted bill: J. Wilkens, Boston, April 22, 1840: textiles: drill, prints (including London and Bristol), Russia diaper, check, crash; also cotton umbrellas and brown linen table covers

 

.130     receipted bill: Western Rail Road Corporation, no place, April 23, 1840: freight bill, for transportation from Boston: molasses, tobacco, fruit[?], tea, raisins, fish, palm leaf, etc.;

                        Printed form

 

.131-.132         bills: Woods & Field, Barre, April 24 and May 7, 1840: sheeting; set of garniture, prints, hats

 

.133     receipt: Bos. & Wor. And Western Rail Road Corporations, Springfield, May 16, 1840: freight bill (a box to Boston);

                        Printed form

 

.134     receipted bill: Samuel Henry, Prescott, May 18, 1840: hats, fringe, [palm] leaf, etc.

 

.135     receipted bill: A.W. Sherwin[?], Boston, May  20, 1840: palm leaves;

                        [although the surname appears to be Sherwin, the Hemenways also bought palm leaves from A.W. Perrin, and perhaps Sherwin really is Perrin]

 

.136     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, no place, May 21, 1840: freight for palm leaf;

                        Printed form

 

.137-.138         bills: Woods & Field, Barre, May 30 and July 20, 1840: ticking, sheeting, shirting, prints, thread, rolls of paper, sugar[?], drillings, indigo

 

.139     bill: E. Raymond & Co., Boston, July 21, 1840: N.E. rum and codfish, with note: “your goods are now stating for the railroad” [see .140 for freight bill]

 

.140     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, no place, July 22, 1840: freight bill for the goods in .139

                        Printed form

 

.141     receipt: J. W. Bull, Hartford, July 28, 1840: paid on account

 

.142     bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, July 29, 1840: wadding, ticking, cloth, satinet, osnaburg, drill, diaper, cambric, prints, muslin, handkerchiefs, thread, welting, laces, buttons, tapes, pins, flags, cravats, taffeta, etc.

 

.143     receipted bill: Isaac D. Bull, no place, July 29, 1840: ink, brimstone, camphor, chalk, sal nit[?]

 

.144     receipted bill: Normand Lyman, Hartford, July 29, 1840: salt, and cooperage

 

.145     receipt: Howe Mather & Co., no place, July 29, 1840 (bill dated March 6): paid on account

 

.146     receipted bill: Kennedy & Way, Hartford, July 29, 1840: table spoons, saw files, cut tacks, snuff boxes, wafers, trout hooks, fish hooks

 

.147     bill: Knowlton & Martin, Hartford, July 29, 1840: tea, salt, Am Gin [American gin or ginger], coffee, pimento, cords, snuff, ream of paper, sugar[?], (freight charge?)

 

.148     receipted bill: Knowlton & Martin, Hartford, July 29, 1840: flour

 

.149     account: Knowlton & Martin, Hartford, July 29, 1840: summary of account

 

.150     bill: Howe Mather & Co., July 30, 1840: [unclear]

 

.151     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, no place, Aug. 18, 1840 [date from back]: freight bill for the goods;

                        The year on the front of the receipt looks like 1841, but on the back it is clearly 1840;

                        Printed form

 

.152     receipted bill: Clement, Salisbury & Nildes, Boston, Aug. 18, 1840: London and fancy prints

 

.153     bill: Woods & Field, [Barre], Sept. 11, 1840: cloth, silk, handkerchiefs, boots, thread, etc.

 

.154     receipted bill: J. Bacon, no place, Sept. 22, 1840 [on back]: pails

 

.155     receipted bill: Isaac Sterns, Jr., Shutesbury, Sept. 22, 1840: flour, and freight on goods from West Brookfield

 

.156     bill: Woods & Field, Barre, Oct. 7, 1840: sheeting, alapin, cambleteen[?]; a blank book

 

.157     receipt: Knowlton & Martin, no plate, Oct. 15, 1840: paid on account

 

.158     receipted bill: Normand Lyman, Hartford, Oct. 15, 1840: salt

 

.159     receipted bill: Brown Belton & Co., Hartford, Oct. 15, 1840: flour

 

.160     bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Oct. 15, 1840: pins, braids, comforter, cravats, men’s gloves, suspenders, thread, yarn, handkerchiefs, binding, ribbons, shawls, French crape, cambric, buckram, prints, shirt buttons, drill, sheetings, satinet, pilot cloth, etc.

 

.161     receipted bill: John W. Bull, no place, Oct. 15, 1840: plates, edge plates, chambers, mugs, tumblers, bolws, lamps, toy mugs and pitchers, sheep dogs[?], glass dishes, Britannia teapots, gilt vases, etc.

 

.162     bill and letter: Knowlton & Martin, Hartford, Oct. 15, 1840: sugar, molasses, salt, nails, shot, pepper, oil, tea, Am Gin, glass panes, tobacco and snuff, ream of paper;

                        Letter: goods on Capt. Nash’s boat, and he sailed before bill was prepared

 

.163     receipt: Howe Mather & Co., [Hartford], Oct. 15, 1840: paid on account

 

.164     receipted bill: James L. Folyer, Hartford, Oct. 15, 1840: logwood, madder, alum, Epsom salts, castor oil, licorice [spelled liqourice], cream of tarter

 

 

 

Folder 5: 1841 (.165-.203)

 

.165     receipted bill: John Nash, no place, June 15, 1840-Jan. 5, 1841: freight charges for a variety of goods

 

.166     bill: E. Raymond & Co., Boston, Jan. 22, 1841: Am[erican] gin, raisins, oil;

                        Printed billhead: dealer in West India goods and produce,

                       

.167     receipted bill: Woods Field & So., [Barre], Jan. 23, 1841: sugar

 

.168     bill and short letter: Woods Field & So., Barre, Jan. 25, 1841: [palm] leaf;

                        Letter: will pay more for good hats ready by April 1, less for hats ready after that

 

.169     receipted bill: M. B. Cooly, no place, Jan. 28, 1841: to Hardingn Hemmingway & Co.: for shoeing horses and hooping bucket;

                        endorsed on back: A.P. Hemingway acct.

 

.170     receipt: Knowlton & Martin, Hartford, Jan. 28, 1841: paid on account

 

.171-.173         receipts: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Jan. 28, March 10, and April 27 1841: paid on account

 

.174     bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, April 27, 1841: cravats, braids, cords, thread, ivory combs, tapes, gloves, handkerchiefs, hooks & eyes, round lucets, shirts, flags, twist, buttons, textiles (tabby, lawn, prints, satinet, apron check, drills), wadding, lace inserting, vesting, etc.

 

.175     receipted bill: Gilbert & Co., Hartford, April 27, 1841: snuff boxes, slate pencils, fish hooks, quills, needles, butcher knives, spoons, trunk locks, cut tacks, fish lines, saw files, brass nails, screws, German harps, pocket and pen knives

 

.176     receipted bill: James L. Folyer, Hartford, April 27, 1841: oil, copperas, alum, Espsom salts, licorice ball, chalk

 

.177     receipted bill: Normand Lyman, Hartford, April 27, 1841: salt and cooperage

 

.178     bill: C.S. Martin & Co., Hartford, April 27, 1841: pepper, pimento, cassin, tea, tobacco, salt, raisins, starch, boxes of glass, nails, soap, American gin, St. Cx [Saint Croix] rum, nutmegs, N.E. rum, cloves, snuff, bed cords, sugar (some from Puerto Rico), codfish, rice; with credit given for ginger kegs

 

.179     receipt: C.S. Martin & Co., Hartford, June 17, 1841: paid by the hand of Capt. Nash

 

.180     receipted bill: Manning & Glover, Boston, May 19, 1841: feathers;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in feathers, beds, mattresses, and other bedding articles, also foreign and domestic dry goods

 

.181     receipted bill: John Nash, Hartford, June 11, 1841: flour

 

.182     receipted bill: Thomas Hunt, Boston, Sept. 9, 1841: women’s kid shoes, cheap shoes, leather slippers, child’s colored shoes, etc.

 

.183     receipt: Boston and Worcester Rail-Road, Boston, Sept. 9, 1841: for transportation of boxes

                        Printed form

 

.184     receipted bill: Samuel Emmes & Co., Boston, Sept. 9, 1841: caps

                        Printed billhead: dealers in hats, caps, furs, buffalo robes, buck mits [sic], gloves, &c

 

.185     receipted bill: W. & S. Phipps & Co., Boston, Sept. 9, 1841: net (square, dotted, black, etc.) and lisle edging;

                        Printed billhead: importers, W. & S. Phipps, C.F. Baxter

 

.186     receipted bill: S.H. Morris, Boston, Sept. 10, 1841: London prints

 

.187     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, no place, Sept. 11, 1841: freight bill

                        Printed form

 

.188     receipt: C.S. Martin & Co., Hartford, Sept. 21, 1841: paid on account, by hand of Capt. Nash

 

.189     receipt: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Sept. 21, 1841: paid on account, by hand of Capt. Nash; also a note stating that the company is “selling goods cheap this fall”

 

.190     bill: Wm. M. Pride, Fitchburg, Oct. 28, 1841: bread, with credit given for eggs, rags, and butter

 

.191     receipted bill: William H. Imlay & Co., Hartford, Nov. 3, 1841: various kinds of superfine flour;

                        Printed form: dealers in flour, feed, &c

 

.192     receipted bill: Gilbert & Co., Hartford, Nov. 3, 1841: pen knives, scissors, cut tacks, saw files, needles, screws, brass butts, bed cords

 

.193     receipted bill: Normand Lyman, Hartford, Nov. 3, 1841: salt

 

.194     receipt: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Nov. 3, 1841: paid on account

 

.195     bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Nov. 3, 1841: mourning print, fancy prints, foundation, cap ribbon, drilling, silk cravats, suspenders, ivory combs, thread, pins, buttons, twist, burlaps, bale of wick, etc.

 

.196-.197         receipted bill: C.S. Martin & Co., Hartford, Nov. 3, 1841: one for gallons of brandy[?], with credit given for oil cask;

                        Other one for merchandise and flour, with credit given for ginger kegs, casks, cash

 

.198     bill: D. Knowlton, Hartford, Nov. 3, 1841: molasses, tobacco, winter whale oil, snuff, chewing tobacco, cloves, nutmegs, salt, raisins, sugar

 

.199     receipted bill: Savage & Co., Hartford, Nov. 3, 1841: molasses

 

.200     receipted bill: M. W. Chapin, Hartford, Nov. 3, 1841: castor oil, liquorice, indigo, Epsom salts, litharge[?], cream of tartar, chalk, and something else

 

.201     bill: Woods Field &Co., Barre, Dec. 1, 1841: broadcloth, ribbons, [palm] leaf, etc.

 

.202     receipted bill: E. Raymond & Co., Boston, Dec. 29, 1841: tea[?];

                        Printed billhead: dealers in West India goods and produce,

 

.203     bill: Woods Field &Co., Barre, Dec. 31, 1841: gloves, flannel[?], etc.

 

 

Folder 6: 1842 (.204-.257)

 

.204     receipted bill: John Nash, no place, May 8, 1841-Jan. 13, 1842: paid for freight for a variety of goods, including  tobacco, salt, oil, raisins, starch, sugar, rice, pipes, etc.

 

.205     receipted bill: Lane & Read, Boston, Jan. 20, 1842: butts or bolts, screws, brass nails, cords

 

.206     receipted bill: E.F. Hall & Co., Boston, Jan. 27, 1842: handkerchiefs, cotton thread

 

.207     receipted bill: Holbrook Carter & Co., Boston, February 1842: linen thread

 

.208     receipted bill: S.A. Walker, Boston[?], Feb. 2, 1842: flannel, red padding;

                        Billhead is stenciled, but it is not very clear

 

.209     receipted bill: Holbrook Carter & Co., Boston, Feb. 21, 1842: Hard Times

 

.210     receipted bill: E.F. Hall & Co., Boston, Feb. 24, 1842: cotton hose

 

.211     receipted bill: Towne & Briggs, Boston, March 1, 1842: sugar, rice, snuff, raisins;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in West India gods and groceries

 

.212     receipted bill: Joseph H. Morse & Co., Boston, March 2, 1842: molasses, lemons;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in W.I. [West India] gods and family groceries

 

.213     receipt: Bos. & Wor. and Western Rail Road Corporations, no place, March 2, 1842: freight bill (goods from Boston);

                        Printed form

 

.214     receipted bill: E. Raymond & Co., Boston, March 3, 1842: tea, indigo, soap, raisins; credit given for empty barrels and tubs of butter

 

.215     receipted bill: E. Raymond & Co., Boston, March 30, 1842: tobacco and trucking;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in West India goods and produce

 

.216     settled bill: Levi Lincoln, no place, April 15, 1842: splitting palm leaf

 

.217     bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, April 20, 1842: sheeting, drills, prints, cambric, lawn, foundation, crape, apron check, shirting, thread, gloves, pins, moulds, buttons, tape, corset laces, hooks & eyes, twist, satinet, ribbons, etc.

 

.218     receipt: D. Knowlton, Hartford, April 21, 1842: paid on account

 

.219     receipted bill: Gilbert & Donaldson, Hartford, April 21, 1842: table spoons, pocket knives, watch keys, saw files;

                        Printed billhead: importers of English and German hardware and cutlery, [etc.]

 

.220     receipted bill: Joseph J. Davis & Co., Hartford, April 21, 1842: flour

 

.221     receipt: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, April 21, 1842: paid on account

 

.222     receipted bill: Normand Lyman, Hartford, April 21, 1842: salt and cooperage

 

.223     bill: Knowlton & Lyman, Hartford, April 21, 1842: tea, nails, boxes of glass [panes of glass], soap, shad, saleratus, molasses, sugar, salt, codfish, scale fish, and cooperage

                        [receipt for payment is .239 below]

 

.224     bill and short letter: C.S. Martin & Co., Hartford, April 21, 1842: rice, ginger, tea, coffee, tobacco, snuff, nutmegs, cassin, sugar, raisins, chewing tobacco;

                        Letter: May 2, 1842: offers Cuba molasses

                        [receipt for payment is .240 below]

 

.225     receipted bill: John Nash, Hartford, [May] 21, 1842: flour

 

.226     bill: Knowlton & Lyman, Hartford, May 30, 1842: cut nails, bags of shot

 

.227     bill and letter: W. & H. Merriam, Greenfield, May 31, 1842: books and toys: spelling books, Rhetorical Readers, Testaments and Bibles, Smith’s Grammar, Olney’s Geography, Emerson’s Arithmetic, Webster’s Dictionary, First Class Book, writing books, Raine’s colored toys, U.S. Primer, pictures, sheets of rewards [rewards of merit], Merrifield’s toys, Turner’s toys, etc.;

                        Letter: unable to supply two of the requested titles, and send fewer than requested of other titles, but can easily send more if needed

 

.228     bill: Wood Field & Co., [Barre], June 1, 1842: velvet, and other goods

 

.229     letter: W. & H. Merriam, Greenfield, June 6, 1842: correction to bill that is .227

 

.230     receipted bill: E. Raymond & Co., Boston, June 8, 1842: teas, tobacco, twine;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in West India goods and produce

 

.231     bill: Augustus Perrin, Boston, June 8, 1842: palm leaf

 

.232     receipted bill: John Nash, Hartford, June 17, 1842: flour

 

.233     receipt: John W. Bull, Hartford, June 20, 1842: paid bill of April last [bill not part of this collection]

 

.234     receipted bill: Lewis Gleason, Shutesbury, June 21, 1842: flour

 

.235     bill: W. & H. Merriam, Greenfield, July 1, 1842: Diamond Bible – tucks, and Improved Reader

 

.236     receipted bill: Normand Lyman, Shootsbury [sic], July 4, 1842: salt, halibut and cooperage

 

.237     receipted bill: John Nash, Hartford, July 8-15, 1842: flour

 

.238     receipt: C.S. Martin & Co., Hartford, July 16, 1842: paid on account

 

.239     receipt: Knowlton & Lyman, Hartford, Aug. 16, 1842: paid on account, bill of April 21

                        [see .223 above]

 

.240     receipt: C.S. Martin & Co., Hartford, April 21-Aug. 16, 1842: paid on account

[see .224 above]

 

.241     receipted bill: John Nash, Hartford, Aug. 30, 1842: flour

 

.242     bill: Woods Field & Co., [Barre], Sept. 1, 1842: tea, batting, cotton thread

 

.243     bill: Augustus Perrin, Boston, Sept. 16, 1842: palm leaf

 

.244     receipted bill: Lane & Read, [Boston], endorsed Sept. 8, 1842: bed cords, slate pencils, boxes of caps, etc.

 

.245     receipted bill: E. Raymond & Co., Boston, Sept. 9, 1842: tobacco, indigo, tea, nutmegs, cassin, ginger, shaving soap, shot, bucket, etc.

 

.246     receipted bill: J.D. Boardman[?], Boston, Sept. 9, 1842: cask of something

 

.247     settled bill: Stephen Orcutt, Shutesbury, Sept. 10, 1842: butter pots, jugs, with credit given for ticking

 

.248     receipted bill: Thomas Hunt, Boston, Sept. 12, 1842: pairs of kid [presumably shoes]

 

.249     receipted bill: Robert M. Morse & Co., Boston, Sept. 12, 1842: sugar, coffee, oil, starch

                        Printed billhead: grocers, dealers in spirits, wines, cordials, palm leaf & palm leaf hats

 

.250     receipted bill: W. & S. Phipps & Co., Boston, Sept. 14, 1842: ribbon, shawl, cord, braids, comforter

                        Printed billhead: importers

 

.251     receipted bill: Wetherell, Whitney & Co., Boston, Sept. 15, 1842: prints, Highland shawls, worsted knit something, white cotton tapes;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in foreign & domestic dry goods

 

.252     receipted bill: Holbrook, Carter & Co., Boston, Sept. 15, 1842: cassimere, flannel, plaid linsey, tabby velvet, cambric, prints, book muslin, bishops lawn, crash, sheeting, merino, handkerchiefs (pongee, cotton, and flag), cravats, web braces, thread, gloves, hooks & eyes, buttons, needles, yarn, wicking, foundation, etc.

 

.253     bill: W. & H. Merriam, Greenfield, Oct. 18, 1842: paper and work[?]

 

.254     receipt: W. & H. Merriam, Greenfield, Oct. 18, 1842: paid on account

 

.255     receipted bill: Rufus Larned, Shutesbury, Oct. 27, 1842: salt, and something else

 

.256     settled bill: Levi Lincoln, Leverett[?], Nov. 1, 1842: splitting palm leaf, with credit given for tobacco

 

.257     receipted bill: E. Raymond & Co., Boston, Nov. 24, 1842: tobacco;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in West India goods and produce

 

 

 

Folder 7: 1843 (.258-.264)

 

.258     receipted bill: John Nash, [Hartford], Jan. 2, 1843: freight bill, for hauling crate of wares, cask of nails, fish, molasses, sugar, salt, tobacco, raisins, shot, etc.

 

.259     receipt: Augustus Taft, Shutesbury, May 12, 1843: paid for grass seed left by Freeman Stockwell

 

.260     receipted bill: Normand Lyman, Hartford, endorsed June 8, 1843: salt

 

.261     receipt: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, June 8, 1843: paid on account

 

.262     bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, June 9, 1843: sheeting, cap and letter paper, rings, buttons, pins, cord, hooks & eyes, umbrellas, yarn, thread, ivory combs, ribbon, drills, jean, prints, cassimere, etc.

                        Printed billhead

 

.263     bill: C.S. Martin & Co., Hartford, June 9, 1843: sugar, molasses, tea, saleratus, nails, box of glass (panes), rice, cassin, soap, tobacco,

 

.264     receipted bill: Savage & Co., Hartford, June 9, 1843: codfish, shad

 

 

 

Folder 8: 1844 (.265-.297)

 

.265     receipted bill: Holbrook, Carter & Co., Boston, Jan. 23, 1844: kersey, satinet, padding, drill, ticking, prints, handkerchiefs, taffeta, cravats, thread, tapes, batting, hooks & eyes, eyelets, pins, needles, twist, yarn, etc.

                        Printed billhead: importers and wholesale dealers in dry goods

 

.266     receipted bill: Holbrook, Carter & Co., Boston, May 7, 1844: cloth, satinet, kersey, alpaca, plaid, cambric, Holland, linen, padding, shirting, drill, crash, Scotch lawn handkerchiefs, mitts, braids, tapes, thread, lacing, buttons, taffeta, prints, etc.

 

.267     receipted bill: Lane & Read, Boston, May 7, 1844: bed cords, trunk locks, caps, fish hooks and lines, scissors, ivory combs, tailors irons, slate and lead pencils, quills, snuff boxes, sets of knives and forks, pocket and butcher knives, tea and table spoons, saw files, bolts, butts, screws, cut tacks, bonnet paper, Norway rag stones, shovels, etc.

 

.268     receipted bill: Augustus Perrin, Boston, May 7, 1844: palm leaf

 

.269     receipted bill: Western Rail Road Corporation, no place, May 7, 1844: freight bill, for transportation of palm leaf, sugar, shovels, and other goods, from Boston;

                        Printed form

 

.270     receipted bill: Chamberlin Whitney & Co., Boston, May 8, 1844: pongee handkerchiefs, hooks & eyes, silk coat cord, cap lace, scarf stock, delaine shawl

 

.271     receipted bill: Mandell, Drinkwater & Co., Boston, May 8, 1844: fancy and furniture prints, etc.

                        Printed billhead: importers, and dealers in foreign and domestic dry goods

 

.272     receipted bill: Emmons Raymond & Co., Boston, May 8, 1844: tea, spice, cloves, sugar, cassin;

                        Printed billhead: wholesale dealers in West India goods and produce

           

.273     receipted bill: P. Keegan, Boston, May 8, 1844: chintz and fancy prints, plaid, whalebone

 

.274     receipt for goods: Western Rail Road, Palmer, May 24, 1844: palm leaf hats, to be shipped to Worcester and delivered to C. & F. White

 

.275     receipted bill and letter: Martin & Smith, Hartford, July 1, 1844: molasses, tea, tobacco, swordfish;

                        Letter: price of molasses has gone up; sent less swordfish than was ordered because of the advance in price; price of sugar varies by quality

 

.276     receipt: Henry Frink, Amherst, July 12, 1844: paid receipts of the Rockingham Fire Insurance Co.

 

.277     receipted bill: Abner Church, Hartford, Sept. 10, 1844: bed cords, rope

 

.278     receipted bill: Martin & Smith, Hartford, Sept. 10, 1844: nails

 

.279     receipted bill: Normand Lyman, Hartford, Sept. 10, 1844: salt, cod fish, halibut, sword fish, had, and cooperage

 

.280     bill, Martin & Smith, Hartford, Sept. 10, 1844: sugar, saleratus, nutmegs, tea, coffee, ginger, tobacco, shot, snuff, oil, indigo

                        [see .295, receipt for paying this bill]

 

.281     bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Sept. 6, 1844: cassimere, sheeting or shirting, prints, drill, vesting, umbrellas, plaid, cambric, pongee, taffeta, thread, pins, buttons, worsted mitts, ivory combs, handkerchiefs, suspenders, carpet yarn, flannel, etc.

 

.282     receipted bill: Thomas Hunt, Boston, Oct. 24, 1844: rubbers[?], shoes, gaiters[?]

 

.283     receipted bill: Lane & Read, Boston, Oct. 31, 1844: slates, Jews harps, tea and table spoons, razors, butts, screws, caps, etc.

 

.284     receipted bill: Emmons Raymond & Co., Boston, Oct. 31, 1844: sugar, tea, saleratus, whale oil, raisins, pepper, cloves, nutmegs, cassin, pipes, molasses, etc.

 

.285     receipted bill: Holbrook, Carter & Co., Boston, May 7, 1844: plaid linsey, frockikng, drilling, cambric, cloth, satinet, flannel, prints, velvet, damask pongee, silk and check cravats, alpaca, braces, thread, twill tapes, kid gloves, comforters, glass buttons, hooks & eyes, pins, twist, Highland shawls, etc.

 

.286     receipt: William Wright, N. England Office of N.A. College of Health [located in Philadelphia], Boston, Oct. 31, 1844: Indian Vegetable Pills;

                        Printed form, left side of which has been cut off

 

.287     receipted bill: J. F. Conant, Boston, Nov. 1, 1844: honey

 

.288     receipted bill: Richard Williamson, Boston, Nov. 1, 1844: bonnet ribbon, mourning cap ribbon, fancy hair pins, watch keys, German tape, black edging, night caps, black silk handkerchiefs, gloves, etc.

                        Printed billhead: dealer in foreign and domestic dry goods

 

.289     receipted bill: Western Rail Road Corporation, no place, Nov. 1, 1844: freight bill, for transportation from Boston of molasses, bags of feathers, chests of tea, and other boxes, kegs, and buckets

                        Printed form

 

.290     receipted bill: Samuel Emmes & Co., Boston, Nov. 1, 1844: caps, fur seal caps;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in hats, caps and fancy furs, hatters; furs, plush and trimmings, buffalo and fancy robes; cash paid for furs

 

.291     receipt: Ebenezer Nickerson, Boston, Nov. 1, 1844: codfish and halibut;

                        Printed form: dealer in fish

 

.292     receipted bill: Henry Pettes & Co., Boston, Nov. 1, 1844: crape delaine, print, delaine shawl, silk cravats

                        Printed billhead: importers of French and British goods and carpet warehouse

 

.293     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, no place, Nov. 2, 1844: freight bill, for transportation from Boston of sugar;

                        Printed form

 

.294     receipt: Holbrook, Carter & Co., Boston, Nov. 21, 1844: paid on account, money transferred by Rufus Larned

 

.295     receipt: Martin & Smith, Hartford, Nov. 22, 1844: paid for bill of Sept. 10, 1844;

                        [see .280, the bill being paid]

 

.296     receipt: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Nov. 22, 1844: paid on account

 

.297     receipt: Holbrook, Carter & Co., Boston, Dec. 16, 1844: paid on account

 

 

Folder 9: 1845 (.298-.330)

 

.298     receipted bill: John Nash, no place, paid Jan. 23, 1845, for May-Sept. 1844: freight bill: bales of cloth, bushels of salt, barrels of fish, boxes of tobacco, bags of coffee, and other goods

 

.299     receipt: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Jan. 20, 1845: paid on account

 

.300     receipted bill: Lane & Read, Boston, Jan. 30,1845: bed cords, clothes lines, lead pencils, Dutch and Russia quills

 

.301     receipted bill: Manning, Glover & Clark, Boston, Jan. 30, 1845: feathers;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in foreign and domestic dry goods, feathers, matresses [sic], curled hair, etc. [also lists textile fabrics available]

 

.302     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, no place, Jan. 30, 1845: freight bill, for transportation from Boston of sugar, molasses, tea, feathers, palm leaf, and other bags, boxes, casks, and bales;

                        Printed form

 

.303-.304         settled bills: Holbrook, Carter & Co., Boston, Jan. 31, 1845: Canada gray cass[imere], satinet, canvas padding, cambric, prints, Roseville and Wachusett sheetings, crash, web braces, thread, pearl shirt buttons, bone eyelets, twist, taffeta, wadding, batting, etc.; and receipt for payment

 

.305     receipted bill: A.W. & S.C. Perrin, Boston, Jan. 31, 1845: palm leaf

 

.306     receipted bill: Alexander Strong & Co., Boston, April 29, 1845: shoes, gaiters, etc.

                        Printed billhead: dealers in boots, shoes and leather

 

.307     receipt: Wm. Churchill & Co., Boston, April 29, 1845: codfish, halibut, pickled halibut;

                        Printed form

 

.308     receipted bill: Carter & Rankin, Boston, April 30, 1845: linen, sheeting, ticking, diaper, drilling

 

.309     receipted bill: Williamson & Smith, Boston, April 30, 1845: bonnet and cap ribbons, satin, German tape, ivory combs;

Printed billhead: dealers in foreign and domestic dry goods

 

.310     receipted bill: Lamson & Edmond, Boston, April 30, 1845: nails;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in bar & hoop iron …; Russia & English sheet iron, nails; [and a long list of other tools and products]

 

.311     receipted bill: Page & Raymond, Boston, April 30, 1845: oranges, lemons, tobacco;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in butter, cheese, lard, beans, fruit, nuts, &c

 

.312     receipted bill: A.W. & S.C. Perrin, Boston, April 30, 1845: palm leaf

 

.313     receipted bill: Ammidown, Bowman & Co., Boston, April 30, 1845: prints, gingham;

                        Printed billhead: foreign dry goods, and … American prints, cottons, woolens, &c

 

.314     receipted bill: Lane & Read, Boston, April 30, 1845: shovels, Norway rag stones, but hinges, screws, bed cords, shears, plated spoons, pock knives, sets of knives and forks, iron table spoons, patent balance, manilla lines, saw files

 

.315     bill: Holbrook, Carter & Co., Boston, April 30, 1845: satinet, cassimere, prints, furniture [fabrics], cambric, Russia and table diaper, crash, sheetings, Columbian check, denim, shirtings, cap lace, lace edging, silk cravats, elastics, purse, tapes, thread, pins, hooks & eyes, buttons, lace veils, damask table cover, cotton parasols, etc.

 

.316     bill: Emmons Raymond & Co., Boston, May 30, 1845: molasses, sugar, oil, raisins, soap, tea, figs

 

.317     receipted bill: Normand Lyman, Hartford, June 19, 1845: salt, shad

 

.318     receipted bill: Abner Church, Hartford, June 19, 1845: bed cords

 

.319-.320         bill and receipted bill, Martin & Smith, Hartford, June 19, 1845: molasses, sugar, tea, cloves, bags of shot, starch, rice, panes of glass; and nails

 

.321     receipted bill: Kennedy & Bragan, Hartford, June 19, 1845: lead pencils, pocket knives, hooks & eyes

 

.322     receipted bill: Savage & Co., Hartford, June 20, 1845: swordfish

 

.323     receipted bill: Day Griswold & Co., Hartford, June 20, 1845: denim          

 

.324     bill: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, June 20, 1845: sheetings (Portsmouth, Cabot, Washington, Phenix fine), drill, plaid jean, satinet, cloth, twine, moles [i.e. molds?], rings, buttons, edging, ribbons, book mull, prints, mourning print, white hose

                        [see also .327, receipt for paying this bill]

 

.325     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, Palmer, Aug. 14, 1845: freight bill, for transportation from Boston of a barrel;

                        Printed form

 

.326     receipt: Martin & Smith, Hartford, Sept. 22, 1845: paid on account

 

.327     receipt: Howe Mather & Co., Hartford, Sept. 22, 1845L paid bill of June 20

                        [see .324 for the bill]

 

.328     bill: Martin & Smith, Hartford, Sept. 1845: yellow snuff, etc.

 

.329     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, Palmer, Oct. 3, 1845: freight bill, for transportation from Boston of fish, a bale, buckets, chest of tea, case of goods, and gags of feathers;

                        Printed form

 

.330     receipt: Gideon Stetson, Shutesbury, Oct. 13, 1845: wood from the Henry farm

 

 

Folder 10: 1846 (.331-.368)

 

.331     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, Palmer, Jan. 8, 1846: freight bill, for transportation from Boston of boxes and bales;

                        Printed form

 

.332     receipted bill: Emmons Raymond & Co., Boston, April 16, 1846: molasses, sugar, tea, saleratus, raisins, soap, spice, nutmegs, cloves, tobacco, etc.

 

.333     receipted bill: Ayer & Ellis, Boston, April 16, 1846: lemons;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in butter, cheese, lard, beans, pruit [sic, i.e. fruit], &c.

 

.334     receipted bill: Lane & Read, Boston, April 16, 1846: bed cords, small lines, iron spoons, tea spoons, buts, screws, pocket knives, molasses gate;

                        Printed billhead: importers of guns, sporting apparatus, and hard ware goods, and agents [for] Ames’ shovels

 

.335     receipted bill: Samuel Emmes & Co., Boston, April 16, 1846: moleskin hats

                        Printed billhead: importers and manufacturers of furs, and wholesale dealers in hats, furs, haters’ plush, &c

 

.336     receipted bill: Manning, Glover & Co., Boston, April 16, 1846: feathers

 

.337     receipt: Wm. Churchill & Co., Boston, April 16, 1846: codfish, halibut, etc.;

                        Printed form

 

.338     receipted bill: Ammidown, Bowman & Co., Boston, April 17, 1846: furniture [fabric], prints, diaper, crash, silk cravats, pins, taffeta, cap ribbon, sheeting;

                        Printed billhead: foreign dry goods, and … American prints, cottons, woolens, &c

 

.339     bill: Holbrook, Carter & Co., Boston, April 17, 1846: doeskin, satinet, kersey, camlet, drills, shirting stripes, apron check, York denim, sheetings, alpaca serge, Holland, Silesia, cambric, binding, thread, cotton gloves, braces, hose, agate shirt buttons, hooks & eyes, carpet thread, Mexicani sheeting, etc.

 

.340     receipted bill: Geo. A. Wadleigh & Co., Boston, April 17, 1846: pencils, combs, gilt rings, hair pins;

                        Printed billhead: importers & dealers in combs, jewelry & fancy goods, cutlery & perfumery

 

.341     receipted bill: Alexander Strong & Co., Boston, April 17, 1846: gaiters and other goods;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in boots, shoes and leather

 

.342     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, Palmer, April 17, 1846: freight bill, for transportation from Boston of feathers, fish, and other containers;

                        Printed form

 

.343-.344         receipted bills: Way & Brother, Hartford, Aug. 18, 1846: nails; thumb latches, door handles, window springs, screws;

                        .344 on printed billhead: foreign and domestic hardware

 

.345     receipted bill: Day Griswold & Co., Hartford, Aug. 19, 1846: cravats, buttons, etc.

 

.346     receipted bill: G. M. Welch, Hartford, Aug. 19, 1846: glass [probably panes]

 

.347     receipted bill: N. Lyman & Son, Hartford, Aug. 19, 1846: salt, and casks, and cooperage

 

.348     receipt: Imlay & Smith, Hartford, Aug. 19, 1846: superfine flour;

                        Printed form: dealers in flour, grain, &c

 

.349     receipted bill: Martin & Smith, Hartford, Aug. 19, 1846: tea, starch, soap, sugar, bed cords, coffee, panes of glass, bags of shot

 

.350     letter with bill: Martin & Smith, Hartford, Sept. 9, 1846: have sent tea by Capt. Clark; gives reason for why the chest was opened before being sentl

                        Bill, Sept. 2, 1846, is for tea, a box of glass, and nails

 

.351     bill from unknown person [possibly Alvah Haskins], Shutesbury, Sept. 9, 1846: for frame for store, moving store, drawing lodes of stone and sand to store, timber for store, shingles, laying stone, sleepers for wood house, work on highway (including use of oxen), sleigh to Amherst, drawing wood, moving sheds, etc.

                        [see also .352b]

 

.352a   receipt: Seth W. Amsden, Shutesbury, Sept. 16, 1846: paid on account

 

.352b   bill: Alvah Haskins, Shutesbury, Sept. 19, 1846 (endorsed on back: Aug. 9, 1847): helping move your old store, store frame, drawing loads of stone and sand to store, leveling around store, feet of square timber

                        [see also .351, above]

 

.353     receipted bill: Emmons Raymond & Co., Boston, Oct. 6, 1846: sugar, whale oil; with note that goods were sent to the depot [see .354, below];

                        Printed billhead: wholesale dealers in West India goods and produce

 

.354     shipping record: Rail Road Corporation, Boston Depot, Oct. 6, 1846: received oil and sugar from Emmons Raymond & Co. [see .353, above];

                        Printed form, illustrated with train (engine and car) and steamboat;

 

.355     receipted bill: Carter & Rankin, Boston, Oct. 20, 1846 (for goods purchased June 11): twine

 

.356     receipt: Wm. Churchill & Co., Boston, Oct. 20, 1846: codfish;

                        Printed form

 

.357     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, Palmer, Oct. 7, 1846: freight bill, for transportation from Boston of barrels;

                        Printed form

 

.358     receipt: William Wright, N. England Office of N.A. College of Health [located in Philadelphia], Boston, Oct. 21, 1846: Indian Vegetable Pills;

                        Printed form, left side of which has been cut or torn off

 

.359     receipted bill: Carter & Rankin, Boston, Oct. 21, 1846: cloth, linsey, mittens, comforter, pins, thread, sheeting, diaper, batting, etc.

 

.360     receipted bill: Alexander Strong & Co., Boston, Oct. 21, 1846: shoes, gaiter boots, patent rubbers, kid bootees, etc.

                        Printed billhead: dealers in boots, shoes and leather

 

.361     receipted bill: J. F. Conant, Boston, Oct. 21, 1846: honey

 

.362     receipted bill: Ammidown, Bowman & Co., Boston, Oct. 21, 1846: satinet, alpaca, prints, linsey, edging, embossed and graduated dress patterns, wool socks, sheeting;

                        Printed billhead: foreign dry goods, and … American prints, cottons, woolens, &c

 

.363     receipted bill: Geo. A. Wadleigh & Co., Boston, Oct. 21, 1846: pen knives, wallets, ivory combs, table spoons, gilt stone pins, Jews harps, shawl pins, harmonicas, rings, hair pins, darners, needles;

                        Printed billhead: importers & dealers in combs, jewelry & fancy goods, cutlery & perfumery

 

.364     bill: Holbrook, Carter & Co., Boston, Oct. 21, 1846: mixed cloth, invisible green cloth, cassimere, frocking, flannel, shepherds plaid, ombre Saxony, prints, cambric, shirting, drill, diaper, Victoria shawls, chamois lined gloves, web braces, mitts, stay lacings, agate shirt buttons, whalebone, thread, hooks & eyes [for payment, see .369, below]

 

365      receipted bill: Emmons Raymond & Co., Boston, Oct. 21, 1846: sugar, molasses, raisins, pepper, spice, ginger, cassin, nutmegs, cloves, indigo, sal petre, oil, pipes, soap, tobacco, etc.;

                        Printed billhead: wholesale dealers in West India goods and produce

 

.366-.368         receipts: Western Rail Road Corporation, Palmer, Oct. 21, 1846: freight bills, for transportation from Boston: buckets, boxes, bags, baskets, and barrels of goods;

                        Printed forms

 

 

Folder 11: 1847 (.369-.437)

 

.369-.370         receipt and receipted bill: Holbrook, Carter & Co., Boston, Jan. 13, 1847: receipt for payment of merchandise purchased Oct. 21, 1846  [see .364, above];

                        Receipted bill: Wachusett sheeting, Silesia, thread, stay bindings and lacings, wicking, etc.

 

.371     receipted bill: Emmons Raymond & Co., Boston, Jan. 13, 1847: sugar, saleratus, oil, tobacco, nutmegs, raisins, oranges, figs, soap;

                        Printed billhead: wholesale dealers in West India goods and produce

 

.372     receipt: Eben’r Nickerson & Co., Boston, Jan. 13, 1847: codfish and carting thereof;

                        Printed form: fish dealers

 

.373     receipt: Martin & Smith, Hartford, Jan. 14, 1847; paid on account

 

.374     receipted bill: Edward Brinley & Co., Boston, Jan. 14, 1847: cognac brandy, some kind of oil, and other goods; (date looks like Jan. 15, but endorsed on back as Jan. 14);

                        Printed billhead: importers of English, French & India drugs, and … medicines, paints, & dye-stuffs, chemicals, apothecaries glass-ware, surgical instruments, &c.

 

.375-.376         receipts: Western Rail Road Corporation, Palmer, Jan. 14 and 17, 1847: freight bills, for transportation from Boston; (the date on .376 looks like March 17, but it is endorsed on back as Jan. 17);

                        Printed forms

 

.377     receipt: Bos. & Wor. And Western Rail Road Corporations, Boston, Jan. 21, 1847: freight bill: transportation from Palmer: 21 boxes of hats

                        Printed form

 

.378     receipted bill: A.W. & S.C. Perrin, Boston, Jan. 22, 1847: palm leaves;

                        Credit was given for hats

 

.379-.380         receipts: Western Rail Road Corporation, Palmer, Jan. 25 and Feb. 2, 1847: freight bills, for transportation from Boston: palm leaves and fruit

                        Printed forms

 

.381     receipted bill: Emmons Raymond & Co., Boston, Feb. 2, 1847: sugar;

                        Printed billhead: wholesale dealers in West India goods and produce

 

.382     receipt: Bos. & Wor. And Western Rail Road Corporations, Boston, Feb. 17, 1847: freight bill: transportation from Palmer: 16 cases of hats;

                        Printed form

 

.383     receipted bill: Emmons Raymond & Co., Boston, Feb. 19, 1847: oil, tea, coffee, sugar, raisins;

                        Printed billhead: wholesale dealers in West India goods and produce

 

.384     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, Palmer, Feb. 22, 1847: freight bill, for transportation from Boston: sugar, raisins, tea, etc.;

                        Printed form

 

.385     receipted bill: Emmons Raymond & Co., Boston, Feb. 25, 1847: molasses, tobacco, cloves, pepper, nutmegs, soap, figs, raisins;

                        Printed billhead: wholesale dealers in West India goods and produce

 

.386     receipted bill: Carter & Rankin, Boston, Feb. 25, 1847: Prescott and Carroll sheetings, stout denim, crash, taffeta, buttons, pins, map handkerchiefs, thread, etc.

 

.387     receipted bill: Geo. A. Wadleigh & Co., Boston, Feb. 26, 1847: violin strings, ivory combs, eyelets, needles;

                        Printed billhead: importers & dealers in combs, jewelry & fancy goods, cutlery & perfumery

 

.388     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, Palmer, Feb. 26, 1847: freight bill, for transportation from Boston: basks, bags, bales, etc.;

                        Printed form

 

.389     receipted bill: John Nash, no place, paid March 3, 1847, for July 1845-Sept. 1846: freight bill: molasses, sugar, tea, cloves, bags of shot, starch, rice, boxes of glass, nails, dry goods, ropes, fish, salt, snuff, flour, soap, bed cords, coffee, tobacco, etc.

 

.390-.391         receipted bills: Loring, Abbott & Porter, Boston, March 3 and 6, 1847: handkerchiefs, suspenders, burlap, tobacco, etc.;

                        Printed billhead: auctioneers, general agents and commission merchants

 

.392     receipt: B. F. Hurlburt, Shutesbury, March 6, 1847: paid for transporting palm leaves from Palmer depot to Amherst

 

.393     receipted bill: Carruth & Whittier, Boston, March 11, 1847: some kind of lead;

                        Printed billhead: paints, drugs, dye stuffs, window glass, &c.

 

.394     receipted bill: A. Brigham & Co., Boston, March 11, 1847: oil [probably whale oil], tea, soap;

                        Printed billhead: West India goods, teas & oils

 

.395     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, Palmer, March 11, 1847: freight bill, for transportation of goods from Boston;

                        Printed form

 

.396     receipt: Bos. & Wor. And Western Rail Road Corporations, Boston, March 13, 1847: freight bill: transportation from Palmer: 21 boxes of [palm leaf] hats;

                        Printed form

 

.397     settled bill: Rand & Ellis, Boston, March 16, 1847: sugar, saleratus, tobacco; with credit given for boys hats

                        Printed billhead: wholesale grocers, dealers in palm-leaf, and palm-leaf hats

 

.398-.400         receipted bills: Loring, Abbott & Porter, Boston, March 17, 20, and 24, 1847: pins, night caps, thread, handkerchiefs, sugar, mitts, web braces, parasols, iron spoons, tweed, silk, etc.;

                        Printed billhead: auctioneers, general agents and commission merchants

 

.401     receipted bill: Holbrook Carter & Co., Boston, March 24, 1847: sheetings, denims, Columbian stripes, drill

 

.402-.403         receipts: Western Rail Road Corporation, Palmer, March 25 and April 19, 1847: freight bill, for transportation of goods from Boston;

                        Printed forms

 

.404     receipt: B. F. Hurlburt, [Shutesbury or Amherst], May 7, 1847: paid on account

                       

 

.405     receipted bill: Emmons Raymond & Co., Boston, paid May 12, 1847, for bill dated April 17, 1847: molasses;

                        Printed billhead: wholesale dealers in West India goods and produce

 

.406     receipted bill: Geo. A. Wadleigh & Co., Boston, May 13, 1847: cologne, whalebone, tooth[?] brushes, gilt pins, ivory combs, gilt wallets and buttons, hair pins, pencils, snuff boxes;

 

.407     bill: Alexander Strong & Co., Boston, May 13, 1847: [shoes]

 

.408     receipted bill: Ammidown, Bowman & Co., Boston, May 13, 1847: a long list of textile fabrics, plus edging, lace, thread, buttons, etc.;

Printed billhead: foreign dry goods, and … American prints, cottons, woolens, &c

 

.409     receipted bill and receipt: Ammidown, Bowman & Co., [Boston], May 13, 1847 (paid Sept. 13, 1847): merchandise

 

.410     bill: Ammidown, Bowman & Co., Boston, May 14, 1847: wadding;

Printed billhead: foreign dry goods, and … American prints, cottons, woolens, &c

 

.411     receipted bill: E. Raymond & Co., Boston, May 14, 1847 (paid July 15, 1847): pimento, cassia, buckets, nutmegs, ginger, saltpeter, raisins, shovels, tobacco, sugar, snuff;

 

.412     receipt: Alvan Rogers, Boston, May 14, 1847: mackerel, codfish;

                        Printed form: dealer in currier’s oil, and fish of all kinds; with decorative left edge

 

.413     receipted bill: Samuel Emmes & Co., Boston, May 14, 1846: moleskin hats, umbrellas;

                        Printed billhead: importers and manufacturers of furs, and wholesale dealers in hats, furs, haters’ plush, &c

 

.414     receipted bill: Sartwell & Walker, Boston, May 14, 1847: lemons;

                        Printed billhead: butter, cheese, lard, eggs, beans, dried apples, fruit, &c.

 

.415     receipted bill: Carruth & Whittier, Boston, May 14, 1847: chalk, oil, penn lead, camphor, gold leaf, etc.

                        Printed billhead: paints, drugs, dye stuffs, window glass, &c.

 

.416     receipted bill: A. [Aaron] Brigham & Co., Boston, May 14, 1847: molasses, tea, pepper sauce;

 

.417     receipted bill: Lane & Read, Boston, endorsed May 14, 1847: chain, bed cords, manilla cords and clothes line, tacks, butts, slate pencils, saw files, molasses gate, shoe knives, screws

 

.418     receipt: B. F. Hurlburt, Amherst, May 20, 1847: paid on account

 

.419     account: George Burnham, Jr., no place, May 28, 1847 (but purchases made earlier): appears to be for hats

 

.420     receipt: William Reed[?], Shutesbury, June 14, 1847: paid on account

 

.421     account: L. M. Hills, Amherst, June 15, 1847: appears to be for hats

 

[for June 16 bills, see folder 12]

 

.422     receipted bill: Alexander Strong & Co., Boston, June 30, 1847: [shoes]

                        Printed billhead: dealers in boots, shoes and leather

 

.423-.425         bill and receipted bills: Emmons Raymond & Co., Boston, June 30, and Aug 12, 1847: raisins, oil, whale oil;

                        Printed billhead: wholesale dealers in West India goods and produce

 

.426     receipted bill: Geo. A. Wadleigh & Co., Boston, Sept. 21, 1847: cologne, ivory combs, gilt pins, hair pins;

                        Printed billhead: importers & dealers in combs, jewelry & fancy goods, cutlery & perfumery

 

.427     receipted bill: Lane & Read, Boston, Sept. 21, 1847: slates, window springs, butts, hinges, latches, screws, etc.

 

.428     bill: Ammidown, Bowman & Co., Boston, Sept. 21, 1847: long list of textile fabrics, plus edging, ribbon, pins, hoods, gloves, thread, tapes, bindings, buttons, etc.

Printed billhead: foreign dry goods, and … American prints, cottons, woolens, &c

 

.429     receipted bill: Emmons Raymond & Co., Boston, Sept. 21, 1847: sugar, molasses, raisins, saleratus, tobacco, ginger, starch, pepper, spice, cloves, nutmegs, cassia, bags of shot, salt, etc.;

                        Printed billhead: wholesale dealers in West India goods and produce

 

.430     receipted bill: Carruth & Whittier, Boston, Sept. 22, 1847: lin oil [linseed oil?], penn lead, cylinder glass, whale oil, magnesia, indigo, etc.

                        Printed billhead: paints, drugs, dye stuffs, window glass, &c.

 

.431     receipted bill: A.W. & S.C. Perrin, Boston, Sept. 22, 1847: palm leaves; plus carting;

 

.432     receipted bill: Alexander Strong & Co., Boston, Sept. 22, 1847: shoes

                        Printed billhead: dealers in boots, shoes and leather

 

.433     receipted bill: Eben’r Nickerson & Co., Boston, Sept. 22, 1847: codfish;

                        Printed billhead: fish dealers

 

.434     bill: Emmons Raymond & Co., Boston, Nov. 11, 1847: molasses, raisins, cheese;

                        Printed billhead: wholesale dealers in West India goods and produce

 

.435     receipted bill: B. F. Hurlburt, Amherst, Nov. 22, 1847: splitting leaf, freight on [palm] leaf from Palmer; with credit given for hats and cash

 

.436     receipted bill: Nelson & Starkweather, Northampton, Nov. 22, 1847: Eagle Mills flour

 

.437     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, Palmer, Dec. 28, 1847: freight bill, for transportation of cask of oil from Boston;

                        Printed form

 

 

Folder 12: “Hartford bills, June 16, 1847” (.438-.446)

            These were bond together with the enclosed wrapper; one bill is actually from October, however.

 

.438     wrapper, labeled “Hartford Bills, June 16-1847”

 

.439     receipted bill: [illegible] Ely: [product illegible]; endorsed on back: June 17, 1847

 

.440-.441         bill and receipted bill: N. Lyman & Son: salt, casks, and cooperage;

                                    .441 is dated Oct. 9, 1847, but was found with the other bills in this folder

 

.442     receipted bill: Isaac G. Allen: codfish, bluefish, halibut, swordfish, shad;

                        Printed billhead: family groceries and provisions, grass seed, wood and brass clocks, tubs and pails, lime and cement, &c. [also meat and fish]

 

.443     receipted bill: Elisha T. Smith: panes of glass, pipes, cassin, sugar, nails, brandy, etc.

 

.444     receipted bill: Day Griswold & Co.: satin, pearl buttons, thread, ribbon, edging, etc.

 

.445     receipted bill: Way & Brothers: pocket knives, pen holders, percussion[?] caps, fish hooks, trout hooks, etc.

 

.446     receipted bill: G. M. Welch: alum, magnesia

 

 

 

Folder 13: 1848-1849, and undated (.447-.467)

 

.447     receipted bill: sent to H. H. Hemingway by Munger & Murdock, Palmer depot, Jan. 7, 1848: Ontario Mills and common flour

 

.448     receipt: Western Rail Road Corporation, Palmer, Jan. 14, 1848: freight bill, for transportation of a barrel Boston;

                        Printed form

 

.449     receipted bill: Munger & Murdock, Palmer depot, Jan. 22, 1848: flour

 

.450     receipted bill: John Nash, no place, paid Feb. 10, 1848, for June-Oct. 1847: freight bill: salt, fish, boxes of glass, pipes, tea, nails, sugar, cassia, etc., with a note abuot not being able to take salt because there was a vessel unloading

 

.451-.456         receipts: Western Rail Road Corporation, Palmer, Feb. 18-19, 1848: freight bills, for transportation of goods from Boston;

                        Printed forms

 

.457     account: George Burnham, Jr., no place, March 14, 1848: hats

 

.458     receipted bill: B. F. Hurlburt, Amherst, April 19, 1848: splitting [palm] leaf; with credit given for hats

 

.459-.460         receipted bills: Munger & Murdock, Palmer depot, May 7 and June 3, 1848: flour and salt

 

.461     receipt: N. Lyman & Son: June 16, 1848: paid on account, money received from Capt. Nash;

 

.462     receipt: Bos. & Wor. And Western Rail Road Corporations, Boston, July 15, 1847: freight bill: transportation from Palmer: 15 cases [goods not specified];

                        Printed form

 

.463     receipted bill: William Kellogg, Jr., Amherst, Aug. 1, 1848: flour

 

.464     account: L. M. Hills, [Amherst], May 1847-Jan. 1848: hats

 

.465     account: with H.S. Cutting, no place, Sept. 1846-February 1849: the Hemenways bought books, including Adams Arithmetic, and paper;  the Hemenways paid with rags and cash

 

.466     receipted bill: Dickinson & Bowdoin, no place, April 23, 1849 (for goods purchased Aug. 21, 1847); [illegible]

 

.467     bill: L. L. Draper, no place, no date: alum, logwood, etc.

 

 

Folder 14: Accounts of sales of palm leaf hats, 1847-1848 (.468-.469)

 

.468     “Sales of Palm leaf hats made by Rice Mason for a/c Messrs J.P. & H. Hemmenway,” April 2-May 1, 1847, with net proceeds from sales, due Dec. 16, 1847

 

.469     “Sales of PL [palm leaf] hats made by Rice Mason by order and for a/c Messrs J.P. & H. Hemmenway,” Jan. 25, 1848, with net proceeds due Dec. 16, 1847 and Sept. 25, 1848, settled by cash Feb. 17, 1848

 

 

Folder 15: real estate rental papers and financial notes, 1849-1860 (.470-.483)

 

.470     David B. Harris of Wendell, Franklin County, Mass., hired farm of Hardin Hemenway of Shutesbury, [the farm was located in Wendell, however], for one year beginning April 1, 1856; agreement has stipulations about payment of taxes and care of property

 

.471     David B. Harris of Wendell, Franklin County, Mass., hired farm (in Wendell) of Hardin Hemenway of Shutesbury, for one year beginning April 1, 1857; agreement has stipulations about payment of taxes and care of property; agreement dated June 2, 1857;

 

.472     David B. Harris of Wendell, Franklin County, Mass., hired farm (in Wendell) of Hardin Hemenway of Shutesbury, for one year beginning April 1, 1858; agreement has stipulations about payment of taxes and care of property

 

.473     wrapper, labeled: Joel Lamb, note $500.00, enclosed [but all this is crossed out]

 

.474     one side: “Prescott, September 6th, 1847: for value received I promise to pay Samuel”;

            Other side: “N. S. Goodman, note, $200.00, enclosed” [this crossed out], and a couple of other names and initials and mathematical calculations

 

.475     promissory note: David B. Harris, Prescott, Oct. 31, 1849: promised to pay Hardin Hemenway; also signed by Samuel Henry

 

.476     “List of notes that will be outlawed,” with names and dates, 1844-1854; some have been marked paid

 

.477     Mortgage Deed: John Thrasher of Prescott, Hampshire County, Mass., conveyed land to Samuel Henry; the form is not completed and the information has been crossed out;

            On back: John Thrasher note $280.00, enclosed, date April 22, 1854;

                        Printed form; bottom part of which has been torn off

 

.478     “Oct. 8, 1858, due me on note of 25 is recovered 3.13, ought to be ..49 more”

 

.479     one side: “Recd of A.B. .. dollars to be allowed on a note I hold against S.S. dated Dec. 12 – 43 for $.. .. & interest”;

            Other side: mathematical calculations, the name Samuel Henry crossed out, date March 22, 1858, and the name S. Shaw

 

.480     “Samuel Shaw note dated Dec. 12, 1843,” with records of interest paid, and payments on note, the last dated Oct. 29, 1859

 

.481     “due on S. Shaw’s note Dec. 12, 1858, with payments and interest to Dec. 12, 1859

 

.482     more about payments on Samuel Shaw’s note, with last date being Dec. 1859 (on reverse side); also many mathematical calculations on reverse

 

.483     one side: “Dec. 12, 1859. Received … interest and … principal”;

            Other side: “received the interest due up to Feb. 15, 1860….”