The Winterthur Library

The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware 19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Bowen & Swan.

Title: Business papers

Dates: 1858-1868.

Call No.: Col. 630

Acc. No.: 01x134

Quantity: 3 boxes (over 700 items)

Location: 15 L 3

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Bowen & Swan was a furniture manufacturing firm located in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. It also sold upholstery goods, looking glasses, picture frames, coffins, coffin plates, and burial clothes which had been made by others. The firm was run by Henry A. Bowen and Henry S. Swan.

Henry Albert Bowen was originally from Wilmington, Vermont. On January 1, 1857, he married Mary Francelia Fuller (1839-1924) in North Adams, Mass., where he had been a cabinetmaker. The couple moved to Shelburne Falls shortly after their marriage. In 1862, Bowen entered into a partnership with Henry S. Swan, which last about two years, apparently dissolving in early 1865. After the partnership ended, Bowen manufactured cardboard boxes; he died on May 18, 1910 in Shelburne Falls.

Henry Salmon Swan was born in Halifax, Vermont, on February 16, 1829, the son of Miriam Harris and Salmon Swan. Henry married Mary Sophia Wilder in September 1852. He was a carpenter and house builder before going into partnership with Bowen. He was also an undertaker. Swan kept the furniture business after the partnership with Bowen was dissolved; later his son Herbert (1857-1943) helped manage the business. Swan died January 24, 1900, in Shelburne Falls.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

A collection of papers, chiefly bills, from the furniture retailers Henry A. Bowen and Henry S. Swan, and from their short-lived partnership of Bowen & Swan, of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, 1858-1868. Most of the papers are bills sent to these men from other companies for the purchase of coffin plates, hardware (such as casters, hinges, tacks, and screws), upholstery fabrics, paints, varnishes, picture frame molding, lumber, but especially furniture. They bought chairs of many sorts (high, sewing, arm, garden, rocking, dining, office, Quincy, Windsor, etc.), bedsteads, cribs, wash stands, teapoys, tables, work stands, light stands, sinks, bureaus, whatnots, crickets, and sofas. A few of the bills are probably personal, as they include charges for foodstuffs, clothing, and household goods. Bowen’s papers are from the years 1858-1865 (few after 1861); Swan’s papers are dated 1865-1867; and the papers for Bowen & Swan span 1862-1865 (with one from 1868). A number of the bills have printed billheads, but most are not illustrated. The collection includes a printed billhead for H.S. Swan.

Also included in the collection are a partial inventory for one of the businesses (whether Bowen & Swan, Bowen, or Swan is not known), tax receipts, an insurance policy, business licenses, shipping receipts, price lists from other companies (for mirror frames, picture frame moldings, and store stools), and trade cards from other companies. The shipping receipts are for shipping furniture by railway, although it is not altogether clear whether the goods are being shipped to or by Bowen & Swan. The receipts usually specify what is being shipped, i.e. whether chairs, sofas, bedsteads, etc. As well, the collection includes about a half dozen letters written to the firm of Childs, Cotton & Co., also of Shelburne Falls, about purchasing buggy wheels. A letter from the actress and theater manager Laura Keene concerns an English actor named Matty[?] Verne. Because the letter begins “Sir,” and there is no envelope, it is not known to whom this was sent.

ORGANIZATION

The materials are divided by name; within each name, items are sorted by year but are not necessarily in strict chronological order (although mostly they are). Papers for H. A. Bowen, and for Bowen and Swan are in Box 1; papers for H. S. Swan are in Box 2. Papers for the firm and for both men are in Box 3.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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

PROVENANCE

Purchased from Peter L. Masi – Books.

ACCESS POINTS

People:

Keene, Laura, 1826-1873.

Topics:

Childs, Cotton & Co.

Bedroom furniture industry - 19^th century.

Business records - Massachusetts - Shelburne Falls.

Carriages and carts - Wheels.

Coffins - Massachusetts - Shelburne Falls.

Furniture - Prices - 19^th century.

Furniture industry and trade - Inventories.

Furniture industry and trade - Massachusetts - Shelburne Falls.

Lumber - Prices - 19^th century.

Mattress industry - 19^th century.

Railroads - Freight.

Undertakers and undertaking - Massachusetts - Shelburne Falls.

Shelburne Falls (Mass.) - Commerce.

Bills.

Billheads.

Trade cards.

Price lists.

Insurance policies.

Inventories.

Shipping records.

Licenses.

Tax records.

Cabinetmakers.

Retailers.

Additional authors:

Bowen, Henry A. (Henry Albert), \d 1835-1910.

Swan, Henry S. (Henry Salmon), \d 1829-1900.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 15 L 3

Box 1: Henry A. Bowen; and Bowen and Swan

Folder 1: Henry A. Bowen: invoices, bills, correspondence, 1858 (.1-.28)

.1 from H.A. Merrick, no place, May 1858-Nov. 1859: for coat, pants, buttons, hat, etc.

.2 letter from Beal & Hooper, Boston, June 28, 1858: requesting payment of bill

.3 from Jas. Russell, July 1858: for color, a pound of black, painting, graining and marbling, days of work

.4 from Eaton, Lovett & Wellington, Boston, July 31, 1858: for saws, bench screw, tacks, coffin handles, coffin hinges, screws, etc.

Printed billhead: importers of hardware and cutlery; agents for the sale of the Danvers Glue; window glass, safes, wooden ware, trunk makers’ goods and keyes [sic]

.5 from William Mayo, Westminster, July 30, 1858: for chairs and interest;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.6 from Miles & Lyons, no place, July-Nov. 1858: for moulding, sundries, looking glass plates, etc.; requests payment

.7 from E.A. Baldwin, no place, Aug. 1858-June 1859, for pictures, chisels, sandpaper, repair gun, bits for something, job for Mrs. Benson, cutting pliers; payment received

.8 from W. Thayer, Williamsburgh, Aug. 11, 1858; for tea[illegible] lugs[?] and t. racks

.9 from W. D. Swain, Revere, Aug. 11, 1858: for jointer and something else

.10 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, Aug. 27, 1858: for furniture varnish;

Printed billhead: importer and manufacturer of superior copal varnishes and japan

.11 from John Sawin & Co., South Gardner, Aug. 27, 1858: for 6 of something [baby samples?], with note about payment

.12 from F. Conant, Shelburne, Sept. 2, 1858: for wood seats, cradles, table, stools, etc.

.13 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Oct. 8, 1858, for best hair mattress and mat;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery and cabinet makers’ materials

.14 letter from Wm. A. Little for B. Little, Huntington, Oct. 19, 1858: have sent framing for a dozen “whatnots”; can pay for them with can of asphaltom stain

.15 from William Mayo, Westminster, Oct. 21, 1858: for rocking chairs, nurse chair, Abbott cottage wood seat chair;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.16 from Parker, Sleeper & Co., Boston, Nov. 1, 1858: for feet of [illegible];

Printed billhead: mahogany & fancy wood dealers, furniture at wholesale, [with list of woods available]

.17-.18 two bills from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Nov. 2, 1858, for coffin plates, fringe, tacks, handles, casters, plates, twine, sofa, gilt moulding, husk mattresses;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery and cabinet makers’ materials

.19 from Miles & Lyons, no place, Nov. 17. 1858: for wood seat rocking chairs

.20 from F. Conant, Shelburne, Nov. 24, 1858: for office chairs and children’s high chairs

.21a-b two copies of same bill from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Dec. 7, 1858, for mahogany and gilt moulding;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery and cabinet makers’ materials

.22 bill from Jas. Russell, no place, 1858, Dec.-Feb., for days of work

.23 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Dec. 22, 1858, for mahogany and walnut knobs;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery and cabinet makers’ materials

.24 from William Mayo, Westminster, Dec. 25, 1858: for Grecian [chairs], rocking chairs, Quincy (or Abbott) wood seat chair, oak ladies’ dining chair, child’s office high chair, etc.;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.25 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Dec. 27, 1858, for moulding and strip, plus mats;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery and cabinet makers’ materials

.26 from B. Little, Huntington, Dec. 28, 1858: cords, different styles of something (Texas, gothic), cradle, Excelsior; letter mentions sending an Excelsior bedstead

.27 from Holland & Howard, Shelburne, Nov. 30, 1858: for butter, tea, cheese, eggs, sugar, lard, oil, flour, candy, etc., plus charges for draying

.28a-b two page bill from Walker & Fife, no place, 1858: Oct.-Feb.: for sugar, apples, butter, fish, yards of print, hooks & eyes, undershirt, lard, flour, chicken, handkerchiefs, oil, molasses, tea, coffee, velvet, etc.

Folder 2: Henry A. Bowen: invoices, bills, correspondence: 1859: January-July (.29-.72)

.29 from Childs & Cotton, Shelburne Falls, Jan. 3, 1859: for feet of birch and bass boards;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of J.B. Hayden’s patent carriage wheels, and all kinds of common wheels

.29 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, Jan. 11, 1859: for furniture varnish;

Printed billhead: importer and manufacturer of superior copal varnishes and japan

.30 from M. T. Carter, Shelburne Falls, Jan. 20, 1859: for feet of bass [wood]

.31 letter from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Jan. 24, 1859, about settling an account, copy of which is included; bill for unspecified merchandise, Oct.-Dec. 1858

.32 from H. Taylor, Shelburne Falls, Jan. 25, 1859: for feet of butternut [wood]

.33 short note from Amos Willis, Deerfield, Jan. 29, 1859: received money, sending cotton tape[?] something, and husk beds

.34-.35 two bills from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Feb. 2 and 5, 1859, for hair seating, black tufts, coffin screws and hinges, crimson & green damask, English hair, yards of cotton duck, casters, etc.;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery and cabinet makers’ materials

.36 from Miles & Lyons, Feb. 16, 1859: for feet of molding

.37 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, March 3, 1859, for inside strip and something else;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery and cabinet makers’ materials

.38 from A.H. Brick, Gardner, Mar. 21, 1859, for rocking chairs, nurse chair;

Printed billhead: cane or wood seat chairs …

.39 from Benjamin Little, March 22, 1859: for cords of wood, birch, cradle, sets of legs

.40 from Miles & Lyons, March 25, 1859, for a rocking chair

.41 from Greenwood & Wright, South Gardner, March 31, 1859: for rocking chairs, crickets, English cottage chairs, child’s chairs, etc.

Printed billhead: manufacturers of all kinds of cane seat chairs

.42 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, April 9, 1858, for moulding, coffin handles, etc.;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery and cabinet makers’ materials

.43 from A.H. Brick, Gardner, April 14, 1859, for child’s office high chairs, high and medium wood stool, some kind of cradle, Gardner chairs;

Printed billhead: cane or wood seat chairs …

.44 letter from Wm. Mayo, Westminster, April 16, 1859: sends his account

.45 from F. Conant, Shelburne, April 18, 1859: for wood s. chairs, screw top chairs, peg arm high[?] chairs, office chairs, etc.

.46 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, May 5, 1858, for hair cloth, black tufts, coffin screws, tacks, iron bed casters, locks, plates, springs, etc.;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery and cabinet makers’ materials

.47 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, May 10, 1859: for furniture varnish;

Printed billhead: importer and manufacturer of superior copal varnishes and japan

.48 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, May 13, 1858, for frames, knobs, coffin plates, etc.;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery and cabinet makers’ materials

.49 from Greenwood & Wright, South Gardner, May 21, 1859: for dining chairs, etc.

Printed billhead: manufacturers of all kinds of cane seat chairs, boxed or bundled

.50 bill and short note from F. Conant, Shelburne, May 25, 1859: bill for [unclear], with letter about chairs ordered by Bowen

.51 bill from Benjamin Little, Huntington, May 26, 1859: for Texas, cottage, bass, crib, Excelsior rod; with short note from Wm. A. Little, about sending bedsteads and Cooks patent bits;

Printed billhead: manufacturer and wholesale dealer in bedsteads, cribs, cradles, and extension tables

.52 from F. Conant, Shelburne, May 30, 1859: for spindle something, black walnut, wood seat [chairs], and stools;

.53 from Miles & Lyons, June 3, 1859, for sewing chair

.54 from C. W. Shattuck, Shattuckville, June 4, 1859, for pounds of batting;

On back: Geo. Howe, Sleigh [something]

.55 from Peterson & Stover, June-Oct. 1859, for rental of horses and buggies or wagons

.56 from Lamson & Goodnow Mfg. Co., Shelburne Falls, June 6, 1859, for machine bits

.57 bill from Benjamin Little, Huntington, May 26, 1859: for [unclear]; with short note from Wm. A. Little, about sending bits;

Printed billhead: manufacturer and wholesale dealer in bedsteads, cribs, cradles, and extension tables

.58a from Beal & Hooper, Boston, June 11, 1859: for coffin hardware, iron bed casters, textiles, frames, Russell arm rockers, etc.

.58b bill and short note from Beal & Hooper, Boston, July 8, 1859: for unspecified merchandise; enclosing draft to pay account

.59 bill from Richmond & Thayer, June-Aug. 1859, for flour, potatoes, slat, butter, etc., plus trucking

.60 from Retting & Brown, Brattleboro, Vt., June 20, 1859, for pieces of carving

.61 note from W. D. Swain, Revere, June 17, 1859: am sending a new style of planes, but if Bowen doesn’t like them, he can exchange them; includes bill for planes

.62 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, June 23, 1859, for sofa and yards of burlap

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery, cabinet makers and undertakers’ materials

.63 from A. W. Leonard, no place, June 24, 1859, for sets of crib posts, legs, a roller[?], and 96 banisters

.64 from John Sawin & Co., South Gardner, June 27, 1859: sending six baby[?] jumpers[?], with bill for same

.65 letter from W.D. Swain, Revere, June 27, 1859: am sending planes, with bill for same

.66 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, June 28, 1859, for gothic chair frame, oval center, and yards of burlap;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery, cabinet makers and undertakers’ materials

.67 from A.H. Brick, Gardner, July 1, 1859, for rocking chairs, nurse chair, settee cradles, etc.;

Printed billhead: cane or wood seat chairs …

.68 from Miles & Lyon, Greenfield, July 11, 1859: please pay the bill below, which was for moulding, plates, mattress, settee cradle, chair, etc.

.69 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, July 15, 1859, for barber chair and stool, and yards of burlap;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery, cabinet makers and undertakers’ materials

.70 bill and short note from H. P. Hoare, Boston, July 22, 1859: bill for moulding and strip; letter: please pay account on first of very month

.71 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, July 30, 1859, for oval marble top center [table], and yards of burlap;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery, cabinet makers and undertakers’ materials

.72 account with W.H. & H.G. Maynard, no place, Oct. 1856—July 1859: for sugar, butter, squash, screws, bolts, eggs, coffee, starch, casters, varnish, flour, cheese, raisins, ketchup, meat mallet, glass, bed cord, fish, etc., etc.

Folder 3: Henry A. Bowen: invoices, bills, correspondence: 1859: August-December (.73-.111)

.73 bill from Benjamin Little, Huntington, Aug. 1, 1859: for cord and crib;

Printed billhead: manufacturer and wholesale dealer in bedsteads, cribs, cradles, and extension tables

.74 from Conway Chair Co., no place, Aug. 5-Oct. 12, 1859: for cane chairs, ruckus chairs, spindle back chairs, Savery chairs, etc.

.75 from Conway Chair Co., no place, Aug. 5, 1859, for Grecian[?] chairs

.76 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Aug. 9, 1859, for mahogany marble top center [table], and yards of burlap;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery, cabinet makers and undertakers’ materials

.77 from Amos Willis, Deerfield, Aug. 13, 1859: receipt for payment

.78 from Adolphus G. Mandel, New York, Aug. 13, 1859: for furniture varnish, sent by boat and railroad; with note: hopes the varnish will prove satisfactory;

Printed billhead: manufacture of all kinds of varnishes, japans, &c.

.79 from A.H. Brick, Gardner, Aug. 17, 1859, for rocking chairs, nurse chair, child’s peg arm high chair, office chair, common chairs, Gardner chair, rotary office chair;

Printed billhead: cane or wood seat chairs …

.80 from W. Thayer, Williamsburgh, Aug. 23, 1859; for towel rack, pin legs, chestnut, pine dowels for shelf, double towel rack; with note: finally sending his order, and hopes he doesn’t mind receiving extra towel racks; information about the dowels for the shelves

.81 bill from Benjamin Little, Huntington, Aug. 27, 1859: for various goods; with note: sending a better style Excelsior bedstead;

Printed billhead: manufacturer and wholesale dealer in bedsteads, cribs, cradles, and extension tables

.82 from Conway Chair Co., Conway, Sept. 9, 1859: for cane back large size rocker

.83 from Caleb Mayo, North Orange, Sept. 12, 1859: for wash stands, toilets, light stands, oval teapoy, various size and styles of tables, etc.

Printed billhead: manufacturer of pine furniture, such as teapoys, fall leaf, saloon & toilet tables, wash stands, &c.

.84-.85 two bills from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Sept. 12 and 20, 1859, for coffin hardware and trimmings, locks and keys, knobs, l.g. plates, frames, center table, whatnot, cricket frames, burlap, etc.;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery, cabinet makers and undertakers’ materials;

[note: part of billhead of .84 has been cut off]

.86 from O.B. & L. Davis, no place, Jan. 1858-Sept. 24, 1859: for meat: veal, chicken, pork, beef

.87 from Conway Chair Co., Conway, Sept. 29, 1859: for Gre. [Grecian?] chairs and spindle back chairs

.88 from W.D. Swain, Revere, Sept. 29, 1859: for small extra smooth plane; with note about it being a jack plane

.89 from F. Conant, Shelburne, Oct. 3, 1859: for wood seat chair screw top

.90 note from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Oct. 5, 1859: please pay the above bill [for unnamed merchandise]

.91 from Caleb Mayo, North Orange, Oct. 7, 1859: for leaf tables, toilets, saloons, work and wash stands, light stands, sinks, teapoys, and boxes for same

Printed billhead: manufacturer of pine furniture, such as teapoys, fall leaf, saloon & toilet tables, wash stands, &c.

.92 from A. & T.S. Thorp, New York, Oct. 12, 1859, for stool screws;

Printed billhead: hair seating and upholstery goods, cabinet, piano forte and undertakers’ hardware, [etc.]

.93 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Oct. 18, 1859, for bed frames, russet rocker, nurse rocker, shelf sides for whatnot;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery, cabinet makers and undertakers’ materials;

.94 from Jas. McKnight, no place, Oct.-Dec. 1859: for milk;

.95 from A. Chambers, Oct. 31, 1859, for saw files

.96 from Benjamin Little, Huntington, Oct. 31, 1859: for various goods; with note mentioning bedsteads and spring bottom beds;

Printed billhead: manufacturer and wholesale dealer in bedsteads, cribs, cradles, and extension tables

.97 from William Mayo, Westminster, Nov. 4, 1859: for common chairs and something else;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.98 from Conway Chair Co., Nov. 13, 1859, for large cane rockers and nurse rockers;

.99 from A.H. Brick, Gardner, Nov. 14, 1859, for wood, nurse, and misses rocking chairs; office chairs, stools, Gardner chairs, settee cradles, etc.;

Printed billhead: cane or wood seat chairs …

.100 from W.D. Swain, Revere, Nov. 21, 1859, for planes

.101 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Dec. 1, 1859, for cotton duck, damasks, French webbing, stitching twine, coffin screws;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery, cabinet makers and undertakers’ materials;

.102 from N. B. Caswell, Buckland, Dec. 1859, for feet of wood and potatoes

.103 from L. M. Packard, Dec. 1859, for braid, prints, velvet, elastic webb, gloves, delaine, cambric, plaid, cord and tassel, buttons

.104 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Dec. 6, 1859, for knobs, casters, screw eyes, plates, back stuff;

Printed billhead: furniture and looking-glass warehouse, importers of looking-glass plates, hair seating, and plush, … spiral springs, … upholstery, cabinet makers and undertakers’ materials;

.105 letter from Beal & Hopper, Boston, Dec. 29, 1859: requesting settlement of account

.106 from O. P. Payne, Sept. 1858-1859: for renting horses and teams for riding, trips to various places, mostly towns but also to millyard; also charges for lost buffalo robe and whip

.107 from J. B. Whitney, 1859: for dress pattern, hose, gloves, cambric, butter, tea, lard, ticking, sugar, potatoes, and other dry goods and food items

.108 from Richmond & Thayer, no place, 1859: for corn, sugar, cheese, butter, eggs, potatoes, and other food items

.109-.110 from W. H. Maynard, no place, 1859: two lists of food items, hardware, and lights of glass,

.111 from L. M. Packard, 1859, for undershirts, stockings, various kinds of textiles, gaiters, handkerchiefs, buttons, edging, yarn, and other dry goods

Folder 4: Henry A. Bowen: invoices, bills, correspondence: 1860 (.112-.140)

.112 from H.A. Merrick & Co., Jan. 5, 1860: for gloves, pants, coat, thread, making coat, hat, vest, etc.

.113 from Root & Bullard, Jan. 1860: for pump, zinc for roof, stove pipe, tumblers, wood bowl, tea canister, fancy pail, gravy strainer, match safe, eggs, water pipe, stove brush, parlor cook stove, lamps, etc.

.114 from S.A. Little, May 1859-Feb. 1860: for shoes and boots and from repairs to same

.115 from A. H. Brick, Gardner, April 1859-Feb. 1860: please pay balance of account for chairs

.116 “Coffin plates marked for Mr. Bowen,” May 22, 1858-March 6, 1860, from Charles Backsea[?]

.117 note and account from Greenwood & Wright, South Gardner, March 30, 1860: please settle account, for chairs

.118 from F. Conant, 1859-March 1860: for various kinds of chairs, including office and Gardner chairs

.119 from J. & J.F. Wood, Jan.-June 1860: for mattresses of different kinds

.120 from Beal and Hooper, Boston, April 10, 1860: enclosing draft to settle accounts

.121 from G.P. Hawkes, Templeton, June 9, 1860: for bureaus with different numbers of drawers;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of pine furniture, [including] cottage bureaus, … kitchen tables, chamber sinks, towel end stands, work tables, light stands, &c, &c;

Name on billhead altered: was E. & G.P. Hawkes, but E. has been crossed out

.122 from Beal and Hooper, Boston, June 16, 1860: enclosing draft to settle account

.123 bill from F.C. Stromberg, Boston, July 1, 1860, for unspecified merchandise;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of all kinds of plain and ornamental gilt mouldings, and picture and looking-glass frames; [also dealer in paintings and engravings and ornamented ships’ cabins and parlors]

.124 from Amos Willis, Greenfield, July 23, 1860: for mattresses; with note, July 25, 1860: please pay bill, needs money

.125 from Beal and Hooper, Boston, Sept. 4, 1860: enclosing draft to settle accounts

.126 from Caleb Mayo, North Orange, Sept. 12, 1859-Oct. 20, 1860: for furniture stock;

[dated 1859 on back]

.127 from D. C. Bartlett, no place, charges for 1858-1860, paid Aug. 27, 1860; for bedsteads and beds, chairs, sets of table legs, boards and planks, towel racks, stands, etc.

.128 from A.H. Taylor, July 1859-Aug. 1860: alcohol, shellac, French brandy, fluid, turpentine, varnish, etc.

.129 from R.B. Bardwell & Son, July 1859-Sept. 8, 1860: flour, butter, potatoes, meal, sugar, cheese, chow chow, vinegar, raisins, etc.

.130 from Beal and Hooper, Boston, Oct. 25, 1860: enclosing draft to settle accounts

.131 from R. N. Fife, no place, July 1859-Nov. 1860: for vests, coat, overcoat, pants

.132 letter from A.H. Brick, Gardner, Nov. 10, 1860: please pay account for chairs

.133 from A. H. Taylor, no place, Sept.-Dec. 1860: for boiled oil, turpentine, fluid, varnish brushes, etc.

.134 from Pierce & Bates, Shelburne Falls, Dec. 21, 1860; for tea, sugar, cheese, etc., with credit given for table for shop

.137 from S. & E. [illegible], Shelburne Falls, April 1859-Dec. 27, 1860: ribbon, black lace, silk, hair pins, black velvet, straw hat, flowers, buttons, fringe, etc.

.138 from Pierce & Bates, Shelburne Falls, Oct. 1859-Oct. 1860; for fluid, sugar, tea, shoes, coffee, lard, raisins, starch, butter, potatoes, boots, slippers, etc.

.139 from Geo. S. Eddy, Oct. 1859/1860 [both years given]: linen, shirt front, textiles, handkerchiefs, hemp carpet, apples, hose, worsted, Ingraham, etc.

.140 from L.M. Packard, no place, March-Dec. 1860: textiles fabrics, thread, mitts, ribbon, buttons, Thibit, braid, trimming

Folder 5: Henry A. Bowen: invoices, bills, correspondence: 1861-1865, no date (.141-.170)

.141 from Geo. S. Eddy, no place, 1861, “sundries as book”

.142 from L. M. Packard, no place, Jan. 1861: for handkerchiefs, elastic, hat, shoes, fabrics, hose, socks and stockings, shoes, hair brush, comb, skirt, edging, neck tie, oil silk, ribbon, cord, tassels, gloves, straw matting, etc.

.143 from Hicks & Whitney, Shelburne Falls, Jan. 1, 1861: on account

.144 from L. M. Packard, no place, June 1860-Jan. 7, 1861: hose, stay laces, buttons, handkerchiefs, napkins, textiles, feathers, comb, bosoms, socks, wadding, gloves, braid, batting, undershirt, etc.

.145 from J. H. Wilder, Shelburne Falls, Jan. 16, 1861: for “bill”;

Printed billhead: harnesses, riding saddles, trunks, valises, carpet bags, whips, buffalo robes, blankets, fly nets, &c.

.146 from Beal and Hooper, Boston, Jan. 17, 1861: enclosing draft to settle accounts

.147 from R. B. Bardwell & Son, Shelburne Falls, Sept. 1860-Feb. 4, 1861: for a variety of food items, oil, molasses,

.148 from A. Chambers, Buckland, July 1858-March 19, 1861: saw files

.149 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, March 20, 1861: for merchandise

Printed billhead

.150 from G. H. Taylor, Shelburne Falls, March 26, 1861: for sweet oil, alcohol, paregoric, ointment, fluid, cigars, turpentine, camphor, alum, lamp black, hair oil, bottle of bitters, nutmegs, dye stuff, cream of tartar, etc.

.151 from T. Smith, Shelburne Falls, April 1, 1861, for planks, etc.

.152 from L. M. Packard, no place, Dec. 1860-April 7, 1861: rolls of paper, textile fabrics, stockings, gloves, thread, hooks & eyes, elastic, braid, etc.

.153 from Miller & Greenleaf, Shelburne Falls, May 23, 1861: for pounds of castings, machine work, varnish, etc.;

Printed billhead: patent double cut bits & gimlets, [Yale] locks, and … iron castings, … cast steel axes, and … brace[s]

.154 from A. & T.S. Thorp, New York, Oct.-Dec. 1860, May 26, 1861: for goods; with request that draft be honored;

Printed billhead

.155 from Pierce & Bates, Shelburne Falls, June 19, 1861: for broom, tea, coal oil, cord of wood, sugar, fet of wood, coffee, button shoes, etc.

.156 from Wm. P. Cushman, Oct. 1860-June 1861: for gaiters, boots and shoes and repairs to same

.157 from Merriam, Shelburne Falls, July 23, 1861: for use of lathe, sawing, planing boards, spruce boards, etc.;

Part of bill was cut off

.158 from A. & T.S. Thorp, New York, Aug. 8, 1861, for “bill”;

Printed billhead:

.159 from Tobey & Richmond, no place, Aug. 13, 1861 (covering 1859-1861); for scantling, pine, bass planks, butternut, cherry, hem [hemlock], oak, sawing, etc.

.160 from Waller Brick, Shelburne Falls, Aug. 30, 1861: for finishing cottage set (medallion), finishing bureau, and finishing chestnut (grape), etc.

.161 from Benjamin Little, Huntington, Sept. 14, 1861: for merchandise

.162 from M. Bliss, N. Orange, Sept. 29, 1861: sending bedsteads to Greenfield

.163 from A. Gilman, Shelburne Falls, Sept. 21, 1861: for apples, wood

.164 from Jas. Andrews, Dec. 1, 1861 for pants, gloves, stock[illegible], suspenders, vest, coat

.165 from Lyman Conant, no place, 1860-June 1861: for stools and stool seats, children’s high chairs, Gardner chairs, oak dining chairs, common wood chairs, office chairs, bent top chairs, Aston Grecian chairs, etc.;

With note: above is list of chairs made for Bowen and if any other chairs are needed to balance their accounts, Conant will make them; otherwise, he has enough work at the present and does not want to make more chairs for Bowen right now

.166 short letter from Miles & Lyon, Greenfield, Jan. 2, 1862: please pay enclosed bill, for veneering and moulding

.167 from S. A. Perkins, May-Nov. 1862, for feet of wood and stove wood

.168a from Lyman Conant, Shelburne, March 30, 1863, for dull finished chairs, asters, Quincy chairs, common Grecians, and spindle chairs

.169 from F. E. Wilder, no place, April-June 1864, for potatoes, lights of glass, seeds[?], eggs, coffee, lard, chalk, nails, etc.

.170a letter from Ja[illegible] Garfield, June 14, 1864: mechanics are very busy and have not been able to finish Bowen’s order;

On printed letterhead stationery of Squires, Sherry & Galusha, Troy, N.Y., Grocers, but Garfield has no known connection to that firm and he may have just been using someone else’s stationery

.170b from J. Retting, Brattleboro, May 19, 1865, for black walnut drawer handles;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of all kinds of furniture and delaer in upholstery goods, looking glasses, picture frames, &c.

.170c from Walker & Fife, no place, June 27, no year, for coat, velvet, and sewing tick

.170d from N. W. Thayer, May 22-July 27, no year, for trucking boxes, furniture, lumber, and coffins

Folder 6: Bowen & Swan: invoices, bills, correspondence: 1862-1863 (.171-.185)

.171 “due the bearer $1.80 in good at our shop,” signed Bowen and Swan, Shelburne Falls, April 1, 186[?]

.172 from A. & A.S. thorp, New York, June 2, 186[?], for damask, screw eyes, etc.;

Printed billhead: hair seating and upholstery goods, cabinet and undertakers’ hardware, manufacturers of furniture springs

.173 envelope addressed to Bowen & Swan, with names and amounts written on it

.174 short letter from Blake & Alden, Boston, May 5, 1863, acknowledging payment of account

.175 from Blake & Alden, Boston, May 1863: for oval Pk sofa, ladies’ rocking chair, office chairs with hair seats, whatnot, mattresses, bale of excelsior, Webster arm chairs, etc.;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and importers of furniture and upholstery goods, [etc.]

.176 from Joseph Simonds, Boston, July 28, 1863: for black enameled cloth;

Printed billhead: dealer in woolen and enameled cloths

.177 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Sept. 1, 1863: bill for merchandise

.178 from Milton Bliss, no place, Sept. 1, 1863, for giving prices for various pieces of furniture: chest bedstead, pine suitable for painting, bureau, glass frames, pine decks, pine bureaus

.179 from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., Dec. 1863, for merchandise;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in pine furniture [with list of forms available]

.180 from Bullard & Wilder, no place, Jan.-July 1863, for nails and screws, lights of glass, putty, kerosene oil, tallow, coffin handles, benzene, brackets, dust brushes, strap hinges, sugar, cheese, coffee, zinc, etc.

.181 from A. S. Ward, no place, July-Dec. 1863, for woods (chestnut, spruce, bass, birch, maple), sawing, pickets, use of lathe, stair posts, etc.

.182 from E. R. Bowen, no place, Jan.-Sept. 1863, chiefly for days of work

.183 from O. Pratt, Shelburne Falls, Jan. 6, 1863, for sawing, turning, use of lathe, ointing and matching; mentions cherry, butternut, bass, spruce, chestunut

.184 from H. A. Merrick, March-Dec. 1863, for best, straw hat for boy, linen coat, buttons, work on sofa, cloth for boy’s pants, suit of clothes, cravat, gloves; items are specified as being for Mr. Bowen, Mr. Swan, or Mrs. Woodward

.185 Bowen’s and Swan’s accounts with Shattuck & Whitten, April-Nov. 1863, for yards of cotton

Folder 7: Bowen & Swan: invoices, bills, correspondence: 1864 (.186-.218)

.186 A. G. Barton to Bowen & Swan, Shelburne Falls, Jan. 1, 1864, for days of work, work of Foster, and a mattress

.187 from T.W. Brown, New York, Jan. 1, 1864, for merchandise;

Printed billhead

.188 from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., Jan. 4, 1864, for merchandise;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in pine furniture [with list of forms available]

.189 from S.W. & A.S. Ward, Shelburne Falls, Jan. 4, 1864, for feet of wood (hemlock, pine, spruce), sawing, stool tops, pickets

.190 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, Jan. 5, 1864: for merchandise

Printed billhead: manufacturer of varnishes and japans in all their varieties

.191 from F. E. Wilder, Shelburne Falls, Jan. 9, 1864, receipt for payment on accounts

.192 from A. H. Taylor, no place, Jan. 23, 1864, for japan, extract of logwood, oil, brush, putty, linseed oil, etc.

.193a from School District #3 [endorsed on back as #8], Shelburne Falls, March 12, 1864: for work by Swan, wardrobe hooks, screws, dust brushes, feet of sheathing, a clock, nails, repairing seats, settees, blackboards, chairs, stove and fixture, trucking

.193b from School District #8, not dated but probably part of .190a; includes payments made to various women (presumably teachers), and charges for wood, sawing, cleaning house, brooms, dust brushes, crayons, stove, etc.

.194 from Samuel Gunson, Shelburne Falls, March 14, 1864: for bureau, bedsteads, mattresses, chairs and rocking chairs, table, glass, lounge

.195 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, April 14, 1864, for hair seating, lining, silk and linen fringes, screws, handles;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials; illustrated with view of Boston harbor

.196 from J.P. Whitney & Co., Boston, May 19, 1864, for varnish and spirits;

Printed and illustrated billhead: importers, manufacturers, and dealers in paints, oils, white lead, zinc, varnishes, and painters’ articles generally; with picture of company building

.197 letter from L. J. Powers, Springfield, May 31, 1864: payment received; will send moulding when it arrives

.198 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, June 3, 1864, for springs and s.p. plates;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials; illustrated with view of Boston harbor

.199 from Enos L. Dewsnap, Shelburne Falls, Jan. 1863-June 1864, for drilling machine, knives and blades, lock fitting, soldering, jigsaw, parasol and umbrellas, scissors, file, trumpet polish, etc.;

Printed billhead: razor manufacturer, dealer in cutlery, ironmongery, &c.;

Billhead corrected: Sheffield crossed out and Shelburne Falls added; the middle initial L. has also been added

.200-.202 from F. E. Wilder, July 1863-Oct. 1864; Jan.-April 1864, and April-June 1864: for hardware (nails, screws, coffin handles, latches, locks, etc.), varnish, lights of glass, oil, etc.

.203 from William Mayo, Westminster, Aug. 13, 1864: for dining, nurse, and maple parlor cottage chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.204 from Tinkham & Co., Springfield, Sept. 9, 1864, for yards of ticking;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dry goods, millinery, carpetings, paper hangings, curtain goods, &c. …; with picture of a store with the name Wilson & Co. Dry Goods;

Lower left corner is torn off

.205 letter from O.H. Weed & Co., Boston, Sept. 24, 1864, have taken over business of Kendrick & Crane and can supply orders for springs and beds; gives prices of springs and screws (which have risen because price of steel has risen)

.206 from Otis H. Weed & Co., Boston, Oct. 31, 1864, for steel bed springs and r.h. screws;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of the patent Rubber Band Carpet Sweepers, steel spring beds and clothes wringers

.207 letter from Chas. W. Scott, Winchester, N.H., Nov. 14, 1864: gives prices for the different styles of bedsteads he makes; if they wish, he will send samples

.208 short letter, from Manning, Glover & Co., Boston, Nov. 17, 1864: gives prices of excelsior and palm leaf mattresses, and other prices;

Printed letterhead: feathers and curled hair

.209 from O. H. Weed & Co., Boston, Nov. 18, 1864, for spring beds;

Printed and illustrated billhead: patentees and manufacturers of the Rubber Band Carpet Sweepers, steel spring beds and clothes wringers; with pictures of carpet sweeper, Sherman’s Improved clothes wringer, and spring bed

.210 from Otis H. Weed & Co., Boston, Nov. 18, 1864, for spring beds;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of the patent Rubber Band Carpet Sweepers, steel spring beds and clothes wringers

.211 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, Nov. 22, 1864: for stain, benzole, freight;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of varnishes and japans in all their varieties

.212 from F.J. Pratt & Co., Shelburne Falls, Nov. 23, 1864, for axes, hatchest, door something, etc.;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of superior axes, and most kinds of edge tools; Hawkes, Pratt & Co., selling agents, New York

.213 from Manning, Glover & Co., Boston, Nov. 28, 1864: hair mattress, and burlap;

Printed and illustrated billhead: importers and manufacturers of all qualities of curled hair, wholesale dealers in feathers mattresses and bedding; with picture of its building

.214a-b bill and short letter, from Manning, Glover & Co., Boston, Nov. 28-29, 1864: bill for merchandise, Nov. 28, 1864; letter, dated Nov. 29: encloses bill for mattress and gives prices of burlap;

Printed letterhead: feathers and curled hair

.215 from Lewis J. Powers, Springfield, Dec. 20, 1864, for mouldings;

Printed billhead: general agent for publishers, newsdealers and booksellers, wholesale dealer in photograph albums, picture frames, diaries, blank books, stationery, fancy goods, &c.

.216 from Joel Thayer, May-Dec. 1864, for white lead, tallow, four, Venetian red, cambric;

part of the bill was paid by giving Thayer a bureau

.217 from Bowen & Swan to Chase & Green, Shelburne Falls, Aug.-Dec. 1864, for bedstead, mattress, repairing lounge, wash stand, nails

.218 from J.C. Merrill, no place, 1864, for goods delivered to E. Bowen: cheese, flour, tea, coffee, lard, butter, potatoes, sugar, oil, soda

Folder 8: Bowen & Swan: invoices, bills, correspondence: 1865, 1868 (.219-.231)

.219-.220 from William Mayo, Westminster, Jan. 5 and 23, 1865: for child’s stable cane office, wood seat Quincy, Grecian, rockers, and other chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.221 from H.H. Bragg, Boston, Jan. 24, 1865, for backing;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of looking glasses [in various kinds of frames], rosewood, mahogany and walnut fancy boxes, portable writing desks, picture frames, mouldings, &c.

.222 from Field, Haven & Co., Boston, Feb. 6, 1865, for varnish[?], and benzene;

Printed billhead: dealers in paints, oils, and drugs, … Galena pure lead (late Dexter, Field & Haven)

.223 from William Mayo, Westminster, Feb. 7, 1865: for large cane rocking chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.224 letter from Charles W. Scott, Winchester, N.H., Feb. 25, 1865: was too busy to send sample bedsteads two months ago, and then forgot; are they still interested in having them?

.225 bill from Chas. W. Scott, Winchester, N.Y., Feb. 25, 1865, for several different kinds of bedsteads

.226 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, March 2, 1865: receipt for payment on account; gives a price for some varnish;

Printed billhead

.227 short letter from R.W. Pratt & Co., Boston, March 21, 1865: encloses check to pay for boiler

.228 from Miner & Strong, Greenfield, April 25, 1865, for sets of inside blinds, pair of side blinds, cellar window, yards of border

.229 from E. M. Carter, for work from Sept. 7, 1863-May 18, 1865

.230 letter, with bill, from John Leadbeater, Bay State Works, Northampton, Mass., Nov. 4, 1865: will send money when Bowen & Swan sends him a corrected bill, crediting him with 3 chairs

.231 to F. Ballard from Bowen & Swan, Shelburne Falls, Aug. 21, 1868, for goods and interest, with note signed by H.S. Swan on behalf of Bowen & Swan;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of all kinds of furniture, and dealer in upholstery goods, looking glasses, picture frames, ready-made coffins, coffins plates, burial clothes, &c.; name printed on billhead was H.S. Swan, but the initials were crossed out and “Bowen &” was written in

Box 2: Henry S. Swan

Folder 1: Henry S. Swan: invoices, bills, correspondence: 1860-1864 (.232-.244)

.232 from W. Wilmer, S. Falls, Oct. 1, 1861, for apples, buckwheat, cheese, flour, butter, oysters, and other food, plus boards;

Endorsed on back as A. Gilman bill, 1866, but that does not tally with the name and dates on the front;

.233 from Miner & Strong, Greenfield, Dec. 15, 1861, for lights of glass

.234 from S.D. Hawks, Sept. 1861-Sept. 1862, for spokes, water wheel, wheels, door, plank and boards, etc.

.235 from G.D. Crittenden, no place, June 1863, for hemlock timber

.236 from Phillips, May-July 1863, for John to school house, kettle for school, hay, potatoes, seats and boards for school, traps from school, lumber, etc.; signed R[illegible] Gray, G.H. Phillips

.237 to Mrs. Swan from S. & E. Cragin, Shelburne Falls, Oct. 16, 1863, for a hat and repairing a girl’s bonnet

.238 from Miner & Strong, Greenfield, Oct. 23, 1863, for merchandise

.239 from Lyman Conant, Shelburne, June 27, 1864, for Grecian chairs and spindles

.240 to Swan & Leland from Alvord & Bartlett, Greenfield, Oct. 8, 1864, for advice and letter to Goodyear; [see also .405a-b]

Printed billhead: originally was Alvord & Wells, but Wells has been crossed out and Butler[?] was written in

.241 from J.F. Upton, Feb. 1860-Oct. 1864, for blacksmith work: making bolts, repairing chain, repairing sleigh, shoeing, hooks & staples, setting tires, nails, welding stone sledge, banding hubs, making wedges, sharpening drills, etc.

.242 from J.K. Patch, Shelburne Falls, Oct. 27, 1864, for pictures of children and Loomis [presumably photographs]

.243 from Joel Thayer, Aug.-Nov. 1864, for yards of print, nails, butter, coffee, cassimere, sheeting, spools and a hank of thread

.244 from E. Maynard, April-Nov. 1864, for oil, hay, bricks, etc.

Folder 2: Henry S. Swan: invoices, bills, correspondence: 1865, January-July (.245-.365)

.245a-b in account with A. Bowen, no years but mentions subscriptions for 1864-1865; for school books, crayons, shingles, diaries, hay, potatoes, subscriptions (Gazette, Republican, Drawer), postage, paper, shirts, etc.

.246 from G.F. Mitchell & Co., Shelburne Falls, Jan. 1, 1865: for feet of conductor, thimbles, stove pipe, pump, apple peeler, tea kettle;

Printed and illustrated billhead: stoves, copper, brass, tin & sheet iron ware, eave troughs …, tin roofing, … jobbing, with picture of a stove

.247 from R.B. Dunn & Co., Waterville, Me., Jan. 31, 1865, for Anderson spring bed bottoms;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of Anderson Spring Bed Bottoms;

[Left corner torn off]

.248 from H.H. Bragg, Boston, Feb. 2, 1865, for plates and arch rose & gilt glass;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of looking glasses [in various kinds of frames], rosewood, mahogany and walnut fancy boxes, portable writing desks, picture frames, mouldings, &c.

.249-.250 from Robinson, Marsh & Co., Springfield, Mass., Feb. 8, 1865, for walnut boards; and a bill of lumber;

Printed billhead: dealers in seasoned pine lumber, dressed lumber flooring, shingles, lath, white wood, ash, black walnut, cherry, &c.;

.250: a piece of the bill has been torn off

.251 from A. & A.S. Thorp, New York, Feb. 10, 1865, for enameled cloth and burlap;

Printed billhead: hair seating and upholstery goods, cabinet and undertakers’ hardware, manufacturers of furniture springs

.252 from Geo. A. Arms & Co., Greenfield, Mass., Feb. 11, 1865, for plate casters;

Printed billhead: dealers in all kinds of hard-ware, iron, steel, nails, metals, blacksmiths’ supplies, cordage, belting, agricultural implements, seeds, [etc.]

.253 from Lewis J. Powers, Springfield, Mass., Feb. 13, 1865, for moulding, etc.;

Printed billhead: general agent for publishers, newsdealers and booksellers, wholesale dealer in photograph albums, picture frames, diaries, blank books, stationery, fancy goods, &c.

.254 letter from Ware & Snow, Fitchburg, Feb. 13, 1865: Mr. Fessenden says the wheels are worthless; please pay his account

.255 bill and note from S.N. Holman & Co., North Orange, Feb. 16, 1865: for tables, wash stand, sinks, saloon tables, boxes; note: have no bureaus but have some decks

.256 from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., Feb. 18, 1865, for cottage and chest bureaus, decks, chest sinks;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in black walnut, chestnut and pine chamber furniture [with list of forms available]

.257 “Feb. 22^nd 1865 Ira A. Snow”

.258 from S. Allen’s Sons, Greenfield, Mass., Feb. 23, 1865: for casters;

Printed billhead: dealers in hardware, iron and steel, window glass, paper hangings, [and a long list of other goods]

.259 from Manning, Glover & Co., Boston, March 1, 1865: hair mattress, excelsior and burlap;

Printed and illustrated billhead: importers and manufacturers of all qualities of curled hair, wholesale dealers in feathers mattresses and bedding; with picture of its building

.260 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, March 2, 1865, for tacks, screw eye, spring twine, stitching;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.261 from Lewis J. Powers, Springfield, Mass., March 2, 1865, for moulding, etc.;

Printed billhead: general agent for publishers, newsdealers and booksellers, wholesale dealer in photograph albums, picture frames, diaries, blank books, stationery, fancy goods, &c.

.262 from Manning, Glover & Co., Boston, March 4, 1865: hair mattress, and burlap;

Printed and illustrated billhead: importers and manufacturers of all qualities of curled hair, wholesale dealers in feathers mattresses and bedding; with picture of its building

.263-.264 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, March 4 and 14, 1865, for springs, walnut R.E. sofa, tete-a-tete, rocker, table, hat tree, hair seating, handles, keys, bed casters, burlap;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.265 from H.H. Bragg, Boston, March 15, 1865, for arch r & g glass, German and American glass, com. boxes, walnut ornamental boxes;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of looking glasses [in various kinds of frames], rosewood, mahogany and walnut fancy boxes, portable writing desks, picture frames, mouldings, &c.

.266 from Robinson, Marsh & Co., Springfield, Mass., March 21, 1865, for feet of walnut;

Printed billhead: dealers in seasoned pine lumber, dressed lumber flooring, shingles, lath, white wood, ash, black walnut, cherry, &c.;

.267 from William Mayo, Westminster, March 22, 1865: for office, nurse, misses, Quincy, Pelters, and dining chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.268 from A. & A.S. Thorp, New York, March 24, 1865, for enameled cloth, bed tick, etc.;

Printed billhead: hair seating and upholstery goods, cabinet and undertakers’ hardware, manufacturers of furniture springs

.269 from Charles R. Field, Greenfield, March 27, 1865, for full plate gig[?];

Printed and illustrated billhead: children’s carriages, (2 and 4 wheeled); illustrated with picture of a two-wheeled carriage

.270-.271 bill and letter from William Mayo, Westminster, March 27, 1865: bill for unfinished wood stools and Bay State office chairs;

Letter: about the Bay State office chairs; shipping order;

Bill on printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs;

Letter on lined paper embossed with Congress trademark

.272 short note from Heywood Bass & Co., Gardner, Mass., March 28, 1865, giving price for Bay State cane seat office chairs

.273a from M. Schrenkeisen & Bro., New York, March 28, 1865, for corner stands, book stands, and tables; plus boxing;

Printed and illustrated billhead: cabinet manufacturers of centre & fancy tables, sofas, arm, parlor & three-quarter chairs, looking glasses, frames, &c., illustrated with picture of an un-upholstered arm chair

.273b from L. J. Powers, Springfield, March 29, 1865, for moulding;

On back: Samuel G. Parker, Lowell, Mass. is written several times

.274 from H.H. Bragg, Boston, March 30, 1865, for backing;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of looking glasses [in various kinds of frames], rosewood, mahogany and walnut fancy boxes, portable writing desks, picture frames, mouldings, &c.

.275 memo about Caldwell & Amsden order, March 30, 1865: teapoy, light stand, bureau, center tables, cottage sinks, etc.

.276-.277 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, March 30 and April 1, 1865, for buttons and tufts, casters, corner and side brackets, casters; plus a bill for merchandise;

.276: printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.277: printed billhead

.278 from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., April 1, 1865, for merchandise and freight;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in black walnut, chestnut and pine chamber furniture [with list of forms available]

.279 from Charles R. Field, Greenfield, April 9, 1865, for single and double gigs[?];

Printed and illustrated billhead: children’s carriages, (2 and 4 wheeled); illustrated with picture of a two-wheeled carriage

.280 from William Mayo, Westminster, April 10, 1865: bill for unfinished Bay State office chairs, high cane stools, and crickets;

printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs;

.281 from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., April 11, 1865, for merchandise and freight;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in black walnut, chestnut and pine chamber furniture [with list of forms available]

.282 from Charles R. Field, Greenfield, April 15, 1865, for single and double gigs[?];

Printed and illustrated billhead: children’s carriages, (2 and 4 wheeled); illustrated with picture of a two-wheeled carriage

.283 letter from Mrs. Wm. S. Mercks[?], [place illegible], April 17, 1865: her husband was dunned for a bill of goods bought of Mr. Bowen; complains about the costs, but encloses the amount and wants a receipt;

On back: a list of furniture (bureau, teapoy, sink, glass frames with “some of your best carvings”; this probably has nothing to do with Mrs. Merck’s letter

.284 from H.H. Bragg, Boston, April 18, 1865, to bill rendered;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of looking glasses [in various kinds of frames], rosewood, mahogany and walnut fancy boxes, portable writing desks, picture frames, mouldings, &c.

.285 from Manning, Glover & Co., Boston, April 18, 1865: cushions, mattresses, and burlap;

Printed and illustrated billhead: importers and manufacturers of all qualities of curled hair, wholesale dealers in feathers mattresses and bedding; with picture of its building

.286 from Eaton, Jones & Co., Boston, April 18, 1865, for work stand, table, rocking chair, misses chair, etc.;

Printed and illustrated billhead: wooden and willow ware, baskets, pails, tubs, brooms, mats, &c., &c., children’s carriages; illustrated with view of Boston harbor

.287 from Field, Haven & Co., Boston, April 18, 1865, for boiled oil and zinc;

Printed billhead: dealers in paints, oils, and drugs, … Galena pure lead (late Dexter, Field & Haven)

.288-.289 from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., April 18 and 19, 1865, for teapoys, sinks, decks, frames, bureaus, and freight;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in black walnut, chestnut and pine chamber furniture [with list of forms available]

.290 from O. H. Weed & Co., Boston, April 20, 1865, for springs, spring beds, clothes wringers;

.291-.292 from Eaton, Jones & Co., Boston, April 22, 1865, for merchandise;

Printed and illustrated billhead: wooden and willow ware, baskets, pails, tubs, brooms, mats, &c., &c., children’s carriages; illustrated with view of Boston harbor;

Part of left-hand side of .291 is torn off

.293 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, April 24, 1865, for sofa, rocker, hat tree, springs, brackets, walnut wood top table, furniture gimp, sofa casters, cambric, screws, tacks, plates, cotton and silk fringe, handles, etc.;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.294 letter from John Parson, Jamaica, April 26, 1865: wants to hear how Swan is selling the belting and pipe; also mentions Mr. Pratt and Mr. Bardwell;

.295 letter, presumably from Swan, Shelburne Falls, May 1, 1865, to Bro. Reniff[?]: will try to help him; thinks Reniff came honestly by the stuff and believes it will be returned to him if he is found innocent; mentions “rules & regulations in military line”; with list of dates and figures

.296 from Charles V. Poor & Co., Boston, May 3, 1865, for asphaltum stain and something else;

Printed billhead

.297 from Wm. A. Little, Huntington, Mass., May 3, 1865, for merchandise and bedsteads;

Printed billhead: French, cottage, round corners, and all styles common bedsteads, also cribs, cradles and extension tables, [etc.], (successor to Benjamin Little)

.298 from William Mayo, Westminster, May 6, 1865: for children’s office chairs; and a note asking for clarification of an order

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.299 short note from Cutter, Clark & Co., Boston, May 8, 1865: we make moulding to order so need a sample

.300 from Charles R. Field, Greenfield, May 8, 1865, for double gigs[?];

Printed and illustrated billhead: children’s carriages, (2 and 4 wheeled); illustrated with picture of a two-wheeled carriage

.301 letter from E. A. Billings, Troy, N.Y., May 9, 1865: order to be shipped next week; will be as prompt as possible in filling orders but are often very busy

.302 from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., May 10, 1865, for bedsteads, bureaus, commode, sink, walnut teapoys, frames, etc.;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in black walnut, chestnut and pine chamber furniture [with list of forms available]

.303 order from Swan to Mr. Bragg, May 10, 1865: for German plates, arch top frames, gilt frames

.304-.306 from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., May 11, 1865, for merchandise, glass frames, Allen boxes and freight;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in black walnut, chestnut and pine chamber furniture [with list of forms available]

.305: lower left corner has been torn away

.307 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, May 11, 1865: for furniture varnish;

Printed billhead: manufacturer and japans in all their varieties

.308 from A. & A.S. Thorp, New York, May 11, 1865, for merchandise;

Printed billhead

.309-.310 from Cutter Clark & Co., Boston, May 13, 1865: for merchandise; for feet of black walnut and walnut moulding;

.309: printed billhead;

.310: printed billhead: Mahogany Store

.311 from William Mayo, Westminster, May 13, 1865: for screw back common chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.312 from H.H. Bragg, Boston, May 16, 1865, for arch top rose & gilt glasses, plates, etc.;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of looking glasses [in various kinds of frames], rosewood, mahogany and walnut fancy boxes, portable writing desks, picture frames, mouldings, &c.

.313 from A. & A.S. Thorp, New York, May 16, 1865, for damask, cambric, buttons, cord, gimp, tacks, feather dusters, etc.;

Printed billhead: hair seating and upholstery goods, cabinet and undertakers’ hardware, manufacturers of furniture springs

.314 letter from E. A. Billings, Troy, N.Y., May 17, 1865: bill for Swiss and porphyry tops; mentions a unpaid bill for goods shipped to Bowen & Swan in 1864

.315 bill from C.R. Field, March-May 1865, with request to pay

.316 from Charles R. Field, Greenfield, May 17, 1865, for single and double gigs[?];

Printed and illustrated billhead: children’s carriages, (2 and 4 wheeled); illustrated with picture of a two-wheeled carriage

.317 from E. & F. King & Co., Boston, May 20, 1865, for zinc and japan;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of copal varnishes, japans, &c., importers and dealers in paints, oils, window glass, drugs, medicines, and dye stuffs, [etc.]

.318 from A. & A.S. Thorp, New York, May 22, 1865, for moss, screws, plates, looking glasses, etc.;

Printed billhead: hair seating and upholstery goods, cabinet and undertakers’ hardware, manufacturers of furniture springs

.319 note from Swan to Beal & Hooper, May 22, 1865: encloses draft; orders sofa, tete-a-tete, rockers, hat tree with marble shelf, walnut wood table top, parlor chairs, etc.

.320 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, May 29, 1865, for sofa, tete-a-tete, rocker, parlor chairs, hat tree, walnut wood top table, piece of carving, burlap;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.321 from E. & F. King & Co., Boston, May 29, 1865, for spirits;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of copal varnishes, japans, &c., importers and dealers in paints, oils, window glass, drugs, medicines, and dye stuffs, [etc.]

.322 note from Swan to A. & A.S. Thorp, May 30, 1865: ordering textiles, bright iron picture rings, tacks, sandpaper

.323 letter from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., May 31, 1865: unable to send chest bedsteads at present but will send carvings and pine bedsteads soon;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in pine, black walnut, and chestnut furniture

.324 from H.H. Bragg, Boston, June 1, 1865, to bill rendered;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of looking glasses [in various kinds of frames], rosewood, mahogany and walnut fancy boxes, portable writing desks, picture frames, mouldings, &c.;

Lower left corner is torn off

.325 from S. N. Holman & Co., North Orange, Mass., June 2, 1865: for serpentine sinks and light stands and toilets, wash stands, towel racks, cradles, plus boxing; bureaus will soon be finished;

Bottom center and right corner have been torn off

.326 from Miner & Strong, Greenfield, June 3, 1865: for curtain fixtures

.327 from A. & A.S. Thorp, New York, June 5, 1865, for enameled cloth, screw eyes, tacks, sandpaper, ticking, etc.;

Printed billhead: hair seating and upholstery goods, cabinet and undertakers’ hardware, manufacturers of furniture springs

.328 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, June 12, 1865, for springs, bed casters, screw eyes, etc.;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.329a letter, Swan to Mr. Mayo, May 26, 1865: orders various chairs [bill in .329b seems to be the bill for this order]

.329b from William Mayo, Westminster, June 12, 1865: for a variety of chairs; with note that Saturday’s rain prevented delivery to depot; [these chairs, for the most part, match what is mentioned in the order in .329a]

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.330 letter from Geo. L. Pratt & Co., Leominster, June 13, 1865: gives prices for goods the company makes

.331 letter from J. Rankin, Erving, June 13, 1865: gives prices for supplying common and double back wood-seat chairs, the only kind he makes

.332 from L. J. Powers, June 17, 1865, for plain inside and mouldings

.333 from E.A. Billings, Troy, June 19, 1865: for slate, porphyry, and other tops

.334 from E. & F. King & Co., Boston, June 19, 1865, for carbon spirits and oil;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of copal varnishes, japans, &c., importers and dealers in paints, oils, window glass, drugs, medicines, and dye stuffs, [etc.]

.335 from Joseph Rankin, Erving, Mass., June 19, 1865: for common and double back chairs;

Printed billhead: wood seat chairs; also retail dealer in foreign and American dry goods, groceries, etc.;

Part of left-hand side has been torn off

.336 from Manning, Glover, & Co., Boston, June 22, 1865: receipt for payment;

Printed billhead

.337-.338 from Dover Stamping Company, Boston, June 22, 1865, for flour sifters; and receipt for payment;

.337: printed billhead: foundry and tinman’s hardware and furnishing goods;

.338: printed billhead

.339 from Manning, Glover & Co., Boston, June 22, 1865: mattresses (including husk), and burlap;

Printed and illustrated billhead: importers and manufacturers of all qualities of curled hair, wholesale dealers in feathers mattresses and bedding; with picture of its building

.340 bill and short note from Chas. W. Scott, Winchester, June 24, 1865: bill for bedsteads (different styles named); with note about shipment

.341 order from Swan to Caldwell & Amsden, June 26, 1865: for pine bureaus, Allen pattern box glass frames, commode sinks, serpentine teapoys; please send bedsteads soon

.342 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, June 28, 1865, for screws, handles, fringe, knobs, etc.;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.343 note from Lyman Conant, Shelburne, Mass., June 29, 1865: “please pay Dwight Hitchcock $3.75 in furniture and charge to me”

.344 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, June 30, 1865, for Grecian, rocking, nurse, wood seat, Quincy, and Pelters chairs; with note: screw backs didn’t come so can’t send them in this shipment; apology for delay, caused by illness;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.345 from E.A. Billings, Troy, July 1, 1865: please pay account; forward orders as fast as you can

.346 from William Mayo, Westminster, July 1, 1865: for screw back common chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.347 from E. & F. King & Co., Boston, July 1, 1865, for merchandise

Printed billhead

.348 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, July 3, 1865, for sofas and burlap;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.349 from Geo. L. Pratt & Co., Leominster, July 7, 1865, for different styles of bedsteads and carved handles;

Printed billhead: chestnut & black walnut chamber furniture; “Geo. L. Pratt & Co.” printed in red as successors to Pratt & Stocking

.350 bill and note from S.N. Holman & Co., North Orange, July 8, 1865: bill for bureaus, sinks, teapoys, etc.; with note about payment

.351 receipt: John Parsons, Jamaica, July 10, 1865, was paid in full

.352 from T.M. Walker & Co., Springfield, Mass., July 14, 1865, for varnish;

Printed billhead: painters’ and builders’ supplies, … varnishes, brushes, window glass, … doors, sash, blinds, paper hangings, &c, &c

.353 short note from Cutter Clark & Co., Boston, July 15, 1865: about payment

.354 from H.H. Bragg, Boston, July 18, 1865, for plates, gilt b. glasses;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of looking glasses [in various kinds of frames], rosewood, mahogany and walnut fancy boxes, portable writing desks, picture frames, mouldings, &c.;

.355 from O. H. Weed & Co., Boston, July 15, 1865, for spring beds, sent by railroad;

.356 short note from S.N. Holman & Co., North Orange, July 17, 1865: payment received

.357 from Wm. Fay, Chester, July 17, 1865, for various styles of bedsteads, cribs, cradles, trundle bed

.358 letter from Mrs. S. W. Hopkins, Northampton, July 18, 1865, to Mr. Swan: about colors of her chamber set; will be there soon to select it

.359 from A. & A.S. Thorp, New York, July 20, 1865, for merchandise;

Printed billhead

.360 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, July 21, 1865, for merchandise;

printed billhead

.361 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, July 24, 1865: for furniture varnish, stain, spirits;

Printed billhead: manufacturer and japans in all their varieties

.362 letter from R.B. Dunn & Co., Waterville, Me., July 28, 1865: bed bottoms being shipped to Boston, and need to contact agent about having them shipped to Swan

.363 from R.B. Dunn & Co., Waterville, Me., July 28, 1865: for Anderson spring bed bottoms;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of Anderson spring bed bottoms;

With U.S. Internal Revenue stamp

.364 bill and short note from S.N. Holman & Co., North Orange, July 29, 1865: for bureaus, sinks, decks, glass frames; got the frames from another shop and am sending the decks because assume they will be needed to go with frames

.365 from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., July 31, 1865: for bureaus, decks, glass frames, commode sinks, teapoys;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in black walnut, chestnut and pine chamber furniture [with list of forms available]

Folder 3: Henry S. Swan: invoices, bills, correspondence: 1865, August-December (.366-.460)

.366 from A. & A.S. Thorp, New York, Aug. 3, 1865, for enameled cloth, damask, buttons, etc.;

Printed billhead: hair seating and upholstery goods, cabinet and undertakers’ hardware, manufacturers of furniture springs

.367 letter from Geo. L. Pratt & Co., Leominster, Aug. 4, 1865: please pay bill

.368 from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., Aug. 5, 1865: for cottage bureaus, Allen box glasses, bedsteads;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in black walnut, chestnut and pine chamber furniture [with list of forms available]

.369 from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., July 31-Aug. 5, 1865: for merchandise;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in black walnut, chestnut and pine chamber furniture [with list of forms available];

Most of bottom half of bill has been torn off

.370 from J. F. Upton, no place, Jan.-Aug. 1865, for blacksmith work: showing, braces & bolts, setting tire, sawing wheels

.371 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Aug. 5, 1865, for tables, bed casters, s.p. plates, etc.;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.372a-b letter from Orrin Pratt, Athol, Mass, Aug. 8, 1865: information about blinds made by J.M. Cheney; is thinking about going into gilt moulding business;

With yellow envelope, postmarked Aug. 9

.373 from William Mayo, Westminster, Aug. 10, 1865: for dining chairs, Derby cottage and Franklin nurse chairs, wood seat chairs, rocking chairs, and office chairs;

With note: about a mistake in the order;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.374a letter from Gottlieb Meyer, Hartford, Conn., Aug. 13, 1865: about order for hair for mattresses [see also .378a]

.374b letter from Orrin Pratt, Athol, Mass, Aug. 15, 1865: more about ordering blinds from Mr. Cheney

.375 from John Putnam, Boston, Aug. 17, 1865: for husk and palm mattresses, and burlap;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in spring beds, bedsteads, mattresses, feathers, burlaps, &c.; illustrated with a bedstead and its mattress

.376 letter from William Mayo, Westminster, Aug. 22, 1865: will try to send Quincy, office, and Pelter chairs next week; what kind of rocking and nurse chairs does he want

.377 from William Mayo, Westminster, Aug. 28, 1865: for office, Quincy, and Pelters chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.378a letter from Gottlieb Meyer, Hartford, Conn., Aug. 29, 1865: about order for hair for mattresses; needs to be paid immediately so can purchase more hair for winter [see also .374a]

.378b letter from Milton Bliss, N. Orange, Aug. 29, 1865: delay in shipping bedsteads because a water failure meant more hand-work was required

.379 from H.H. Bragg, Boston, Aug. 31, 1865, for merchandise;

Printed billhead

.380 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, Sept. 1, 1865: for furniture varnish, and japan;

Printed billhead: manufacturer and japans in all their varieties

.381 from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., Sept. 5, 1865: for Allen box glasses, and bedsteads;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in black walnut, chestnut and pine chamber furniture [with list of forms available]

.382a-c from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., July 31-Sept. 5, 1865: for merchandise; two copies of the bill, one marked as having been paid, plus an envelope postmarked Oct. 3

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in black walnut, chestnut and pine chamber furniture [with list of forms available];

[part of left side of .382b and lower left corner of .383c have been torn off]

.383a-c from Cutter, Clark & Co., Boston, Sept. 6, 1865: for feet of black walnut, black walnut moulding, caskets, etc.; two copies of the bill, one marked as having been settled by sight draft, plus an envelope stamped Nov. 6, 1865;

printed billhead: Mahogany Store

.384 from Damon, Sherburne & Co., Boston, Sept. 7, 1865: apparently for window glass;

Printed billhead: foreign window glass, glaziers’ diamonds, &c.’

[lower left corner has been torn off]

.385 from E. & F. King & Co., Boston, Sept. 7, 1865, for oil, spirits, lead, white zinc and rose pink;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of copal varnishes, japans, &c., importers and dealers in paints, oils, window glass, drugs, medicines, and dye stuffs, [etc.]

.386 letter from Ep Sears, Hammanton, N.J., Sept. 9, 1865: awaiting answer to his letter of two weeks ago, requesting meat choppers

.387-.388 from John Holman & Co., Boston, Sept. 11-12, 1865, for merchandise (Sept. 11); and for excelsior and tow (Sept. 12);

.387: printed billhead;

.388: printed billhead: dealers in feathers, curled horse hair, mattresses and bedding of all kinds

.389-.390 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Sept. 12 and 14, 1865, for rockers, hat tree, card table (Sept. 12); and textiles, engraved plates, screws, silk and cotton fringes, gimp, buttons, bed casters, etc. (Sept. 14), etc.;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.391 from William Mayo, Westminster, Sept. 15, 1865: for rockers, nurse, wood seat chairs; with note: request for winter apples – not able to find any in Westminster;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.392a-b letter from Mrs. S. W. Hopkins, E. Charlemont, Sept. 18, 1865: about painting a chamber set; with envelope (stamp torn off)

.393 “memo of orders collected for Henry S. Swan,” Shelburne Falls, Sept. 26, 1865: list of names and amounts;

On back: “orders paid by note”: more names and amounts

.394 letter from C. W. Scott, Winchester, Sept. 26, 1865: will send order in a few days; explains delay in delivery of Swan’s letter to him

.395 letter from H. J. Swan, West Halifax, Sept. 29, 1865, to Brother Henry: describes a cupboard wanted for the office, with sketch of what is wanted

[Harvey James Swan (1835-1906) was a brother of Henry S. Swan]

.396 note from Meyer & Vogl, Boston, Sept. 29, 1865: received order for blinds[?], through agency of Beal & Hooper; delayed because of problem with water supply;

Printed form letter: mouldings, pictures frames, and looking glasses of all kinds

.397 from Meyer & Vogl, Boston, Sept. 30, 1865: for oval, rustic, and some other kind of goods;

Printed billhead: moulding & looking glass warehouse, … stove polish, … French kid gloves, Meershaum pipes, cigar holders, &c.;

Name on bill corrected from Meyer & Wondra to Meyer & Vogl; also a new address is printed on bill

.398 from A. & A.S. Thorp, New York, Sept. 30, 1865, for merchandise, with request for payment;

Printed billhead

.399 from Pettingill & Pear, Boston, Sept. 1865: for merchandise;

Printed and illustrated billhead: Howe’s patent spring beds, spring berth bottoms and spring cots, … folding chairs and camp-stools; illustrated with pictures of Howe’s spring cot, a patent folding chair, and a camp stool

.400 from Meyer & Vogl, Boston, Oct. 2, 1865: amount of bill;

Printed billhead:

.401 from John Holman & Co., Boston, Oct. 2, 1865, for merchandise;

printed billhead;

.402 from W.C. Hunneman, Boston, Oct. 3, 1865: for merchandise;

Printed billhead;

[bottom part of statement has been removed]

.403 letter from [illegible] & [illegible], Leominster, Oct. 4, 1865: because of drought, have no power and cannot fill orders for whitework, but can take orders for oak and maple grained chamber sets; gives prices

.404 letter from S. N. Holman & Co., North Orange, Oct. 9, 1865: finished his order on Saturday and intended to deliver it to depot today but the company’s shop burned yesterday, and have lost all stock; company’s loss is about $10,000, while village’s loss is about $30,000

.405a-b letter from Swan for Swan & Leland, Shelburne Falls, Oct. 11, 1865, to Alvord & Bartlett, Greenfield, Mass.: about a debt; with envelope; [see also .240]

.406 letter from Mary J. Gray, Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 1865: can find furniture as cheap in D.C. as she can purchase from him, and doesn’t have to pay freight on it

.407 from Meyer & Vogl, Boston, Oct. 13, 1865: for circles and plates;

Printed billhead: moulding & looking glass warehouse, oval frames of every style, cord, tassels, &c., &c.;

.408a-b from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Oct. 13, 1865: order received; also envelope [stamp torn off];

Printed form: manufacturers of furniture

.409 from Ellis F. Miller, Boston, Oct. 14, 1865, for s.p. plates, handles, screws, yards of fabric, etc.;

Printed billhead: undertakers’ hardware, also fringes, satins, linings, cashmeres, &c.

.410 short letter from Orrin Pratt, Athol, Oct. 16, 1865, to Bro. Swan: about a foot scroll saw; the name E.S. Puurrington is written below Pratt’s signature

.411-.412 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Oct. 16 and 17, 1865, for butts, casters, and other hardware items (Oct. 16); and various kinds of chairs, tables, whatnot, and more hardware (Oct. 17);

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.413 letter from Caleb Mayo, North Orange, Oct. 17, 1865: received check; only two shops left in village to do pine work: Peirce & Stowell, and Bill & Taylor; gives names of other businesses in other villages; hopes to be running again soon

.414 from A.W. & A.S. Ward, Shelburne Falls, Oct. 20, 1865: for sawing, feet of lumber (cherry, bass, pine), etc.

.415a-b letter from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., Oct. 21, 1865: draft was not in his recent letter; do not make pine tables or towel racks; will send teapoys, sinks, and bedsteads as soon as possible; with envelope [lower left corner torn off];

Printed letterhead: pine, black walnut and chestnut furniture

.416a-b short note from H. J. Swan, West Halifax, Oct. 25, 1865, to Brother Henry: about a draft and deposit; with envelope

.417a-b note from Meyer & Vogl, Boston, Oct. 26, 1865: settling an account; with envelope;

Printed form letter

.418 from Ellis F. Miller, Boston, Oct. 27, 1865, for handles, cambric, lining;

Printed billhead: undertakers’ hardware, also fringes, satins, linings, cashmeres, &c.

.419a-b letter from William Mayo, Westminster, Oct. 27, 1865: order will probably be ready in two weeks; has found some winter apples but would like more if Swan can get them; with envelope [stamp torn off]

.420 from E. & F. King & Co., Boston, Oct. 1865: for merchandise;

Printed billhead

.421 from Ellis F. Miller, Boston, Nov. 1, 1865: for merchandise

.422 letter from S.W. Amsden, Athol Depot, Nov. 1, 1865: has send 66 hanks of twist

.423 letter from Meyer & Vogl, Boston, Nov. 3, 1865: about an order, and encloses draft

.424 from Meyer & Vogl, Boston, Nov. 4, 1865: for some kind of goods;

Printed billhead: moulding & looking glass warehouse, oval frames of every style, cord, tassels, &c., &c.;

.425 from H.H. Bragg, Boston, Nov. 7, 1865, for arch R. & gilt glasses, oval walnut frames;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of looking glasses [in various kinds of frames], rosewood, mahogany and walnut fancy boxes, portable writing desks, picture frames, mouldings, &c.;

.426 form letter from L. J. Powers & Bro., Springfield, Mass., Nov. 7, 1865: check received;

Printed form letter

.427a-b letter from W.C. Hunneman, Boston, Nov. 8, 1865: please honor sight draft; with envelope;

Printed envelope: W.C. Hunneman, Jr., importer and manufacturer of superior copal varnishes and japans

.428 letter from M. Bliss, N. Orange, Nov. 9, 1865: sending chests and bedsteads; haven’t been able to make any commodes; would be helpful is Swan could send money for expenses

.429-.430 from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., Nov. 9, 1865: bill for teapoys, sinks, bedsteads; plus a receipt for payment of that bill;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in black walnut, chestnut and pine chamber furniture [with list of forms available];

.431 from Meyer & Vogl, Boston, Nov. 9, 1865: for rustic something and nails;

Printed billhead: moulding & looking glass warehouse, oval frames of every style, cord, tassels, &c., &c.;

.432 short note from Jesse R. Lyons, Shelburne Falls, Nov. 10, 1865: please pay Arthur Maxwell ten dollards and charge to me

.433 from Manning, Glover & Co., Boston, Nov. 10, 1865: mattresses, blankets, and burlap;

Printed and illustrated billhead: importers and manufacturers of all qualities of curled hair, wholesale dealers in feathers mattresses and bedding; with picture of its building

.434 from Blake & Alden, Boston, Nov. 10, 1865: for Tucker springs, rocking chairs, and something else;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and importers of furniture and upholstery goods, [etc.];

[bottom left corner is torn off]

.435 from Damon, Sherburne & Co., Boston, Nov. 10, 1865: apparently for window glass;

Printed billhead: foreign window glass, glaziers’ diamonds, &c.’

[upper left corner has been torn off]

.436 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Nov. 13, 1865, for sofa, springs, chamber set, towel stands, brackets, burlap;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.437 from A. & A.S. Thorp, New York, Nov. 15, 1865, for enameled cloth, damask, buttons, etc.;

Printed billhead: hair seating and upholstery goods, cabinet and undertakers’ hardware, manufacturers of furniture springs

.438 from R.B. Dunn & Co., Waterville, Me., Nov. 18, 1865, for Anderson spring bed bottoms;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of Anderson Spring Bed Bottoms;

[Left corner torn off]

.439 from William Mayo, Westminster, Nov. 20, 1865: for various kinds of chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.440 from Merriam, Hall & Co., North Leominster, Nov. 23, 1865; for sinks, fancy teapoys, enclosed wash stands;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in pine and chestnut furniture, bureaus, sinks, teapoys, glass frames, French bedsteads, &c.

.441-.442 from Lyman Conant, Shelburne, Nov. 24 and 25, 1865: for Grecian chairs and high stools

.443 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, Nov. 27, 1865: for furniture varnish, and japan;

Printed billhead: manufacturer and japans in all their varieties

.444 from D. C. Bartlett, no place, March-Nov. 1865; for chairs and stools, baby carriages, tables, oil and lead, freight, blinds, bag of meal, unspecified furniture

.445 from E. & F. King & Co., Boston, Nov. 1865: for merchandise; please pay;

Printed billhead;

With printed envelope:: paints, varnishes and manufacturers’ articles

.446 from William Mayo, Westminster, Dec. 1, 1865: for maple cane crickets, rocking chairs, Franklin nurse chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.447 letter from Charles W. Scott, Winchester, Dec. 5, 1865: sends all his bedsteads (includes bill for circle end bedsteads); have sold his bedstead machinery and have changed his business; sold his machinery to Allen & Scott, Winchester, N.H.

.448 from A. & A.S. Thorp, New York, Dec. 5, 1865, for stool screws;

Printed billhead: hair seating and upholstery goods, cabinet and undertakers’ hardware, manufacturers of furniture springs

.449 from L. J. Powers & Bro., Springfield, Mass., Dec. 8, 1865, for oval frames;

Printed billhead: agents for … writing papers, wholesale dealers in photograph albums, Yankee notions, blank books, stationery, picture frames and mouldings, [etc.]

.450 from Ellis F. Miller, Boston, Dec. 8, 1865, for lining, handles, etc.;

Printed billhead: undertakers’ hardware, also fringes, satins, linings, cashmeres, &c.

.451 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Dec. 12, 1865, for walnut rocker, parlor chair, burlap;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.452 from Lyman Conant, Shelburne, Dec. 15, 1865: for Astor Grecian chairs

.453 letter and bill from Dupignac & Baker, New York, Dec. 18, 1865; bill for furniture varnish, japan, turpentine, etc.;

form letter: invoice enclosed; goods being shipped by boat and railroad;

printed billhead: manufacturers of varnishes and japans

.454-.455 from John Holman & Co., Boston, Dec. 13-14, 1865, for yards of ticking, burlap, and a bale of husks;

printed billhead: dealers in feathers, curled horse hair, mattresses and bedding of all kinds

.456 from Ellis F. Miller, Boston, Dec. 21, 1865, for plates, handles, silk fringe, etc.;

Printed billhead: undertakers’ hardware, also fringes, satins, linings, cashmeres, &c.

.457 from Cutter, Clark & Co., Boston, Dec. 25, 1865: for feet of moulding, back stuff;

printed billhead: Mahogany Store

.458 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, Dec. 26, 1865: for walnut stains;

Printed billhead: manufacturer and japans in all their varieties

.459 from L. J. Powers & Bro., Springfield, Mass., Dec. 27, 1865, for feet of plain inside;

Printed billhead: agents for Glasgow and Whitefield Mills writing papers,

.460 from Miner & Strong, Greenfield, Dec, 28, 1865, for merchandise, curtain fixtures, blinds, doors, light of glass

Folder 4: Henry S. Swan: invoices, bills, correspondence: 1866, January-June (.461-.530)

.461 from Ellis F. Miller, Boston, Jan. 1, 1866, for merchandise;

Printed billhead;

Note on back: Philenia Woodward died Jan. 1, 1866, aged 58 yrs.

[name as spelled on tombstone: Philena; she was wife of Joel Woodward]

.462 from A. & A.S. Thorp, New York, Jan. 10, 1866, for plush, gimp, damask, tufts, etc.;

Printed billhead: hair seating and upholstery goods, cabinet and undertakers’ hardware, manufacturers of furniture springs

[middle third of bottom part of bill has been cut off]

.463 from William Mayo, Westminster, Jan. 15, 1866: for chairs of various kinds, children’s table, cabinets;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.464 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, Jan. 16, 1866: for merchandise;

Printed billhead:

.465 from Lyman Conant, Shelburne, Mass., Jan. 18, 1866, for spindle chairs;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of cane & wood seat chairs

.466 from Manning, Glover & Co., Boston, Jan. 24, 1866: hair mattresses, and burlap;

Printed and illustrated billhead: importers and manufacturers of all qualities of curled hair, wholesale dealers in feathers mattresses and bedding; with picture of its building

.467 from E. & F. King & Co., Boston, Jan. 27, 1866, for carbon spirits, pink, red, etc.;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of copal varnishes, japans, &c., importers and dealers in paints, oils, window glass, drugs, medicines, and dye stuffs, [etc.]

.468 from John Holman & Co., Boston, Jan. 2[?], 1866, for ticking, and bed lace;

printed billhead: dealers in feathers, curled horse hair, mattresses and bedding of all kinds

.469 from L. J. Powers & Bro., Springfield, Mass., Feb. 3, 1866: statement of account

.470 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Feb. 3, 1866, for walnut sofa, rocker, whatnot, burlap;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.471 from Merriam, Hall & Co., North Leominster, Feb. 5, 1866; for bureaus; with note about Swan’s order for wash stands

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in pine and chestnut furniture, bureaus, sinks, teapoys, glass frames, French bedsteads, &c.

.472 from Moseley & Goodman, Boston, Feb. 9, 1866: for ovals [i.e. oval frames];

Printed billhead: [various kinds of] mouldings, photograph and look-glass ovals, and elliptic tops and square frames for the trade, [etc.]

.473 from Wm. A. Little, Huntington, Mass., Feb. 14, 1866, for various kinds of goods [not easy to read];

Printed billhead: French, cottage, round corners, and all styles common bedsteads, also cribs, cradles and extension tables, [etc.], (successor to Benjamin Little)

.474 from Chase & Green, Shelburne Falls, Feb. 15, 1866: for sugar, tea, ginger, picture knobs, lights of glass, cupboard catch, screws, wardrobe hooks, raisins, lard, varnish brushes, and other such merchandise; with credit given for a picture frame and hair covering

.475 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Feb. 16, 1866, for walnut table and whatnot, springs;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.476 from H.H. Bragg, Boston, Feb. 16, 1866, for arch rose & gilt, German plates;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of looking glasses [in various kinds of frames], rosewood, mahogany and walnut fancy boxes, portable writing desks, picture frames, mouldings, &c.

.477 from Eaton, Jones & Co., Boston, Feb. 26, 1866, for merchandise;

Printed and illustrated billhead: wooden and willow ware, baskets, pails, tubs, brooms, mats, &c., &c., children’s carriages; illustrated with view of Boston harbor

.478 from L. J. Powers & Bro., Springfield, Mass., Feb. 28, 1866, for coffin moulding

Printed billhead: wholesale stationery and notion house; agents for Glasgow and Whitefield Mills writing papers

.479 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, March 9, 1866, for walnut rocker and whatnot, burlap;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.480 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, Mar. 12, 1866: for merchandise;

Printed billhead:

.481 from E.P. Conant, Shelburne, Mass., March 17, 1866, for settees and office chairs;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of cane & wood seat chairs;

[The initials E.P. are written on a slip of paper which has been pasted over the name Lyman]

.482 from George P. Hawkes, Templeton, March 20, 1866: for tables, bureau, stands;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of pine furniture, [including bureaus and tables in different sizes], chamber sinks, … wash stands and toilets, light stands, &c, &c;

.483 from Whitman & [illegible], Shelburne Falls, March 1866, for repairing wagon and days of work

.484 from Merriam, Hall & Co., North Leominster, March 24, 1866; for enclosed wash stands;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in pine and chestnut furniture, bureaus, sinks, teapoys, glass frames, French bedsteads, &c.

.485 from William Mayo, Westminster, March 26, 1866: for chairs of various kinds; plus a short note: order delayed because Wright & Moore, the supplier of seats, had a fire;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.486 from Ellis F. Miller, Boston, April 3, 1866, for plates, handles, cashmere, gimp, etc.;

Printed billhead: undertakers’ hardware, also fringes, satins, linings, cashmeres, &c.

.487 from Moseley & Goodman, Boston, April 4, 1866: for ovals [i.e. oval frames];

Printed billhead: [various kinds of] mouldings, photograph and look-glass ovals, and elliptic tops and square frames for the trade, [etc.]

.488 from E.P. Conant, Shelburne, Mass., April 6, 1866, for stools;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of cane & wood seat chairs;

[The initials E.P. are written on a slip of paper which has been pasted over the name Lyman]

.489 from John Holman & Co., Boston, April 9, 1866, for 40 pounds of str;

printed billhead: dealers in feathers, curled horse hair, mattresses and bedding of all kinds

.490 from William Mayo, Westminster, April 17, 1866: for chairs of various kinds;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.491 from Henry B. Osgood, Boston, April 19, 1866, for damask, cloth, gimp, webbing, buttons, twine, etc.;

Printed billhead: upholstery goods [with a list of such goods]

.492 from Moseley & Goodman, Boston, April 19, 1866: for double ovals [i.e. oval frames];

Printed billhead: [various kinds of] mouldings, photograph and look-glass ovals, and elliptic tops and square frames for the trade, [etc.]

.493 from Charles Hall, Boston, April 19, 1886: for walnut moulding;

Printed billhead: mahogany and fancy wood furniture;

The name Prime, Kenney & Co. has been crossed out, and Chas. Hall has been added in ink

.494 from P.F. Packard & Sons, Boston, April 19, 1866, for tables, mats, nurse chair, etc.;

Printed billhead: dealers in new and second hand furniture, carpets, pianos, mirrors, bedding, gas fixtures, &c.

.495 from John Holman & Co., Boston, April 21, 1866, for mattresses and burlap;

printed billhead: dealers in feathers, curled horse hair, mattresses and bedding of all kinds

.496 from Ellis F. Miller, Boston, April 21, 1866, for plates, handles, cashmere, silk fringe, screws, etc.

.497 from E. & F. King & Co., Boston, April 23, 1866, for bladder putty;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of copal varnishes, japans, &c., importers and dealers in paints, oils, window glass, drugs, medicines, and dye stuffs, [etc.]

.498 from Potter & Bryant, Greenfield, Mass., April 25, 1866, for a barrel of ale;

Printed billhead: groceries and provisions, flour, grain, … West India goods, china, crockery, lamps, [etc.]

.499 from Charles W. Scott, Winchester, April 15, 1866, for circle end and fancy cottage bedsteads

.500 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, April 27, 1866, for sofa, rockers, bedstead, chest, tables, bookshelf, brackets, whatnot, casters, burlap, etc.;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.501 from Henry B. Osgood, Boston, April 28, 1866, for damask, buttons, excelsior, etc.; with note about damask and buttons;

Printed billhead: upholstery goods [with a list of such goods]

.502 from William Mayo, Westminster, April 29, 1866: for chairs of various kinds; and a note about rain causing a delay in shipping and about stools;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.503 from Charles R. Field, Greenfield, May 1, 1866, for goods of some kind;

Printed and illustrated billhead: children’s carriages, (2 and 4 wheeled); illustrated with picture of a two-wheeled carriage

.504 from Merriam, Hall & Co., North Leominster, May 1, 1866; for furniture;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in pine and chestnut furniture, bureaus, sinks, teapoys, glass frames, French bedsteads, &c.;

With U.S. Internal Revenue stamp

.505 from Caldwell & Amsden, Fisherville, N.H., May 2, 1866: bedsteads, wash stands, teapoys, Allen box glass frames, bureaus, sinks, and freight;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in black walnut, chestnut and pine chamber furniture [with list of forms available];

.506 from Potter & Bryant, Greenfield, Mass., May 3, 1866, for a barrel of ale;

Printed billhead: groceries and provisions, flour, grain, … West India goods, china, crockery, lamps, [etc.]

.507 from Charles R. Field, Greenfield, May 4, 1866, for goods of some kind;

Printed and illustrated billhead: children’s carriages, (2 and 4 wheeled); illustrated with picture of a two-wheeled carriage

.508 from William Mayo, Westminster, May 4, 1866: for rockers and nurse chairs; and a note about the nurse chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.509 from Cutter, Clark & Co., Boston, May 4, 1866: for feet of moulding, and extension tables;

printed billhead: Mahogany Store

.510 from Wm. A. Little, Huntington, Mass., May 7, 1866, for various kinds of goods, including child’s beds and cradles;

Printed billhead: French, cottage, round corners, and all styles common bedsteads, also cribs, cradles and extension tables, [etc.], (successor to Benjamin Little)

.511 from Chas. E. Meyer & Co., Boston, May 10, 1866: for glasses in various sizes, plates, cord, knobs;

Printed billhead: importers of looking glass plates, and manufacturers of all kinds of mouldings, oval frames, looking glasses, &c.;

.512-.513 from F.H. Manning, Boston, May 10 and 14, 1866, for feet of mouldings;

Printed billhead: [various kinds of] mouldings, photograph and look-glass ovals, and elliptic tops and square frames for the trade, [etc.]

.514 from William Mayo, Westminster, May 17, 1866: for oak Franklin nurse chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.515 letter and bill from Dupignac & Baker, New York, May 17, 1866; bill for furniture varnish, shellac, benzine, etc.;

form letter: invoice enclosed; goods being shipped by boat and railroad;

printed billhead: manufacturers of varnishes and japans

.516 from Chas. E. Meyer & Co., Boston, May 21, 1866: for a frame;

Printed billhead: importers of looking glass plates, and manufacturers of all kinds of mouldings, oval frames, looking glasses, &c.;

.517 from Manning, Glover & Co., Boston, May 22, 1866: hair and husk mattresses, burlap, etc.;

Printed and illustrated billhead: importers and manufacturers of all qualities of curled hair, wholesale dealers in feathers mattresses and bedding; with picture of its building

.518 from E.P. Conant, Shelburne, Mass., May 22, 1866, probably for Grecian chairs;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of cane & wood seat chairs;

[The initials E.P. are written on a slip of paper which has been pasted over the name Lyman]

.519 from George P. Hawkes, Templeton, May 28, 1866: for tables, bureau, wash and light stands;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of pine furniture, [including bureaus and tables in different sizes], chamber sinks, … wash stands and toilets, light stands, &c, &c;

.520 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, May 29, 1866, for sofa, bookshelf, brackets, whatnot, casters, tacks, handles, burlap, etc.;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.521 from Chas. E. Meyer & Co., Boston, June 8, 1866: for a double circle and an oval;

Printed billhead: importers of looking glass plates, and manufacturers of all kinds of mouldings, oval frames, looking glasses, &c.;

.522 from Ellis F. Miller, Boston, June 11, 1866, for textiles, handles, tacks, plates, fringe, screws, tacks, etc.

Printed billhead: undertakers’ hardware, fringes, satins, linings, cashmeres, &c.

.523 from William Mayo, Westminster, June 11, 1866: for various kinds of chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.524 from E.P. Conant, Shelburne, Mass., June 18, 1866, for chairs;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of cane & wood seat chairs;

[The initials E.P. are written on a slip of paper which has been pasted over the name Lyman]

.525 from Laban Morse, Athol, Mass., June 22, 1866, for stands;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of towel stands, stair work, cribs, &c., all kinds of turning done to order

.526 from Allen & Scott, Ashuelot, N.H., June 26, 1866, for various kinds of bedsteads;

Printed billhead: Bedstead Manufactory

.527 from John Holman & Co., Boston, June 26, 1866, for mattresses, ticking, spring beds, and burlap;

printed billhead: dealers in feathers, curled horse hair, mattresses and bedding of all kinds

.528 from E.P. Conant, Shelburne, Mass., June 28, 1866, for chairs and stools;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of cane & wood seat chairs;

[The initials E.P. are written on a slip of paper which has been pasted over the name Lyman]

.529-.530 from Merriam, Hall & Co., North Leominster, June 27 and 30, 1866; for bureaus, sinks, teapoys, glass frames;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in pine and chestnut furniture, bureaus, sinks, teapoys, glass frames, French bedsteads, &c.;

Folder 5: Henry S. Swan: invoices, bills, correspondence: 1866, July-December (.531-.611)

.531 short letter, with bill, from Belden, Peterson & Co., East Whatley, Mass., July 2, 1866: bill for paints, which have been shipped, except for rose pink, not currently in stock

.532 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, July 3, 1866, for rocker, tables, whatnot, knobs, casters, burlap, etc.;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.533 from Charles R. Field, Greenfield, July 3, 1866, for goods of some kind;

Printed and illustrated billhead: children’s carriages, (2 and 4 wheeled); illustrated with picture of a two-wheeled carriage

.534 from William Mayo, Westminster, July 3, 1866: for various kinds of chairs; with a note about having to make a substitution;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.535 from H.H. Bragg, Boston, July 3, 1866, for boxes, ladies’ and boys’ desks; and a note about having to make a substitution of a walnut box for a rosewood box;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of looking glasses [in various kinds of frames], rosewood, mahogany and walnut fancy boxes, portable writing desks, picture frames, mouldings, &c.

.536 from John Holman & Co., Boston, July 3, 1866, for goods;

printed billhead: dealers in feathers, curled horse hair, mattresses and bedding of all kinds

.537 from F.H. Manning, Boston, July 7, 1866, for feet of mouldings, backing;

Printed billhead: [various kinds of] mouldings, photograph and look-glass ovals, and elliptic tops and square frames for the trade, [etc.]

.538 from Chase & Green, Shelburne Falls, July 10, 1866: for food items and hardware, with credit given for a sink and two picture frames

.539 from William Mayo, Westminster, July 11, 1866: for various kinds of chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.540 from John Holman & Co., Boston, July 13, 1866, for hair mattress and burlap;

printed billhead: dealers in feathers, curled horse hair, mattresses and bedding of all kinds

.541 from E.P. Conant, Shelburne, Mass., July 13, 1866, for chairs;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of cane & wood seat chairs;

[The initials E.P. are written on a slip of paper which has been pasted over the name Lyman]

.542 from H.H. Bragg, Boston, July 16, 1866, for glasses, plates, ovals;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of looking glasses [in various kinds of frames], rosewood, mahogany and walnut fancy boxes, portable writing desks, picture frames, mouldings, &c.

.543 from Henry B. Osgood, Boston, July 17, 1866, for damask, lasting, gimp, twine, etc.;

Printed billhead: upholstery goods [with a list of such goods]

.544 from Allen & Scott, Ashuelot, N.H., July 19, 1866, for various kinds of bedsteads;

Printed billhead: Bedstead Manufactory

.545 from Chas. E. Meyer & Co., Boston, July 20, 1866: for glasses in various sizes, plates, cord, knobs;

Printed billhead: importers of looking glass plates, and manufacturers of all kinds of mouldings, oval frames, looking glasses, &c.;

.546 from Dupignac & Baker, New York, July 23, 1866; for furniture varnish, and japan;

printed billhead: manufacturers of varnishes and japans

.547 from William Mayo, Westminster, July 24, 1866: for nurse chairs; with note about Franklin nurse chairs being sent later;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.548 from H.H. Bragg, Boston, July 25, 1866, for plates;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of looking glasses [in various kinds of frames], rosewood, mahogany and walnut fancy boxes, portable writing desks, picture frames, mouldings, &c.

.549 from C. R. Field, July 26, 1866, for goods

.550 from John Holman & Co., Boston, July 26, 1866, for mattress, bed lace, Tucker spring beds, tufts, and burlap;

printed billhead: dealers in feathers, curled horse hair, mattresses and bedding of all kinds

.551 from Merriam, Hall & Co., North Leominster, July 31, 1866; for glass frames;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and wholesale dealers in pine and chestnut furniture, bureaus, sinks, teapoys, glass frames, French bedsteads, &c.;

.552 from Eaton, Jones & Co., Boston, Aug. 3, 1866, for merchandise;

Printed and illustrated billhead: wooden and willow ware, baskets, pails, tubs, brooms, mats, &c., &c., children’s carriages; illustrated with view of Boston harbor;

With U.S. Internal Revenue stamp

.553-.554 from E.H. Brabrook, Boston, Aug. 3, 1866, for sofa, chairs, carpet, matts;

Printed billhead: parlor, drawing-room & chamber furniture, feather beds, mattresses, looking glasses, &c. [with a list of more furniture forms]

.555 from Cutter, Clark & Co., Boston, Aug. 4, 1866: for feet of moulding, and coffins;

printed billhead: Mahogany Store

.556 from Chas. E. Meyer & Co., Boston, Aug. 4, 1866: for ovals, screw eyes, cord;

Printed billhead: importers of looking glass plates, and manufacturers of all kinds of mouldings, oval frames, looking glasses, &c.;

.557 from O. H. Weed & Co., Boston, Aug. 6, 1866, for spring beds and carpet sweepers;

.558 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Aug. 8, 1866, for sofas, tables, whatnot, easy chair, other kinds of chairs, burlap, etc.;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.559 from A. Rogers, Boston, Aug. 9, 1866: for black walnut stain;

Printed billhead: manufacturer and dealer in varnishes, … japan, … and stain

.560 from Miner & Strong, Greenfield, Aug. 10, 1866, for feet of glass

.561 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, Aug. 17, 1866: for turpentine;

Printed billhead: manufacturer and japans in all their varieties

.562 from Belden, Peterson & Co., June 30-Aug. 16, 1866: for paints (Van Dyke brown, raw sienna, burnt sienna, raw umber, burnt umber)

.563 from William Mayo, Westminster, Aug. 19, 1866: for nurse chairs; with note about Bay State office chairs; Wright & Moore not yet making them again [see .485];

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.564 from Allen & Scott, Ashuelot, N.H., Aug. 20, 1866, for various kinds of bedsteads;

Printed billhead: bedsteads

.565 from Miner & Strong, Greenfield, Aug. 21, 1866, for feet of glass, curtain fixtures, lights of glass

.566 from Degraaf & Taylor, New York, Aug. 22, 1866, for Turkish chair and burlap;

Printed and illustrated billhead: cabinet furniture, chairs, etc.; with illustration of a table

.567 from Henry B. Osgood, Boston, Aug. 22, 1866, for damask, tufts, enameled cloth;

Printed billhead: upholstery goods [with a list of such goods]

.568-.570 from L. Kilburn & Co., Orange, Mass., Aug. 23 and Sept. 1, 1866, for sinks, teapoys, maple dining [tables?], French bedsteads, etc.;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of cane seat chairs of every description

.571 from Ellis F. Miller, Boston, Sept. 5, 1866, for textiles, and hardware;

Printed billhead: undertakers’ hardware, fringes, satins, linings, cashmeres, &c.

.572 from John Holman & Co., Boston, Sept. 5, 1866, for mattress, ticking, bed lace;

printed billhead: dealers in feathers, curled horse hair, mattresses and bedding of all kinds

.573 from Degraaf & Taylor, New York, Sept. 6, 1866, for Turkish chair and boxing;

Printed and illustrated billhead: cabinet furniture, chairs, etc.; with illustration of a table

.574 from William Mayo, Westminster, Sept. 8, 1866: for various kinds of chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.575 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Sept. 11, 1866, for chairs, marble top table, sofas, rockers, hat tree, hardware, burlap, etc.;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.576 from L. Kilburn & Co., Orange, Mass., Sept. 11, 1866, for dining tables, bedstead post;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of cane seat chairs of every description

.577 from Mellen & Lamb, Athol Depot, Mass., Sept. 12, 1866, for serpentines sinks, whatnots

.578 from F.H. Manning, Boston, Sept. 12, 1866, for feet [probably of mouldings];

Printed billhead: [various kinds of] mouldings, photograph and look-glass ovals, and elliptic tops and square frames for the trade, [etc.]

.579 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Sept. 24, 1866, for sofa, rockers, burlap, etc.;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.580 from Dupignac & Baker, New York, Sept. 24, 1866; for boiled oil, white lead (in oil and dry), French white zinc;

printed billhead: manufacturers of varnishes and japans

.581 from E.P. Conant, Shelburne, Mass., Sept. 27, 1866, for Gardner and Balto[?] chairs;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of cane & wood seat chairs;

[The initials E.P. are written on a slip of paper which has been pasted over the name Lyman]

.582 from Henry B. Osgood, Boston, Sept. 28, 1866, for yards of cloth and balls of twine;

Printed billhead: upholstery goods [with a list of such goods]

.583 from L. Kilburn & Co., Orange, Mass., Sept. 29, 1866, for goods;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of cane seat chairs of every description

.584 from William Mayo, Westminster, Oct. 4, 1866: for various kinds of chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.585 from Miner & Strong, Greenfield, Oct. 9, 1866, for glazier points, pairs of blinds, trimmings, pounds of chrome green, feet of glass

.586 from W.C. Hunneman, Jr., Boston, Oct. 9, 1866: for turpentine, putty, etc.;

Printed billhead: manufacturer and japans in all their varieties

.587 from Richardson, Howard & Co., Boston, Oct. 25, 1866, for wlnut moulding;

Printed billhead: mahogany dealers, … veneers, furniture and looking-glass frames, bureau knobs, dowells [sic], &c.

.588 from S.J. Ward, Buckland, Oct. 20, 1866, for sawing feet of bass, sticking up boards, planning boards, and feet of butternut boards

.589 from Cutter, Clark & Co., Boston, Oct. 25, 1866: for feet [of moulding?];

printed billhead: Mahogany Store

.590 from John Holman & Co., Boston, Oct. 24, 1866, for mattress, blankets, feathers, etc.;

printed billhead: dealers in feathers, curled horse hair, mattresses and bedding of all kinds

.591 from H.H. Bragg, Boston, Oct. 24, 1866, for boxes, desks, frames;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of looking glasses [in various kinds of frames], rosewood, mahogany and walnut fancy boxes, portable writing desks, picture frames, mouldings, &c.

.592 from Henry B. Osgood, Boston, Oct. 25, 1866, for yards of cloth, buttons, springs, tacks, casters, balls of twine, etc.;

Printed billhead: upholstery goods [with a list of such goods]

.593 from L. Kilburn & Co., Orange, Mass., Oct. 29, 1866, for bedsteads, bureaus, teapoys;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of cane seat chairs, pine and chestnut chamber sets, stands and tables

.594 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Nov. 1, 1866, for tete-a-tete, chairs, rockers, sofas, chamber set, center table, whatnot, handles, burlap;

printed billhead and illsutrated: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; importers of looking-glass plates, upholstery, cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials; with view of Boston from its harbor

.595 from William Mayo, Westminster, Nov. 2, 1866: for crickets and various kinds of chairs;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs

.596 from E.P. Conant, Shelburne, Mass., Nov. 5, 1866, for chairs;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of cane & wood seat chairs;

[The initials E.P. are written on a slip of paper which has been pasted over the name Lyman]

.597 from Allen & Scott, Ashuelot, N.H., Nov. 4, 1866, for various kinds of bedsteads;

Printed billhead: Bedstead Manufactory

.598 from Beal & Hooper, Boston, Nov. 12, 1866, for parlor chairs, hat tree, card table, burlap, etc.;

printed billhead: manufacturers of furniture & Eagle spiral springs; cabinet makers’ and undertakers’ materials;

.599 from John Holman & Co., Boston, Nov. 24, 1866, for mattress, ticking, bed lace, burlap;

printed billhead: dealers in feathers, curled horse hair, mattresses and bedding of all kinds

.600 from Manning, Glover & Co., Boston, Nov. 20, 1866: for merchandise;

Printed letterhead; with U.S. Internal Revenue stamp

.601 from William Mayo, Westminster, Nov. 26, 1866: various kinds of chairs; with note about a credit being given by Derby, Knowlton & Co.;

Printed and illustrated billhead: dealer in all kinds of cane & wood-seat chairs, wash-stands, toilets, teapoys, sinks, &c; illustrated with two chairs [printed crookedly]

.602 from The Yale & Winn Mfg. Co., Shelburne Falls, Mass., Nov. 28, 1866, for pounds of bronze and brass and labor of two men;

Printed billhead: lock & safe manufacturers

.603 from John Holman & Co., Boston, Dec. 5, 1866, for mattress, Alhambra quilts, burlap, etc.;

printed billhead: dealers in feathers, curled horse hair, mattresses and bedding of all kinds

.604 from S.W. Call, Coleraine, Dec. 12, 1866, for bass planks [see also .609]

.605 from J. T.[?] Ballard, Buckland, Dec. 12, 1866, for various goods

.606 from John Holman & Co., Boston, Dec. 14, 1866, for comforters;

printed billhead: dealers in feathers, curled horse hair, mattresses and bedding of all kinds

.607 from Miner & Strong, Greenfield, Dec. 14, 1866, for lights of glass

.608 from Chas. E. Meyer & Co., Boston, Dec. 19, 1866: for double ovals and circles;

Printed billhead: importers of looking glass plates, and manufacturers of all kinds of mouldings, oval frames, looking glasses, &c.;

.609 from L.W. Call, Coleraine, Dec. 20, 1866, for feet of bass [see also .604]

.610 from G.A. Watkins, Proctorsville, Vermont, Dec. 24, 1866, for Black River and Windsor chairs; with note explaining that delivery was delayed because of a fire in the shop;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of wood seat chairs, … flour sifters, [etc.]

.611 from William Patton, Springfield, Mass., Dec. 27, 1866, for worsted dusters;

Printed billhead: Wholesale Notion and Fancy Goods Depot; notions, fancy goods, paper furnishing goods, &c.; agent for Mass. Powder Co.

Folder 6: Henry S. Swan: invoices, bills, correspondence: 1867 (.612-.621)

.612 from A.[?] Bowen, no place, March 1866-Jan. 1, 1867, for hats, envelopes, newspapers (Drawer, Post, and Gazette), neck tie, etc., with credit given for glass and repairing lounge

.613 from A. H. Taylor, dated on back Jan. 1, 1867, but covering 1865-1866; for turpentine, alcohol, shellac, red lead, umber, etc.

.614 from S.F. Foster, paid Jan. 1, 1867, covering 1864-1866; for shellac, varnish, colors, japan, benzene. Oil; alos painting a buggy and a wagon,

.615 from A. W. Ward, Shelburne Falls, Jan. 1, 1867, covering 1865-1866; for various kinds of wood: bass, chestnut, cherry, pine

.616 from John Holman & Co., Boston, Jan. 1, 1867, for merchandise;

printed billhead:

.617 short note from Leander C. Lynde, Adamsville, Jan. 8, 1867: please deliver goods to Geo. A. Brown, and charge to my account

.618 from L. Kilburn & Co., Orange, Mass., Jan. 24, 1867, for chestnut set;

Printed billhead: manufacturers of cane seat chairs, pine and chestnut chamber sets, stands and tables

.619 short note from Leander C. Lynde, Adamsville, Feb. 16, 1867: please pay G, W. Call, and charge to my account; with a bill for chairs of various kinds

.620 from Forbes & Foster, no place, paid Feb. 22, 1867 for engraving plates 1865-1866 (gives names that were on plates)

.621 bill from Leander C. Lynde, Adamsville, April 20, 1867, for various kinds of chairs

Folder 7: Henry S. Swan and unnamed recipients: invoices, bills, correspondence: undated (.622-.641)

[all are addressed to Swan unless otherwise noted]

.622 letter, H. A. Bowen to H. S. Swan, no date: please give O. R. Maynard credit on his account and Bowen will reimburse him next pay day

.623 from Chase & Green, Jan. 13-June 8, no year: for lights of glass, japan, hardware, sandpaper, putty, codfish, molasses, paint brushes, eggs, etc.

.624 to unnamed person from S.S. Eastman & Co., Gazette and Courier Office, Greenfield, Mass., Nov. 16, no year: for advertising tannery at auction; on back: a list of expenses;

Printed billhead, illustrated with picture of man at Ruggles printing press

.625-.626 from Manning, Glover & Co., Boston, March 1-4 and March 1-April 18, no years; for merchandise

.627 from S. S. Gould, Shelburne Falls, Nov., no year, for beef

.628 letter from M. J. Holden, South Hawley, May 5, no year: two of the chairs are cheaper quality than he wanted and asks to exchange them; orders bedstead casters; something is not quite his style

.629 to Fisks Express Company, from Geo. H. Hovey, Greenfield, March 11, no year: for tubes of various colors of paint

.630 from Henry B. Osgood, Boston, July 21, 186-, for piano screws;

Printed billhead: upholstery goods [with a list of such goods]

.631 from L. J. Powers, no date, feet of back board

.632 to unnamed person, from H.S. Swan, Shelburne Falls, 186-, for something at door, table, tea, coffee and ice cream, shoe, cakes, tea pot; [probably a memo of expenses rather than a bill];

Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturer of all kinds of furniture, and dealer in upholstery goods, looking glasses, picture frames, ready-made coffins, coffin plates, burial clothes, &c; with picture of furniture: sofa, table, 3 chairs, and 2 crickets

.633 from F. E. Wilder, April 23-June 9, no year: for molasses, lard, butter, sugar, codfish, oil, potatoes, saleratus, ewer & basin, iron spoons, etc.

.634 from O.P.[?] Thayer[?], Sept. 12-28, for oil, sugar, fish, and other goods

.635 receipt for shrouds for a gentleman and a child, Jan-Feb.; with notation: bill of Hosmer, bill of Swan [see also .667 – perhaps related to this?]

.636a-b apparently store inventories, not dated; lists feet of lumber (cherry, bass, black walnut, butternut, ash); quantities of various articles of furniture (secretary, bureaus, whatnots, portable desk, hanging shelf, washstands, various kinds of tables and chairs, etc.), including a list of unfinished furniture (cradles, cribs, lounge frame, ottoman frames, etc.); hardware (screws, bolts, nails, casters, brass snaps, locks, etc.); tools (clamps, saws, bitts, etc.); workshop equipment (benches, glue pot); textiles; and coffins

.637 list of names and amounts

.638 list of items (files, hinges, but most difficult to read) and amounts

.639-.640 lists of names, and items, with amounts, plus some cash amounts

.641 list of names

Box 3:

Folder 1: Laura Keene letters (.642)

.642a to Sir, from Laura Keene, New York, Jan. 31, ’60: did not write the enclosed letter[.642b] and has never heard of the writer or the performer Matty Verne

.642b a letter of introduction, with a forged signature of Laura Keene, written Dec. 4, 18-9, New York City, recommending Matty Verne [letter is in two pieces]

Folder 2: letters to Childs, Cotton & Co., 1864-1865 (.643-.651)

Childs, Cotton & Co., and C.W. Cotton & Co. of Shelburne Falls, Mass., were firms of wheelwrights

.643 from C. Heuerich[?], Carlisle, Pa., March 30, 1864, to C. W. Cotton & Co., Shelburne Falls, Mass.; no present prospect of settling claim against R. Deckard, but may be able to collect something after his mother dies;

Written on back: Davis C. Ballard died Nov. 9, 1865, aged 21 years

.644 from S. and M. Chrissinger[?], Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, April 25, 1865: sending a hub [that apparently he wants Childs, Cotton & Co. to duplicate or repair]

.645 from S. and M. Chrissinger[?], coachmakers, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, April 25, 1865: sending a busted hub; please [do something to it] as soon as you can and send us a bill

.646a-b from William Leffler, coachmaker, Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pa., May 22, 1865: asking for prices of their wheels, axels, spokes, and felloes; has used the company’s patent wheels and found they were very good; with envelope [stamp removed]

.647a-b from S. and M. Chrissinger, coachmakers, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, May 30, 1865: sent a hub about 5 weeks ago and haven’t heard from them; with envelope [stamp removed]

.648a-b from William Leffler, coachmaker, Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pa., June 2, 1865: orders best light buggy wheels, with hickory spokes, and felloes; with envelope [stamp removed]

.649a-b from I. C. Detweiler, M.D., Reading, Penn., July 3, 1865, to C.W. Cotton & Co.: asks price of carriage wheels with iron hubs; as a physician, uses his carriage very much, and besides, he is heavy; with envelope [stamp removed]

.650 from John B. Varick & Co., Manchester, N.H., July 31, 1865, to C.W. Cotton: asks price of window springs

.651 receipt: Miller & Greenleaf, Shelburne Falls, Aug. 5, 1865, were paid by C.W. Cotton & Co., for a bill dated 1860

Folder 3: Business licenses for Bowen & Swan (.652-.654)

.652 from United States Internal Revenue, no. 1833, granted May 1, 1863, expires May 1, 1864; the company is licensed to carry on the business of retail dealers

.653 from United States Internal Revenue, no. 507, granted May 1, 1864, expires May 1, 1865; the company is licensed to carry on the business of retail dealers; illustrated with an eagle

.654 from United States Internal Revenue, no. 4044, granted July 1, 1864, expires May 1, 1865; the company is licensed to carry on the business of manufacturers; illustrated with an eagle

Folder 4: insurance policy (.655)

.655a-b policy no. 24495, issued by The People’s Fire Insurance Company, Worcester, Mass., to insure the cabinet furniture and chairs in a frame building situated near the head of Main Street in Shelburne Falls; with an envelope printed with address of J.B. Bardwell, Esq., Shelburne Falls, Mass. [stamp removed]

Folder 5: price lists (.656-.660)

.656 Black, Gramm & Co.’s list of prices of mouldings for one hundred feet; includes product number and price

.657 Gardner & Co., price list for plain and ornamental lookingglass [sic] frames; with style, number and size, and extra cost if plated;

The list was mailed to H. A. Bowen, but when the stamp was removed, so was most of the postmark

.658 Wm. A. Little, Huntington, Mass., 1864; with increased prices because of government tax and increased cost of materials and labor; for extension tables, cradles, trundles, cot beds, children’s beds, cribs; although not noted on this list, Little specialized in making bedsteads, so most of the items on the list would have been those

.659 Ornamental Iron Works of Philip Tabb: Store Stools, with illustrations; lower right corner has been torn off

.660 Glue Depot, no place, with prices of unnamed items [only stock numbers are given]

Folder 6: receipts for shipping by railway, 1862-1864 (.661-.663)

[a very few receipts are illustrated with trains]

.661a-aa railroad shipping receipts addressed to H. A. Bowen, March 10, 1862-May 26, 1863; the receipts often give identifying information, not just “furniture,” but rocking chairs, child’s chairs; bureaus, sinks, tables, moulding, etc.; sometimes, several receipts are attached;

the railways used were the Vermont and Massachusetts Rail Road Company; the Connecticut River Railroad Company; the Western Rail Road Corporation; the Worcester & Nashua Railroad Corporation; Concord, Manchester & Lawrence Railroad; Hudson River Railroad;

.662a-aa railroad shipping receipts addressed to Bowen & Swan, Feb. 23, 1863-Dec. 21, 1864; the receipts often give identifying information, not just “furniture,” but cradles, bedsteads, extra slats, skeins of twist, bale of tow, etc.; sometimes, several receipts are attached;

the railways used were the Vermont and Massachusetts Rail Road Company; the Connecticut River Railroad Company; the Western Rail Road Corporation; New Harven & Northampton Company; the Worcester & Nashua Railroad Corporation; Concord, Manchester & Lawrence Railroad;

.663a-b railroad shipping receipts addressed to J. W. Cobien[?], March 25, 1863; axels and wheels were shipped via Camden & Amboy R.R. & Transportation Co. and the Connecticut River Railroad Company;

Folder 7: receipts for shipping by railway, 1865 (.664-.666)

[a few receipts are illustrated with trains]

.664a-h railroad shipping receipts addressed to Bowen & Swan, Jan. 14-July 9, 1865; the receipts often give identifying information: Grecian and common chairs, mouldings, bedsteads, etc.

the railways used were the Vermont and Massachusetts Rail Road Company; and the Connecticut River Railroad Company;

.665a-zz, .666a-vv railroad shipping receipts addressed to H. S. Swan, Feb. 8-Dec. 27, 1865; the receipts often give identifying information, not just “furniture,” but lumber and boards, bales of mattresses, barrels of oil, glass frames, etc.; sometimes, several receipts are attached;

the railways used were the Connecticut River Railroad Company; the Western Rail Road Corporation; the Vermont and Massachusetts Rail Road Company; Northern Railroad Corporation; Fitchburg Railroad Co.; the Worcester & Nashua Railroad Corporation; Concord, Manchester & Lawrence Railroad; Troy & Boston Rail Road Company; and the Fitchburg & Worcester Railroad Company;

folder 8: miscellaneous receipts, bills, and checks: 1863-1865 (.667-.679)

.667 receipted bill: Mr. Hosmer paid S. & E. Cragin, Shelburne Falls, Nov. 28, 1863, for material for shroud, bosom, collar, and work [see also .635 for another mention of Hosmer]

.668 receipted bill: U. C. Bardwell paid Field, Haven & Co., Boston, Feb. 13, 1865, for copal, benzene, and sperm oil;

Printed billhead: dealers in paints, oils and drugs, Tilden’s varnishes and Adam’s paint brushes

.669 William Foster in account with Chase & Green, Nov. 1864-Nov. 1865: for lights of glass, oil, flour, sugar, molasses, nutmeg, salt, tobacco, tea, etc.; H. S. Swan paid part of the bill

.670a-g checks written by Bowen & Swan, drawn on Shelburne Falls Bank, Jan. 1-Sept. 3, 1864; checks were made payable to Caldwell & Amsden; Chase & Green; Jas. S. Hallejan; Jos. Rankin; L. Bullard; J.P. Whitney & Co.; and G. H. Taylor;

The checks are printed forms, in two styles, one of which is illustrated with the coat of arms of Massachusetts (a shield with the image of a Native American man)

.671 sight order, June 21, 1864: from Beal & Hooper, Boston, to Bowen & Swan;

Printed form

.672 promise to pay, June 28, 1864: Bowen & Swan promised to pay N. Root[?], due Oct. 1;

Printed form

.673 receipt: Joseph Rankin, Erving, July12, 1864, acknowledged payment received from Bowen & Swan;

Printed form, illustrated with picture of Native American man sitting on a rock overlooking a waterfall [same illustration is on .684, a trade card]

.674 receipt: D.H. Hicks, Shelburne Falls, Oct. 27, 1864, was paid by H. A. Bowen for meat;

Printed form with decorative borders

.675 receipt: D.H. Hicks, Shelburne Falls, Oct. 27, 1864, was paid by H. S. Swan for meat;

Printed form with decorative borders

.676-.677 receipt: H.H. Bragg & Co., Boston, was paid by H. S. Swan, Feb. 2 and March 13, 1865;

Printed form, illustrated with a woman in modified neo-classical dress, surrounded by items representing arts and industry (painter’s palette, a lyre, a toothed wheel)

.678 receipt: [illegible], Boston, were paid by H.S. Swan, April 18, 1865;

Printed form, with decorative border on left side

.679 receipt: E. & F. King & Co., Boston, was paid by H. S. Swan, Nov. 7, 1865;

Printed form, with illustration, man or boy with dog, barn in background;

[upper left corner has been torn off, removing part of the illustration]

Folder 9: tax receipts, 1864-1865 (.680-.682)

.680a-d receipts for payment of manufacturing tax by Bowen & Swan, Oct. 1, Nov. 1, Dec. 1, 1864, and Feb. 1, 1865;

Printed forms.

.681a-h receipts for payment of manufacturing tax by Henry S. Swan, April 1, April 26, May 2, June 24, July 26, Aug. 28, Sept. 25, and Oct. 25, 1865;

Printed forms.

.682a-c receipts for payment of an internal revenue tax by Henry S. Swan, Sept. 25, Nov. 25, and Decd. 26, 1865;

Printed forms, different from those in .681

Folder 10: trade cards (.683-.684)

.683 trade card: Blodgett & Bishop, manufactures of pine furniture, bureaus of all kinds, French bedsteads, common and round foot, sinks, tepoys [sic], glass frames, &c., Leominster, Mass., J. P. Blodgett, G. A. Bishop;

On back: [?] Beckinghin[?], Bridgeport, Ct.

.684 trade card: Massasoit Varnish Works, Banker & Carpenter, proprietors, Boston, with lists of outside and inside varnishes; Sewall S. W. Folsom, salesman;

illustrated with picture of Native American man sitting on a rock overlooking a waterfall [same illustration is on .673, a receipt];

on back: short note from J. Savin[?[ for G. Putnam Savin[?], Greenfield, March 15, 1859, to Mr. Bowen: something about scenes for a painting to be 8 feet high and 15 feet long;

folder 11: envelopes (.685-.694)

.685 addressed to Bowen & Swan, Shelburne Falls, postmarked Winchester, N.H., Feb. 28;

Part of stamp has been torn off

.686a-b both addressed to Bowen & Swan, Shelburne Falls, postmarked Boston, Mass., Nov. 18 (part of stamp torn off) and Nov. 30 (entire stamp removed);

On back of these: advertisement for Manning, Glover & Co., manufacturers of curled hair; wholesale dealers in feathers & mattresses; with picture of the company’s building on Hanover Street

.687 goldenrod colored envelope addressed to H. A. Bowen, Esq., Shelburne Falls, Mass., postmarked Boston, Ms. [for Mass.], Feb. 10, 1860; stamp has been removed

.688 pale yellow envelope addressed to Swan & Leland, care of H.S. Swan, Shelburne Falls, Mass., postmarked Greenfield, Ms. [for Mass.], July 29

.689-.690 goldenrod envelopes addressed to H. S. Swan, Shelburne Falls, Mass.,

.689 is postmareked Boston, Oct. 5 (stamp removed);

.690 has mark of Meyer & Vogl, Boston, Nov. 6, 1865, and is postmarked Boston, Nov. 7 (stamp removed)

.691 yellow envelope addressed to H. S. Swan, Shelburne Falls, Mass., postmark smeared, stamp removed;

printed with return address of Milton Bliss, manufacturer of chestnut camber sets [etc.], North Orange, Mass.

.692 envelope addressed to Mr. H. S. Swan, Shelburne Falls, Mass.; postmark and stamp removed

.693a-b two envelopes printed with the address of Messrs Valentine & Co., Varnish Manufacturers, Boston, Mass.

.694a-e five envelopes printed with the address of J.P. Whitney & Co., Paint Dealers, 61 & 63 Union Street, Boston, Mass.