The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         Kaulback, John G.     

Title:               Bills

Dates:             1851-1855.

Call No.:         Col. 626

Acc. No.:        91x62

Quantity:        22 items (1 folder)

Location:        34 J 4

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

John G. Kaulback, Jr., was an agent for New England Protective Union.   His office was located at 93 Water Street, Boston, Massachusetts.  He lived in various locations around Boston.  The New England Protective Union, established in 1849, was a cooperative movement which provided city markets for rural producers in exchange for goods to stock stores in rural and small town locations.  Division 271, the division mentioned in the bills in this collection, had a store in Georgia, Vermont.  Presumably, Kaulback dealt with other divisions as well.

 

John George Kaulback, Jr., was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1816, the son of Sarah South and John George Kauback.  The family moved to Boston around 1823, and Kaulback, Jr. became a citizen of the United States in 1840.  He married Harriet (one source gave her surname as Perkins, another as Haven), and they had two children.  Kaulback died in Malden, Mass., in 1902.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

A group of bills from J. G. Kaulback, Jr., agent for Division 271 of the New England Protective Union, 1851-1855.   The bills are mostly for textile fabrics, including tweed, flannel, wadding, diaper, cambric, silk, Moravian and printed cottons, cashmere, denim, muslin, sheeting, huckaback toweling, gingham, and others.  In addition, there are charges for velvet and taffeta ribbons, silk edging, collars, stay bindings, buttons, thread, veils, rubber braces, parasols, hoods, caps, Jenny Lind boots (and other kinds of boots, as well), Cushman ties, braids, shawls, and other clothing trims and accessories.  Two bills are for crockery, such as teapots, sugar bowls, pitchers, plates, tureens, platters, bowls, plates, and tumblers.  The bills are marked as being from Division 271, New England Protective Union; presumably these goods were sent to the division’s store in Georgia, Vermont.

 

           

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 Manuscript Company of Springfield [Virginia].

 

 

RELATED MATERIALS

 

The Vermont Historical Society Library holds records for the New England Protective Union, Division 271, of Georgia, Vermont.  Their records include accounts with and receipts from J. G. Kaulback, Jr.  Their library collection includes other materials about the NEPU, including a book by Edwin C. Rozwenc entitled Cooperatives Come to America: The History of the Protective Union Store Movement, 1845-1867.

           

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            New England Protective Union.  Divison 271.

            Textile fabrics - Prices - 19th century.

            Clothing and dress - Prices - 19th century.

Dress accessories.

Boots - Prices.

Pottery - Prices - 19th century.

Georgia (Vt.) - Commerce.

Boston (Mass.) - Commerce.

Bills of sale.

Accounts.                   

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 34 J 4

 

 

All accession numbers begin with 91x62.

 

All bills are on printed billhead of J.G. Kaulback, Jr., Agent for the New England Protective Union, Boston, and Division 271 was the purchaser of all goods.

 

 

Folder 1 of 1:

 

.1         bill, Oct. 8, 185-, for various kinds of caps: men’s boys, mohair, empire, opera, etc.

 

.2         bill, June 3, 1851, for dry goods: linen, gingham, prints, twills, plaids, cottons, drill, rubber braces, handkerchiefs, carpet bag, white cotton hose, agate buttons, pins, twill something, and a bale of batts,

 

.3         bill, June 4, 1851, for dry goods: cambric, silk parasols, various kinds of thread, pins, prints

 

.4         bill, Sept. 22, 1851, for dry goods: black cloth, batts, yarn, lasting, delaine, prints, horse blankets, gloves, bonnet ribbons, buttons, etc.

 

.5         bill, Nov. 6, 1851, for drab cassimere, worsted mufflers, Bay State shawls, comforters, bale of wadding, etc.

 

.6         bill, Dec. 6, 1851, for flannel, silk, etc.

 

.7         bill, May 21, 1852, for dry goods, &c.: linen, prints, gingham, denims, taffeta ribbon, a bundle of bones, back combs, needles, thread, etc.

 

.8         bill, June 14, 1852, for dry goods: delaine, crash, diaper, cottons, silk, cambric, inlaid handle parasol, borders, lace pattern, gingham, handkerchiefs, spool cotton, cotton hose, brace patterns, hooks & eyes, etc.

 

.9         bill, July 1, 1852, for dry goods: wadding, denim, edging, delaine, prints, rubber braces, gloves, ivory combs, agate buttons, mohair vest, drab coat, demi-veils, cotton thread, etc.

 

.10       bill, July 31, 1852, for dry goods: collars, stay binding, buttons, thread, edging, ribbons, muslin, silk, gingham, satin, linen, handkerchiefs, prints, delaine, denims, drill, etc.

 

.11       bill, Nov. 13, 1852, for dry goods: Amazon and Fredonia sheetings, corset something, drill, flannel, diaper, gingham, print, cloth, twist, mufflers, ladies’ hoods

 

.12       bill, Dec. 18, 1852, for dry goods: bale of Caladonia cottons, huckabuck toweling, flannel, plaid, Bristol cotton, prints, gloves, threads, silk cravats, bale of wading, etc.

 

.13       bill, June 21, 1853, for dry goods: bale of batting, parasols, cravats, umbrellas, braces, needles and pins, hooks & eyes, twist, thread, drill, cambric, prints, denims, buttons, back combs, etc.

 

.14       bill, July 22, 1853, for crockery: blue plates, teas, tumblers, peppers, bowls, platters, bakers, dishes, tea set, pitchers, butter plate, pair of csticks [candlesticks], etc.

 

.15       bill, Sept. 12, 1853, for caps: blue union, cotton plush, and silk caps

 

.16       bill, Oct. 6, 1853, for crockery: teapot, sugar bowl, pitchers, tea sets, plates, dishes, sauce tureen, platter, oval dish, butter plates, pickles, bowls, sponged creams, nappies, etc.

 

.17       bill, Oct. 7, 1853, for shawls, &c.: shawls, something silk, taffeta ribbon

 

.18       bill, Oct. 26, 1853, for flannel: tweed, red flannel, twilled flannel, red cotton thread, white thread

 

.19       bill, June 8, 1854, for shoes: child’s, calf, Jenny Lind, something else, front lace gaiters, Cushman ties

 

.20       bill, July 17, 1854, for shoes: Jenny Lind boots, Cushman ties, brogans, etc.

 

.21       bill, Oct. 28, 1854, for dry goods: wadding, enameled bags, Atlantic flannel, diaper, Silicia, cambric, pins, silk, Moravian cotton, floss, hoods, braid, comforters, ribbon, cashmere, Coats spools, etc.

 

.22       bill, Aug. 25, 1855, for dry goods: prints, Yarmouth stripe, flannel, knitting, some kind of spool (because there was no Coats to be had), mitts, hose, suspenders, elastics, pearl buttons, hooks & eyes, hair pins, fine combs, etc.