The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Delaware  19735

Telephone: 302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883

 

 

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:         L.D. Parkhurst Cutlery Co.

Title:               Business papers

Dates:             1902-1946, bulk dates 1902-1914

Call No.:         Col. 650

Acc. No.:        02x42

Quantity:        278 items (8 folders)

Location:        34 J 4

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

The manufacturing plant of L. D. Parkhurst Cutlery Co. was located in Danielson, Connecticut.  According to the letterhead on his stationery, he specialized in rubber, butcher, bread, cake, kitchen, shoe, oyster, cigar, paper, banana, and putty knives, and made special goods to order.  The company was in business by at least 1899.  In the 1940s, Parkhurst also grew ginseng and supplied herbal remedies to individuals.

 

Louis D. Parkhurst, the owner of the company, was born in 1868 in Windham County, Connecticut.  He was the son of Mary Louisa Hutchins and Delano P. Parkhurst.  He married Rose L. Broughton (1892-1975), and he died in 1956.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Orders and letters relating to the selling of cutlery and the purchase of supplies and equipment for the manufacturing of cutlery.  Mr. Parkhurst wrote his replies to inquiries on the letters themselves, so a record of his responses is included with the collection.  He sold to industrial users of knives and to hardware stores and other suppliers of knives; Parkhurst seems not to have sold directly to individuals.  In reply to a letter written to him in 1904, Parkurst talks about his efforts to supply rubber knives to manufacturers of tires and shoes.  Some of the letters and orders have illustrated billheads, showing knives, tools, various kinds of machines, or factories.  By 1940, Parkhurst also seems to have a small side business of supplying ginseng plants and herbal medicines to individuals.   

 

           

ORGANIZATION

 

Arranged chronologically.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

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

           

 

PROVENANCE

 

Purchased from Carmen Valentino.

           

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

            Additional author:

                        Parkhurst, Louis D., 1868-1956.

 

Topics:

            Cutlery trade - Connecticut.

            Knives - Prices.

            Herbs - Therapeutic use.

            Business correspondence.

            Business records – Connecticut – Danielson.

            Billheads.

           

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 34 J 4

 

 

All accession numbers begin with 02x42.

 

All items are addressed to the L.D. Parkhurst (mostly intended for his cutlery company, although a few are personal), unless otherwise noted.

 

Folder 1: Orders and Letters, 1902

 

.1         bill from Cutter, Wood & Stevens Co., Boston, Dec. 6, 1902, for factory dusters;

                        Printed billhead: emery grinding and polishing machinery and supplies, [etc.]

 

.2         bill from Bay State Stamping Co., Worcester, Mass., Dec. 15, 1902: for round end ferrules;

                        Printed and illustrated billhead: Bennett Pedal ferrules, bicycle parts, etc., illustrated with bald eagle and a shield

 

.3         letter from F. H. Marzolf, St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 19, 1902: offers to be his agent in the Northwest;

                        With reply from Parkhurst, Dec. 29, 1902: terms of acceptance of offer

 

.4         letter from Indianapolis Rubber Co., Dec. 29, 1902: where is their order?

                        With reply from Parkhurst, Dec. 31, 1902: delay in receiving necessary stock to make the goods but hope order will be ready Jan. 3;

                        Printed letterhead: makers of special mechanical rubber goods and bicycle tires

 

.5         letter from A.R. Evans Ptg. [Printing] Co., no place, Dec. 30, 1902: sending proof of his billhead;

                        With note from Parkhurst: “wrote and ret’d proof, Dec. 31/02”

 

 

Folder 2: Orders and Letters, 1903

 

.6         letter from Charles C. Stieff and Company, Baltimore, Jan. 2, 1903: check enclosed;

                        Printed letterhead: cutlery and plated ware

 

.7         letter from F. H. Marzolf, St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 17, 1903: samples not yet received and leaving on a six week trip;

 

.8a-b    letter (.8a) from T. S. Ashley, Dallas, Texas, Feb. 22, 1903: offers to be company’s agent in Texas;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply, March 5, 1903: has enough business and can’t use him at this time;

            With list (.8b) of other companies Ashley represents;

                        letter on stamped or printed paper: Manufacturers agent;

List on printed form: salesman;

 

.9         letter from Hood Rubber Company, Boston, Feb. 25, 1903: please acknowledge receipt of check;

                        With note from Parkhurst: “Feb. 26/03. Returned receipt signed.”

                        Printed letterhead

 

.10       order from Eureka Rubber Mfg. Co., Trenton, N.J., March 9, 1903: for shoe knives; with note that the order was filled and shipped;

                        Printed order form

 

.11       letter from Parkhurst, Danielson, Conn., March 10, 1903, to Standard Hareware[sic] Co., Akron, Ohio: would it consider carrying his company’s rubber cutting knives;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: L.D. Parkhurst, manufacturer of superior specialties in high grade cutlery, including rubber, butcher, bread, cake, kitchen, shoe, oyster, cigar, paper, banana and putter knives, &c.; illustrated with a knife, with the initials L.D.P. on the blade

 

.12       letter from Standard Hardware Co., Akron, Ohio, March 13, 1903: please send catalog, samples, and prices;

            With Parkhurst’s reply, March 16, 1903: sending samples of rubber cutting knives; includes prices;

                        Printed letterhead: factory & builders supplies; … glass, paints, oil, varnishes, household goods, fine cutlery, steamfitters supplies

 

.13       telegram from Eureka Rubber Mfg. Co., March 13, 1903: ship part of order today;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply of March 14, 1903: have shipped what was on hand and will finish rest of order soon;      

Printed form for Western Union Telegraph Company;

                       

.14       letter from A. Hough, Norwich, Conn., March 23, 1903: his of 20th received, [rest of letter is difficult to decipher]

 

.15       letter from The Springfield Machine Screw Co., Springfield, Mass., March 27, 1903: order for different kinds of knives; do not put your trademark on them;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply, March 30, 1903: order will be shipped soon;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturers of hardware specialties, special screws, machinists’ tools, etc.

 

.16       letter from David Williams Company, Boston, March 26, 1903: will place his copy in The Iron Age commencing with April 2 issue;

                        Printed letterhead: publishers of The Iron Age, The Metal Worker, Carpentry and Building

 

.17       bill from Batchelder & Lincoln Co., Boston, April 10, 1903: bill rendered;

                        With note from Parkhurst about payment;

                        Printed billhead

 

.18       letter from Parkhurst, Danielson, Conn., April 11, 1903, to Batchelder & Lincoln Co., Boston: about a remittance;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: L.D. Parkhurst, manufacturer of superior specialties in high grade cutlery, including rubber, butcher, bread, cake, kitchen, shoe, oyster, cigar, paper, banana and putter knives, &c.; illustrated with a knife, with the initials L.D.P. on the blade

 

.19a-b  letter (.19a) from Keats & Combs, Portland, Oregon, April 21, 1903: received samples and enclose order (.19b); samples were not received in time for spring orders; with order for oyster openers, regular oil cloth, banana knives, and paper square, with request to ship to New York City;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturers’ agents, brokers and commission merchants;

                        Order on printed form

 

.20       letter from The Springfield Machine Screw Co., Springfield, Mass., April 24, 1903: please ship putty knives at once;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, April 25, 1903: order will be shipped on 28th;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturers of hardware specialties, special screws, machinists’ tools, etc.

 

.21       order from Standard Hardware Co., Akron, Ohio, April 24, 1903: for rubber knives;

                        With note at bottom: acknowledged, to ship on 29th;

                        Printed order form

 

.22       letter from Curtin & Dewey Hardware Co., New York, April 24, 1903: sample received and will try to get orders for it;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply: April 29: pricing butcher’s knife; also wrote May 5: inquiring if can sell various odd lots of knives;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: hardware specialties and cutlery, glass cutters, pliers, razors, saw sets, screw drivers, ticket punches, butcher knives, razor strops; illustrated with company’s logo (initials C and D on a Maltese cross)

 

.23       letter from Brunswick Manufacturing Company, Brunswick, Maine, April 27, 1903: enclose samples of steel ferrules, and give prices;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturers of brass and steel ferrules

 

.24       bill from Woodis & Kennedy, Danielson, May 1, 1903: for coal;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in coal, wood, kindlings, hay, straw, etc.

 

.25       letter from Curtin & Dewey Hardware Co., New York, May 5, 1903: no orders for cake knife; further inquiries about butcher knife;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply: May 6: about butcher’s knife;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturers, importers and exporters of hardware specialties and cutlery

 

.26       letter from Bay State Box and Printing Company, Webster, Mass., May 5, 1903: prices for boxes and gum labels;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturers of paper boxes, commercial printers

 

.27       letter from Libby, Harlow & Co., Boston, May 28, 1903: ordering a shoe knife – what price and how quickly can the order be ready?

                        Parkhurst’s reply, May 29: gives price;

                        Printed letterhead: cutlery, dog collars and silver plated ware, [etc.]

 

.28       letter from Libby, Harlow & Co., Boston, June 3, 1903: make one gross of knives and ship as soon as possible;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply, June 5: hopes to ship by the 11th or 12th, but are very busy;

                        Printed letterhead: Hardware and cutlery specialties

 

.29       letter from C. J.[?] Allen, Danielson, June 20, 1903: has been confined to bed with a lame hip but is better; “I must do something pretty soon.”

 

.30       letter from Curtin & Dewey Hardware Co., New York, June 24, 1903: need illustration of bread knife for company’s catalog;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply: June 26: encloses illustration;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: hardware specialties and cutlery, glass cutters, pliers, razors, saw sets, screw drivers, ticket punches, butcher knives, razor strops; illustrated with company’s logo (initials C and D on a Maltese cross)

 

.31       bill from Crystal Water Co., Danielson, July 1, 1903, to D. P. Parkhurst: for water;

                        Printed form

 

.32       order from Diamond Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, July 8, 1903: for shoe knives;

                        Printed form

 

.33:      letter from S.D. Rider, South Bend, Ind., July 13, 1903: requesting samples of butchers, household and kitchen knives;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply, July 16, 1903: sending samples of kitchen, bread, cake or household, butcher, and thread or paring knives; gives prices;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: 5 and 10 cent counter supplies, office and store

 

.34       form letter from Jewell Belting Company, Hartford, Conn., July 15, 1903: enclosing check;

                        Printed form letter

 

.35       letter from Milwaukee Rubber Works Company, Cudahy, Wisc., July 18, 1903: ordering rubber knives;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, July 22: out of the knives ordered so am shipping polished ones at same price;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturers of mechanical rubber goods

 

.36       letter from Daniel B. Latimer, Philadelphia, Aug. 8, 1903: requesting prices for knives for light paper cutters;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Aug. 10: not able to furnish such goods;

                        Printed letterhead

 

.37       letter from Charles C. Stieff and Company, Baltimore, Aug. 24, 1903: can shoe knives be made at $4.75 per gross?

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Aug. 25: not able to supply at that price;

                        Printed letterhead: cutlery and plated ware

 

.38       letter from Turner & Schwarzenberg, Lawrence, Mass., Aug. 28, 1903: prices of 4 and 6 horsepower horizontal engines, with information about them;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: hardware, pumps, windmills, gas and gasolene [sic] engines, farm machinery; illustrated with a picture of a Charter engine

 

.39       bill from Loring Coes & Co., Inc., Worcester, Mass., Aug. 31, 1903: for a bar on composite stock;

                        Printed and illustrated billhead: makers of machine knives of all kinds, die and plated stock; with illustration of a bald eagle holding a shield

           

.40       letter from S. G. Bullis, New York, Sept. 10, 1903: asking if Parkhurst needs a salesman in the Middle West;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply, Sept. 15: does not need a salesman in Middle West

 

.41       letter from John S. Miller, Akron, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1903: offers to do plating work;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply, Sept. 21: do not make plated goods

 

.42       letter from E.H. Jacobs Manufacturing Company, Danielson, Sept. 23, 1903: doing a survey of steam power used in the area; what horse power is used at Parkhurst mill:

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Sept. 25: uses four horsepower the year round;

                        Printed letterhead: exclusively mill supplies, manufacturers of every variety of leather, duck and ticking loom supplies for mills

 

.43       letter from American Desk & Stool Company, New York, Oct. 24, 1903: still awaiting his order for a desk;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply, Oct. 26: orders a roll-top desk;

                        Printed letterhead: Dickerman’s Durable Desks, American Iron Store Stools;

 

.44       letter from Albert F. Gabell, Philadelphia, Nov. 7, 1903: establishing self as manufacturers’ agent and would represent him in Philadelphia area;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Nov. 9: not able to use him at this time

 

.45       order from Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pa., Nov. 12, 1903: ordered knives;

                        Printed order form

 

.46       letter from Findlay, Roberts & Co., Baltimore, Nov. 14, 1903: request samples of knives;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Nov. 16: samples sent;

                        Printed letterhead: Hardware

 

.47       letter from Findlay, Roberts & Co., Baltimore, Nov. 17, 1903: orders shoe knives;

                        Printed letterhead: Hardware

 

.48       letter from W. A. Vaughan, Earlville, [no state], Nov. 29, 1903: encloses an order for $8.25; has not been able to be on the road very much so business is slow;

 

.49a-b              bill from George H. Crowell, Danielson, Dec. 8, 1903: for common iron and for making a cover and plate for furnace;

                        Printed and illustrated billhead: tinware, stoves and ranges, plumbing and heating, jobbing, stove repairs; illustrated with a picture of a furnace;

                        Also with envelope addressed to Crowell, with printed with return address of L.D. Parkhurst, illustrated with a knife

 

.50       letter from S.H. Kress & Co., New York, Dec. 23, 1903: buyer of cutlery line will consider Parkhurst’s samples in later January;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Jan. 18, 1904: quotes prices for a variety of knives;

                        Printed letterhead: Southern syndicate of 5 and 10 Cent Stores

           

 

Folder 3: Orders and Letters, 1904

 

.51       order from Mechanical Rubber Company, Cleveland, Jan. 23, 1904L for knives;

                        Printed order form: successor to Cleveland Rubber Co., manufacturers of all kinds of rubber goods

 

.52       bill from Batchelder & Lincoln Co., Boston, Feb. 1, 1904: order for square point knives;

                        Printed order form

 

.53       bill from Loring Coes & Co., Inc., Worcester, Mass., Feb. 2, 1904: for shears;

                        Printed and illustrated billhead: makers of machine knives of all kinds, die and plated stock; with illustration of a bald eagle holding a shield

 

.54       bill from Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co., New York, Feb. 4, 1904: for a gong;

                        Printed and illustrated billhead: illustrated with view of factory in Winsted, Conn.

 

.55       letter from Harrington Cutlery Co., Southbridge, Mass., Feb. 5, 1904: about an order for knife blanks and oil-cloth blanks; and about a statement [bill];

                        Printed billhead: successors to Dexter Harrington & Son; shoe, rubber, bread and kitchen knives, [etc.], with trademark for Dexter brand of knives and blades

 

.56       shipping receipt: for a clock shipped on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail Road Company, from Winsted, Conn., to Danielson; Feb. 6, 1904;

                        Printed shipping form

 

.57       letter from Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co., New York, Feb. 11, 1904: am shipping replacement clock;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Feb. 23: when will replacement arrive?

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: illustrated with view of factory in Winsted, Conn.

 

.58       order from Diamond Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1904: for long blade knives;

                        Printed order form

 

.59       order from Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company, New York, Feb. 23, 1904: for square rubber knives;

                        Printed order form

 

.60       credit memorandum from Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co., New York, Feb. 29, 1904: credit fro returned clock;

                        Printed form

 

.61       bill from Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co., New York, March 1, 1904: am shipping replacemfor a clock;

                        Printed and illustrated billhead: illustrated with view of factory in Winsted, Conn.

 

.62       shipping receipt: for a clock shipped on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail Road Company, from Winsted, Conn., to Danielson; March 7, 1904;

                        Printed shipping form

 

.63       bill from Harrington Cutlery Co., Southbridge, Mass., March 7, 1904: for blanks;

                        Printed billhead: successors to Dexter Harrington & Son; with trademark for Dexter brand of knives and blades

 

.64       letter from Sam [illegible], of Hartford, Conn., but written from Holyoke, Mass., March 7, 1904: please pay and receipt enclosed bill; etc.

                        With note that the receipt was sent to S. B. Bosworth, but that is not the name of the person who wrote the letter

 

.65a-d  two letters; the earlier one is from Oscar Lewis, Cambridge, Mass., April 6, 1904, to L.D. Parkhurst, while the later one is from L.D. Parkhurst to Oscar Lewis, April 17, 1904; Parkhurst wrote on the back of the three pages of Lewis’ letter, and then added another sheet.

                        Letter, Oscar Lewis to Parkhurst: evening school is over so has more free time but is studying about machine shops; hopes to get bicycle out but dreams of building his own automobile; March 27 was his 20th birthday; recently made a pattern for n air cylinder;

 

                        Letter, Parkhurst to Lewis: business is busy; has had a lot of orders for rubber cutting knives; the Indianapolis Rubber Co. ordered knives to make bicycle tires for the Government of Japan to use in its war with Russia; supplies some companies in Canada, and adds new customers when able; Fanny’s father is been very sick; twice he has been reported dead, ‘but he still hangs on”; Father has been tending school’s boiler and the building itself while janitor has been ill; with snow gone, school not as much work and Father has planted a garden;

 

.66       bill from Crystal Water Co., Danielson, July 1, 1904, to D. P. Parkhurst: for water;

                        Printed form

 

.67       bill from Harrington Cutlery Co., Southbridge, Mass., July 15, 1904: for blanks, to be stamped L.D.P.;

                        Printed billhead: successors to Dexter Harrington & Son; with trademark for Dexter brand of knives and blades

 

.68       order from Eureka Rubber Mfg. Co., Trenton, N.J., July 20, 1904: for J.R. blades;

                        Printed order form

 

.69       order from Goodyear’s India Rubber Glove Mfg. Co., New York and Naugatuck, Conn., Oct. 4, 1904: order for knives;

                        Printed order form

 

.70       letter from A. C. Bailey, written from Black River [illegible], but mailing address was Mobile, Alabama, Oct. 8, 1904: piece of wood showing the cut to be made was sent a few days ago – hopes it has now been received; would be too tiresome for a man to make upward strokes all day, but will experiment with any knives he sends

 

 

 

Folder 4: Orders and Letters, 1905

 

.71       order from Indianapolis Rubber Co., Jan. 4, 1905: order for rubber knives;

                        Printed order form

 

.72       bill from Vitrified Wheel Company, Westfield, Mass., Jan. 21, 1905, for goods (craig corundum is stamped on the order);

                        Printed billhead: manufacturers of emery & corundum wheels, grinding machinery, etc.

 

.73       letter from A. W. Marcy, Putnam, Conn., Jan. 21, 1905: order for hammers has been booked; Miss Ethel Kies has been keeping house for her sick grandmother, who is now better;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturer of high grade mechanics’ tools and light steel and iron forgings

 

.74       bill from Builders Iron Foundry, Providence, R.I., Jan. 21, 1905: for wood wheels;

                        Printed billhead: founders and machinists

 

.75       letter from The Morgan & Bunnell Co., Akron, O., Feb. 10, 1905: requests samples of square point rubber knives and heavy blade factory knife;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply: sent the samples and referred them to agents in Akron;

                        Printed letterhead: hardware, paints & factory supplies

 

.76       bill from Barton Mfg. Co., New York, Feb. 10, 1905: a Canadian invoice stamp and postage;

                        Printed billhead; rubber stamps & stencils

 

.77       order from Diamond Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, Feb. 10, 1905: for knives;

                        Printed form

 

.78a-b              letter, James Atwater, Minneapolis, Feb. 11, 1905: offering to be agent in Minnesota

 

.79       short note from Diamond Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, Feb. 15, 1905: when will order be shipped;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply: shipped on the 14th;

                        Printed form letter

 

.80       letter from Charles C. Stieff and Company, Baltimore, Feb. 15, 1905: am in desperate need of their order for kitchen knives;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Feb. 16: goods to be shipped on 17th;

                        Printed letterhead: cutlery and plated ware

 

.81       order from Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pa., Feb. 16, 1905: ordered rubber knives;

                        Printed order form

 

.82       letter from The McCartie System of Direct Advertising, New York, March 8, 1905: requests catalog as aid to preparing syndicate advertising for hardware retailers;

                        Printed letterhead: plans, specifications and complete service for advertisers, [etc.]

 

.83       letter from The Amazon Rubber Company, Jamestown, N.Y., March 17, 1905: encloses check; please send receipt;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: manufacturers of rubber goods; illustrated with spray of leaves and berries

 

.84       bill from Cutter, Wood & Stevens Co., Boston, March 27, 1905, for Turkish emery and solid cotton belting;

                        Printed billhead: emery grinding and polishing machinery and supplies, [etc.]

 

.85       order from Charles C. Stieff & Co., Baltimore, April 1, 1905: gross of bd. knives;

                        Printed billhead

 

.86-.87 bills from E.H. Keach & Co., Danielson, April 1 and 10, 1905: for nails, tacks, brads;

                        Printed billhead: hardware, sanitary plumbing, steam heating, [etc.]

 

.88       order from Libby, Harlow & Co., Boston, April 27, 1905: order for bevel point shirt blades;

                        with Parkhurst’s reply, April 28: don’t have enough in stock to fill order but will do so as quickly as possible;

                        Printed order form

 

.89       order from Libby, Harlow & Co., Boston, April 28, 1905: order for round and square knives;

                        Printed order form

 

.90       letter from Springfield Tire and Rubber Company, Springfield, Ohio, May 2, 1905: order for rubber cutting knives;

                        Printed and illustrated order form: Springfield Rubber Works, mold work of every description, rubber heels, flesh brushes, sundries, &c.; illustrated with view of factory

 

.91       letter from Catasauqua Rubber Company, Catasauqua, Pa., May 2, 1905: order was wrong; please don’t ship by express, shipping by freight is more convenient;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply: about the order; will ship by freight in future;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: moulded rubber goods, stable and horse furnishings, waterproofing for the trade, army blankets, hospital and institution supplies; illustrated with their trademark: bust of a Native American warrior wearing feather headdress.

 

.92       letter from Henry T. Bragg, New York, May 10, 1905: offers to consult on the company’s auditing and accounting systems;

                        Printed letterhead: certified public accountant

 

.93       letter from A. W. Marcy, Putnam, Conn., May 14, 1905: will try and weld onto the knife shank – won’t know if it will work until try it;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturer of high grade mechanics’ tools and light steel and iron forgings

 

.94a-b  letter and trade card from Auto Rubber Tire Exchange, New York City, May 19, 1905: orders samples of square point knives for rubber repairing;

trade card includes price list for recovering shoes or tires

 

.95       letter from Charles C. Stieff and Company, Baltimore, May 24, 1905: please send sample  knives and quote best prices;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, May 25: quotes prices, will send samples;

                        Printed letterhead: cutlery and plated ware

 

.96       letter from Hammond Manufacturing Company, Boston, May 26, 1905: encloses a catalog; discusses quick acting pipe wrench;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: illustrated with various tools

 

.97       bill from Horace Kennedy, Danielson, May 31, 1905: for coal;

                        Printed billhead: dealers in coal, wood, kindlings, hay, straw

 

.98       bill from E.H. Keach & Co., Danielson, June 1, 1905: for nails, tacks, brads, ipie, and labor putting up stack;

                        Printed billhead: hardware, sanitary plumbing, steam heating, [etc.]

 

.99-.101           bills from Harrington Cutlery Co., Southbridge, Mass., June 7, 8, and 20, 1905: for blanks and blades;

                        Printed billhead: successors to Dexter Harrington & Son; with trademark for Dexter brand of knives and blades

 

.102     bill from Bay State Stamping Co., Worcester, Mass., June 23, 1905: for slotted ferrules;

                        Printed billhead: manufacturers of sheet metal stampings

 

.103     order from The Amazon Rubber Company, Jamestown, N.Y., June 24, 1905: order for rubber knives;

                        Printed order form

 

.104     order from Hood Rubber Company, Watertown, Mass., July 3, 1905: order for kitchen and rubber knives;

                        Printed order form

 

.105     letter from Joel Aronson, Brooklyn, N.Y., July 8, 1905: requests sample of beechwood handle putty knife and quote price;            

                        With Parkhurst’s reply: doesn’t make beechwood handle putty knives; encloses list of goods;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturer of paper hangers’ boards and tables, rotary knives, rollers and cutlery

 

.106     letter from Charles C. Stieff and Company, Baltimore, July 14, 1905: need order for long blade shoe knives now;

                        With Parkhurst’s note: shipped July 13;

                        Printed letterhead: cutlery and plated ware

 

.107     letter from The Rice Manufacturing Co., New Durham, N.H., July 15, 1905: offering to send samples of the wood handles the company makes;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturers of wire brushes and hardware novelties; plain, polished or enameled variety wood turnings

 

.108     letter from New York Law & Collection Co., New York City, July 20, 1905: asks that Parkhurst again uses this firm to collect [overdue] accounts for him;

                        Printed letterhead: rapid collection of claims made everywhere!

 

.109     letter from The Inter-State Rubber Shoe Co., Trenton, N.J., July 21, 1905: ordering blades, sample enclosed;

                        With note: acknowledged and filled;

                        Printed letterhead; manufacturers of all kinds of rubber footwear

 

.110     letter from Whitman Grocery Co., Orange, Mass., July 27, 1905: asking price of shoe knife blades;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply: sent samples and prices;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: manufacturers of Minute Tapioca, Minute Gelatine, Minute Malt Caffeena, Minute Jella-Crysta; with picture of company’s factory

 

.111     letter from Charles C. Stieff and Company, Baltimore, Aug. 1, 1905: ship kitchen knives now;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Aug. 3: will be able to ship part of order;

                        Printed letterhead: cutlery and plated ware

 

.112     letter from Whitman Grocery Co., Orange, Mass., Aug. 4, 1905: orders sharp point and bevel point knife blades;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: manufacturers of Minute Tapioca, Minute Gelatine, Minute Malt Caffeena, Minute Jella-Crysta; with picture of company’s factory

 

.113     information about order, from Wheelock, Lovejoy & Company, New York, Boston, Aug. 8, 1905: order for tool steel received and will be shipped;

                        Printed form

 

.114     bill from Thos. Bradford & Son, Danielson, Sept. 16, 1905: for dynamo and rheostat, lights, tin shades, glass shades, desk lamp, etc.;

                        Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturers of small dynamos and motors; with illustration of a dynamo

 

.115     short note from Smith Brothers, Norwich, Conn., Sept. 20, 1905: encloses check;

                        Printed letterhead: dealers in art pottery, cut glass, silverware, lamps and house furnishings

 

.116     bill from The Putnam Foundry and Machine Company, Putnam, Conn., Oct. 2, 1905: for castings, work on a pulley, etc.;

                        Printed and illustrated billhead: owners and manufacturers of the Plummer Steam Heater and the Putnam Steam and Hot Water Heater; with decorative shield, flowers, clouds

 

.117     short letter from The Hardware & Supply Co., Akron, Ohio, Nov. 20, 1905: don’t need any more rubber knives at present;

                        Printed letterhead: hardware, contractors, painters, railway & factory supplies

 

.118     bill from Young Brothers Co., Inc., Danielson, Nov. 24, 1905: for coal;

                        Printed billhead: coal and wood, grain and feed, lumber and shingles

 

.119     letter from Hill, Clarke & Co., Boston, Nov. 25, 1905: will let you know if can make the lathe;

                        Printed letterhead: machinery

 

.120     letter from Electric Rubber Manufacturing Co., Rutherford, N.J., Nov. 27, 1905: order for round point knives;

                        Printed letterhead: highest grade soft and hard rubber goods, automobile & carriage tires, battery cells and jars

 

.121     letter from Hill, Clarke & Co., Boston, Nov. 28, 1905: gives some specifications about the lathe, with prices for the extras;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Dec. 6: orders the lathe as described in letter;

                        Printed letterhead: machinery

 

.122     order from The Amazon Rubber Company, Jamestown, N.Y., Dec. 8, 1905: order for rubber knives;

                        Printed order form

 

.123     information about order, from Wheelock, Lovejoy & Company, New York, Boston, Dec. 19, 1905: order for kitchen knife stock received;

                        Printed form

 

.124     short letter from Delaware Hard Fibre Co., Wilmington, Del., Dec. 20, 1905: order for rubber knives;

                        Printed letterhead: hard and flexible sheet fibre, rods & tubing, and special shapes

 

.125     letter from W. A. Vaughan, Earlville, [no state], Dec. 21, 1903: encloses a money order for $5.38 for knives; has not been able to do much this fall;

 

.126a   short letter from Hill, Clarke & Co., Boston, Dec. 21, 1905: lathe being shipped today

                        Printed letterhead: machinery

 

.126b-c            two advertisements, Armstrong sheets no. 6 and 7, which came with the above short letter; one is for The Armstrong Cutting-Off Tools, and the other for The Armstrong Threading Tool, both available from Hill, Clarke & Co.

 

.127     letter from Harrington Cutlery Co., Southbridge, Mass., Dec. 21, 1905: mailing a stamp which reads “Danielson Cutlery Co., Danielson, Conn.”;

                        Printed billhead: successors to Dexter Harrington & Son; shoe, rubber, bread and kitchen knives, [etc.]; with trademark for Dexter brand of knives and blades

 

.128     letter from A.S. Keeler & Co., San Francisco, Dec. 26, 1905: will be happy to represent his company in Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona; requests catalogs and samples;

                        Printed letterhead: agents for manufacturers

 

 

Folder 5: Orders and Letters, 1906

 

.129     letter from New York Law & Collection Co., New York City, Jan. 2, 1906: pursuing claim against G. D. Gorman;

                        Printed letterhead: rapid collection of claims made everywhere!

 

.130     short note from Revere Rubber Co., Chelsea, Mass., Jan. 4, 1906: when will order be shipped:

                        Printed letterhead: mechanical rubber goods

 

.131     payment form from Fisk Rubber Company, Chicopee Falls, Mass., Jan. 9, 1906: form accompanied check to Parkhurst;

                        Printed form

 

.132     letter from The Fairbanks Company, New York, Jan. 11, 1906: please send information about knives, with prices;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Jan. 15: sending information and prices;

                        Printed letterhead: Fairbanks Standard Scales, valves, cocks, injectors, … tools and machinery, trucks, letter presses, railway and mill supplies

 

.133     letter from Harrington Cutlery Co., Southbridge, Mass., Jan. 13, 1906: please pay bill;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply: will try to pay, but many owe to him

                        Printed billhead: successors to Dexter Harrington & Son; shoe, rubber, bread and kitchen knives, [etc.]; with trademark for Dexter brand of knives and blades

 

.134a-b            letter and order from The Sweet Tire & Rubber Co., Batavia, N.Y., Jan. 15, 1906: letter: enclose find order; order: for beveled edge rubber knives;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead and billhead: manufactures of rubber goods, … rubber tires a specialty; with illustrations of cross-sections of tires

 

.135     payment form, from Continental Rubber Works, Erie, Pa., Jan. 15, 1906: check enclosed;

                        Printed form

 

.136     order from Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pa., Jan. 16, 1906: for rubber knives;

                        Printed form

 

.137     letter from Goodyear’s India Rubber Glove Mfg. Co., New York and Naugatuck, Conn., Jan. 17, 1906: have enough knives for now;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturers and dealers in all kinds of rubber goods

 

.138     letter from Wheelock, Lovejoy & Company, New York, Jan. 17, 1906: am tracing the missing steel order;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply: part of order received Jan. 18;

                        Printed letterhead

 

.139     letter from Wheelock, Lovejoy & Company, New York, Jan. 19, 1906: have found the missing steel order and hope it soon arrives;

                        Printed letterhead

 

.140a-b            short letter from Vonnegut Hardware Co., Indianapolis, Jan. 22, 1906: quote price on enclosed sketch of rubber knife; also the mentioned sketch, showing knife with birch handle and the name L.D. Parkhurst stamped on the blade

 

.141     bill from Southern New England Telephone Co., New Haven, Conn., Jan. 23, 1906: “to use of extension bell while present contract for telephone service is continued in force”;

                        Printed form

 

.142     order from Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pa., Jan. 24, 1906: ordered rubber knives;

                        Printed order form

 

.143     bill from David Williams Company, New York, Feb. 1, 1906: for advertisement in The Iron Age;

                        Printed billhead: publishers of The Iron Age, The Metal Worker, Carpentry and Building

 

.144     letter from Parkhurst, Danielson, Conn., Feb. 2, 1906, to Albert E. Rinn, Allentown, Pa.: encloses price lists;

                        With note from Albert E. Rinn: wants to know discount for shipping to Cuba; requests samples of various kind of knives;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply to Rinn’s note: samples are being sent; [doesn’t say anything about Cuba];

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: L.D. Parkhurst, manufacturer of superior specialties in high grade cutlery, including rubber, butcher, bread, cake, kitchen, shoe, oyster, cigar, paper, banana and putter knives, &c.; illustrated with a knife, with the initials L.D.P. on the blade

 

.145     order from Biddle Purchasing Co., New York, Feb. 19, 1906: for kitchen knives, ordered on behalf of Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Butte, Mont.;

                        Printed form

 

.146     short note from Diamond Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, Feb. 28, 1906: order for sharp pointed knives;

                        Printed letterhead, illustrated with company trademark

 

.147     bill from Charles W. Cape, Springfield, Mass., March 1, 1906: for Union, postage, burning brand Providence;

                        Printed billhead: steel stamps, rolls, dies, etc.

 

.148     order from Jos. Stokes Rubber Co., Trenton, N.J., March [possibly Feb.] 2, 1906: for knives;

                        Printed form

 

.149     letter from G. H. Snow, Danielson, March 2, 1906: has an order been shipped?  No one answered the phone – “what the matter”

 

.150     short letter from The Divine Water Motor Co., Utica, N.Y., March 3, 1906: if make small oil cans and small screw drivers, then please send circular and prices;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: manufacturers of water motors and attachments for household and small power purposes; illustrated with photo of a water motor

 

.151     letter from A.S. Keeler & Co., San Francisco, March 27, 1906: needs to know whether he wants them to represent his company on the Pacific Coast;

                        Printed letterhead: electrical and hardware agents

 

.152     letter from Fred E. Gay, Pawtucket, R.I., April 13, 1906: shoe knives are not holding an edge and they break off; wants to return for refund; is a better quality available?

                        Printed letterhead: raw hide, side and cut lace leather, shoe lacing

 

.153     bill from David Williams Company, New York, May 3 1906: for advertisement in The Iron Age;

                        Printed billhead: publishers of The Iron Age, The Metal Worker, Carpentry and Building

 

.154     short letter from Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co., St. Louis, May 3, 1906: not interested in kitchen knives right now;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Aug. 7: are they interested now?

                        Printed letterhead, with company’s trademark

 

.155     bill from Brunswick Manufacturing Company, Brunswick, Maine, May 3, 1906: for steel ferrules;

                        Printed billhead: manufacturers of brass and steel ferrules, stamped work and specialties

 

.156     orders from C. J.[?] Allen, Chelsea, May [unclear], 1906: shoe knives for Winch Bros., Boston, Mass.: and for kitchen and rubber knives for Hood Rubber Co.; shipped May 14

 

.157     letter from C. J.[?] Allen, Medford, May 15, 1906: haven’t yet got some kind of mill going yet; give F.A. Walker & Co. a discount

 

.158     order from C. J.[?] Allen, Medford, May 15, 1906: for kitchen knives, for R.H. White Co., Boston; and for something else for F.A. Walker & Co., Boston

 

.159     letter from R.K. Carter & Co., New York, May 19, 1906: interested in the kitchen knives and would like to see catalog and prices of other goods;

                        Printed letterhead: representing jobbers of hardware, iron, steel, mill, mining & railway supplies

 

.160     order from Biddle Purchasing Co., New York, May 23, 1906: for kitchen knives, ordered on behalf of Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Butte, Mont.;

                        Printed form

 

.161     short letter from Kansas Rubber Co., Olathe, Kansas, June 13, 1906: send prices of knives;

                        With note from Parkhurst: gave same answer as that to Quaker City Rubber Co.;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturers of mechanical rubber goods

 

.162     short letter from Jos. Stokes Rubber Co., Trenton, N.J., June 21, 1906: send knives tomorrow;

                        Printed letterhead

 

.163     letter from Kansas Rubber Co., Olathe, Kansas, June 25, 1906: order for square point knives, to be sent as soon as possible;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, June 29: order being shipped; can also order from Vonnegut Hardware Co, Indianapolis, and save on shipping costs;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturers of mechanical rubber goods

 

.164     letter from Automobile Tire and Repair Station, Pittsburgh, Pa., June 26, 1906: still waiting to hear about the rubber knives;

                        With note from Parkhurst: letter returned from Pittsburgh, so sent it again;

                        Printed letterhead: … new tires, … repair work, … retreading, … sectional repairs and rebuilding rim cut tires; “our compressed air at the curb at your service”

 

.165     short note from E.W. French, Willimantic, Conn., June 30, 1906: ordering kitchen knives

 

.166     order from R.K. Carter & Co., New York, July 12, 1906: shoe cutting knife blades, to be shipped to A. Prud’homme & Fils, Montreal;

                        Printed form: representing jobbers of hardware, iron, steel, mill, mining & railway supplies

 

.167     letter from R.K. Carter & Co., New York, July 14, 1906: would like catalog if have onel thank you for samples;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply: sending price lists; discounts for exports

                        Printed letterhead: representing jobbers of hardware, iron, steel, mill, mining & railway supplies

 

.168     letter from Charles C. Stieff and Company, Baltimore, July 23, 1906: check enclosed;

                        Printed letterhead: cutlery and plated ware

 

.169     letter from R.K. Carter & Co., New York, July 23, 1906: thank you, hope to get some orders for him;

                        Printed letterhead: representing jobbers of hardware, iron, steel, mill, mining & railway supplies

 

.170     form letter from Perlhefter & Shatz Purchasing Co., New York, letter not dated, but Parkhurst’s reply was dated Aug. 9, 1906: offers to buy damaged goods or entire stock if decides to retire;

                        Parkhurst’s reply, Aug. 9: sent sample cigar knife; Aug. 18: sent post card

 

.171     letter from Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co., St. Louis, Aug. 10, 1906: not interested in kitchen knives right now, but would like samples of banana, oyster, shoe, and putty knives;

                        Printed letterhead, with company’s trademark

 

.172     letter from J. Edward Ogden Company, New York, Aug. 11, 1906: requests prices on a variety of knives;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Aug. 14: too busy with regular work to make special orders;

                        Printed letterhead: heavy hardware

 

.173     short letter from John A. Thomson & Co., Lowell, Mass., Aug. 14, 1906: pleast send price of Lowell pattern shoe knives;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Aug. 17: gives price;

                        Printed letterhead: builders’ hardware, burlap, baskets, paper, twine, … files, bolts, shovels, roving cans, printing

 

.174     order from The Hardware & Supply Co., Akron, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1906: for rubber knives;

                        Printed form

 

.175     debit from R.K. Carter & Co., New York, Sept. 25, 1906: account debited because of return of something (and names some items, plus cartage); [see letter about this, .177, below];

                        Printed form

 

.176     letter from Charles C. Stieff and Company, Baltimore, Sept. 29, 1906: checking to see if a client would be interested in the special knife;

                        Printed letterhead: cutlery and plated ware

 

.177     letter from R.K. Carter & Co., New York, Oct. 2, 1906: refers to the debit memorandum which is .175 above; goods were sent to St. Johns, N.F.

                        Printed

 

.178     letter from Murphy & Nichols, Norwich, Conn., Oct. 30, 1906: want the goods ordered through Mr. Snow sent at once;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Oct.31: shipping what can of order, but some items out of stock and will be sent as soon as possible

 

.179     order from Diamond Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, Nov. 1, 1906: for pointed knives;

                        Printed form

 

.180     payment form, from Barker, Chadsey & Co., Providence, R.I., Nov. 6, 1906: check enclosed;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply: “This remittance is not correct, therefore, I return all papers.”

                        Printed form

 

.181     bill from Vitrified Wheel Company, Westfield, Mass., Nov. 71, 1906, for goods (craig corundum is stamped on the order) and glue;

                        Printed billhead: manufacturers of emery & corundum wheels, grinding machinery, etc.

 

.182     letter from J.C. Adams, Putnam, Conn., Nov. 8, 1906: order received and party likes the butcher knives, but now wants a sticker;

                        With note from Parkhurst, Nov. 10: sent sticking knive

 

.183     letter from Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pa., Nov. 9, 1906: when will order of rubber knives be sent?

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Nov. 12: some should be ready soon; regrets delay, but have been very busy;

                        Printed letterhead

 

.184     letter from Barker, Chadsey & Co., Providence, R.I., Nov. 10, 1906: about what ordered and what received;

                        Printed letterhead: hardware and mill supplies

 

.185     order from Hewitt Rubber Company, Buffalo, N.Y., Nov. 12, 1906: for rubber knives;

                        Printed order form

 

.186     letter from H. A. Rosbrook, Clark Mills, Oneida Co., N.J. [sic; Clark Mills are in New York, not New Jersey], Nov. 13, 1906: requests price list;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply: price list enclosed

 

.187     short letter from Continental Rubber Works, Erie, Pa., Nov. 13, 1906: ship 3 or 4 dozen at once;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: manufacturers of high class rubber goods; illustrated with view of factory

 

.188     letter from Wm. Somerville’s Sons, New York, Nov. 22, 1906: urges him to try their special emery glue, made from deer skin trimmings;

                        Printed letterhead: glue, hides, leather, Liverpool, Eng., New York

 

.189     form letter from The Hardware & Supply Co., Akron, Ohio, Dec. 8, 1906: please hurry order;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply, Dec. 12: order shipped Dec. 7

                        Printed letterhead: hardware, contractors, painters, railway & factory supplies

 

.190     letter from The Morgan & Bunnell Co., Akron, O., Dec. 19, 1906: shortage in recently received shipment;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply, Dec. 22: crediting its account because of shortage;

                        Printed letterhead: hardware, paints & factory supplies

 

.191     letter from Charles C. Stieff and Company, Baltimore, Dec. 31, 1906: when will shoe knives be ready; if soon, will order more;

                        Printed letterhead: cutlery and plated ware

 

.192     order from Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pa., [circa 1906]: rubber knives;

                        Printed order form

 

 

Folder 6: Orders and Letters, 1907-1909

 

.193     letter from Block & Co., New York, Feb. 6[?], 1907: requests catalog and price list [etter is difficult to read];  

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply, Feb. 9: factory busy enough now and cannot handle any new orders;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturers and jobbers in tinware, enameled ware, silver plate ware, hardware and cutlery, clocks and albums

 

.194     letter from F. & J. Meyer, New York, Feb. 15, 1907: can samples of sole knives be furnished:

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Feb. 23: makes shoe knives, not sole knives, so pleas explain what want’

                        Printed letterhead: export merchants, agents for American manufacturers

 

.195a-b            letter from H.M.[?] Stockman, Providence, R.I., Jan. 6, 1908: offers to be his agent in New England;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Jan. 9: doesn’t need representative at this time;

                        On stationery of The Bartlett, Haverhill, Mass.

 

.196     order from Fisk Rubber Company, Chicopee Falls, Mass., Jan. 13, 1908: square and round point polished rubber knives;

                        Printed form

 

.197a-b            letter from C. J.[?] Allen, Waterboro, Maine, Feb. 3, 1908: asks Parkhurst for $1000; will go around to mills and try to get orders; will see Walker about an order; lists towns in Maine and Massachusetts that he plans to visit

 

.198     letter from Murphy & Nichols, Norwich, Conn., Feb. 12, 1908: encloses check; returns knives they didn’t buy;

                        On back: Parkhurst’s reply, Feb. 14: thanks for check; doesn’t understand about the knives they didn’t buy – please explain

 

.199     letter from Henry Bignell, Holyoke, Mass., Feb. 16, 1908: wants rubber knives like the first one sent; doesn’t like curve on the second one

 

.200     letter from Chas. McDonald, Chicopee Falls, Mass., Feb. 27, 1908: most recent order not as well tempered as previous ones

 

.201     letter, L.D. Parkhurst to Chas. McDonald, Chicopee Falls, Mass., Feb. 29, 1908: am sending a new batch of knives; please return the old ones

 

.202     bill from Brunswick Manufacturing Company, Brunswick, Maine, Feb. 28, 1908: for steel ferrules;

                        Printed billhead: manufacturers of brass and steel ferrules, stamped work and specialties

 

.203     letter, C. I. Stills[?], Hartford, Conn., March 23, 1908: looking for a company in which to buy an interest, if Parkhurst is interested in selling a party of his company

 

.204     letter from Charles C. Stieff and Company, Baltimore, Aug. 18, 1908: have found a cheaper source for shoe knives, although always enjoyed working with Parkhurst; please send sample of a kitchen knife that sells for $3.00 per gross;

                        Printed letterhead: cutlery and plated ware

 

.205     bill from Bay State Stamping Co., Worcester, Mass., Oct. 5, 1908: for slotted ferrules;

                        Printed billhead: manufacturers of sheet metal stampings

 

.206     letter from C. O. Stone, Gardner, Mass., Oct.15, 1908: will call next Monday or Tuesday to discuss prices;

                        Printed letterhead: novelty wood turning, wooden whip sockets, … dealer in lumber

 

.207     short letter from Cutter, Wood & Stevens Co., Boston, Oct. 17, 1908: price for S. crocus composition, sample being sent;

                        Printed billhead: emery grinding and polishing machinery and supplies, [etc.]

 

.208     letter from Wheelock, Lovejoy & Company, New York, Oct. 19, 1908: price quote on steel;

                        Printed letterhead

 

.209-.210         letters from McMinn & Quigley, Boston, Oct. 19 and 20, 1908: gives shipping date for steel;

                        Printed letterhead: agents for John Illingworth Steel Co., mfrs. of high grade tool steels, [etc.]

 

.211     letter, A.C. Pomeroy, English Walnut Farm, Lockport, N.Y., Oct. 22, 1908: has made it a rule not to sell his English walnuts for seed

 

.212     letter from A. W. Marcy, Marcy Tool Works, Putnam, Conn., Oct. 31, 1908: gives an estimate for forging the oyster knives;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply, Nov.2: will be there soon and will discuss;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturers of high-grade mechanics’ tools, special tools and forgings

 

.213     bill from McMinn & Quigley, Boston, Nov. 9, 1908: steel for oyster knives;

                        Printed billhead: Steel, crucible, open hearth; bars, forgings, sheets, cold rolled, cold drawn, special shapes

 

.214     letter from A. W. Marcy, Marcy Tool Works, Putnam, Conn., Dec. 5, 1908: sending the sample oyster knife and the other pieces, but needs thicker stock; thinks his company can make what Parkhurst wants;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturers of high-grade mechanics’ tools, special tools and forgings

 

.215     letter from Charles C. Stieff and Company, Baltimore, Dec. 10, 1908: encloses check;

                        Printed letterhead: cutlery and plated ware

 

.216-.218         letters from McMinn & Quigley, Boston, Dec. 10, 14, and 16, 1908: order received; will ask that steel shipment be hurried; shipment to go out today;

                        Printed letterhead: agents for John Illingworth Steel Co., mfrs. of high grade tool steels, [etc.]

 

.219     form letter from Aspinwall Hardware Co., Providence, R.I., March 22, 1909: check enclosed to cover claims against the company;

                        Printed letterhead: successors to Bosworth & Aspinwall, electrical supplies, boast hardware, mixed paints

 

 

 

Folder 7: Orders and Letters, 1911-1914, 1919

 

.220     bill from Vitrified Wheel Company, Westfield, Mass., Jan. 31, 1911, for corundum;

                        Printed billhead: manufacturers of emery & corundum wheels, grinding machinery, etc.

 

.221     order from Diamond Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, April 14, 1911: for rubber knives;

                        Printed form

 

.222-.224         form letters from C.S. Weeks, New York, Oct. 28 and Nov. 15, 1911, and Jan. 2, 1912: offers to build special machines;

                        Printed letterhead: mechanical engineering

 

.225     bill from Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., Boston, May 28, 1913: for cowhide walrus grain lea bag;

                        Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturers, importers, wholesales and retailers, with picture of the company’s building

 

.226     bill from Vitrified Wheel Company, Westfield, Mass., June 26, 1913, for corundum;

                        Printed billhead: manufacturers of emery & corundum wheels, grinding machinery, etc.

 

.227     bill from Colonial Steel Company, Boston, July 18, 1913: for spring sheet steel;

                        Printed billhead: high speed steel, tool steel, [etc.], with picture of trademark

 

.228     bill from Harrington Cutlery Co., Southbridge, Mass., July 31, 1913: for blanks finished L.D.P. and for pruning knife blanks;

                        Printed billhead: with trademark for Dexter brand of knives and blades

 

.229     order from United & Globe Rubber Mfg. Companies, Trenton, N.J., Aug. 7, 1913: for gasket knives;

                        Printed billhead

 

.230     bill from Horace Kennedy, Danielson, Aug. 13, 1913, for soft coal;

                        Printed billhead: coal, wood, hay

 

.231     order from J. Grant Hawkes Co., Providence, R.I., Aug. 15, 1913, for shoe knives, to be shipped via Adams Express;

                        Printed form

 

.232     bill from People’s Light & Power Co., Danielson, Sept. 1, 1913: for electric lighting account;

                        Printed form

 

.233     bill from Harrington Cutlery Co., Southbridge, Mass., Sept.16, 1913: for polished and hlf. Ro. Black marked L.D.P. [presumably knife blades];

                        Printed billhead: with trademark for Dexter brand of knives and blades

 

.234     letter from Hope Mill Supply Company, Providence, R.I., Sept. 17, 1913: about an order for shoe knives;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: [long list of goods, including bobbins, belting, wire goods, oil tanks, brooms, harness straps, etc., etc.], illustrated with the anchor of Rhode Island, with the word Hope

 

.235     letter from Hope Mill Supply Company, Providence, R.I., Sept. 23, 1913: acknowledign that part of company’s order will not be stamped with the company’s initial;

                        Printed and illustrated letterhead: [long list of goods, including bobbins, belting, wire goods, oil tanks, brooms, harness straps, etc., etc.], illustrated with the anchor of Rhode Island, with the word Hope

 

.236     letter from Harrington Cutlery Co., Southbridge, Mass., Oct. 3, 1913: price for Baltimore and Boston oyster knife blades;

                        Printed letterhead

 

.237     order from American Hard Rubber Co., New York, Nov. 7, 1913: for S.L. skivers with square points;

                        Printed form

 

.238     order from Hood Rubber Company, Watertown, Mass., Nov. 7, 1913: rubber knives with square points;

                        Printed form

 

.239     order from the General Supply Company, Danielson, Nov. 21, 1913: for knives;

                        Printed form

 

.240     order from The Hardware & Supply Co., Akron, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1914: for rubber knives;

                        Printed form

 

.241     order from Continental Rubber Works, Erie, Pa., Jan. 17, 1914: for butcher knives;

                        Printed form: manufacturers of high class rubber goods

 

.242     bill from Bishop, Bidwell & Co., Norwich, Conn., March 31, 1919: for Franck’s Chicory Coffee;

                        Printed billhead

 

 

 

Folder 8: Orders and Letters, 1922, 1932, 1933, 1940-1942, 1946, and no date

 

.243     bill from People’s Light & Power Co., Danielson, Jan. 1, 1922: for electric lighting account;

                        Printed form

 

.244     bill from The Putnam Foundry & Machine Company, Putnam, Conn., Feb. 10, 1922: for castings, and postage;

                        Printed billhead: manufacturers of Putnam Boilers, steam and water

 

.245     bill from Southern New England Telephone Co., Danielson, Conn., April 1, 1922: for service;

                        Printed form

 

.246     order from W. Warren Thread Works, Westfield, Mass., July 7, 1932: for thread knives;

                        Printed form

 

.247     bill from S.W. Card Manufacturing Co., Mansfield, Mass., July 10, 1933: for carbon plug taps;

                        Printed and illustrated billhead: taps and dies, screw plates; “Division of Union Twist Drill Co.”: illustrated with view of factory

 

.248     order from Meakins McKinnon Inc., Lockport, N.Y., Feb. 1, 1940: for mat blades, and plain handled knives;

                        Printed form

 

.249     bill from Southern New England Telephone Co., Danielson, Conn., March 17, 1940: for service;

                        Printed form

 

.250     order from W. Warren Thread Works, Westfield, Mass., March 27, 1940: for thread knives;

                        Printed form

 

.251     letter from George Provincial, Woonsocket, R.I., April 1, 1940: has bought a farm and would like to acquire ginseng plants from Parkhurst;

                        With Parkhurst’s answer of April 8: spring is late coming and has not yet been able to dig up the plants for him

 

.252a-b            letter from Mrs. R. H.[?] Breckenridge, Norwich Conn., April 11, 1940: about health of Mr. Krauss, the nurse, and herself; needs more of the kidney and liver medicines, the nerve tonic, and the stomach powder; is it okay to eat rhubarb and strawberries?;

                        With note: order filled

 

.253     bill from Southern New England Telephone Co., Danielson, Conn., April 17, 1940: for service;

                        Printed form

 

.254     letter from John Wrzesien[?], New Haven, Conn., before April 23, 1940: order for herbs;

                        With note dated April 23, 1940: order filled

 

.255a-c            letter from Nellie Church, Norwich, Conn., April 29, 1940: herbs have helped aches and pains; describes dizzy spells – “is this something more serious than nerves?” if he has anything that might help, please send it;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply of May 5: dizzy spells perhaps caused by high blood pressure [gives a remedy]

 

.256     notice from The Spool Cotton Company, May 31, 1940: about name change;

                        With note from Parkhurst about a shipment of thread knives;

                        Printed letterhead: distributors of [various threads, yarns, needles]

 

.257     order from P. & P. Coats (R.I.) Inc, Pawtucket, R.I., June 5, 1940: for thread knives;

                        Printed form

 

.258     short note from Putnam Box Corporation, Putnam, Conn., July 11, 1940: prices for boxes;

                        With note from Parkhurst: ordered boxes;

                        Printed letterhead: box manufacturers, printers and jobbers of paper products

 

.259a-c            letter from Mrs. R. H.[?] Breckenridge, Norwich Conn., July 15, 1940: Mr. Krauss wants general and nerve tonics; nurse Jane wanst general tonic and laxative; the writer wants liver, kidney, and nerve tonics; doctor says she looks well but has hard time getting around sometimes; okay to eat peaches:

                        With note: order filled

 

.260     letter from Mrs. W. C. Goddard, Worcester, Mass., July 23, 1940: to Mr. and Mrs. Parkhurst: would like medicine for arthritis in fingers; also wants herbs for stomack, bladder, and kidney;

                        With note: order filled

 

.261     letter from Industrial Time Savers, Inc., New York, July 25, 1940: encloses blue print of a knife blade, and requests price quote for various quantities;

                        With replay: “unable to take in any new items at this time”

 

.262     letter from George Provincial, Woonsocket, R.I., July 27, 1940: order for some ginseng; his plants should bloom soon;

                        With Parkhurst’s answer: order filled; glad to hear plants are doing well

 

.263     order from Max Pollack & Company, Inc., Groton, Conn., Sept. 3, 1940: for thread knives;

                        Printed form

 

.264a-b            postcard from Max Pollack & Company, Inc., Groton, Conn., Oct. 24, 1940: please rush at least part of order for thread knives;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply of Nov. 4 on separate sheet: am shipping part of order; several large orders were received at same time and have shortage of experienced help

 

.265     order from J.H. Mercier, no place, Nov. 8, 1940: for oyster knife blades;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply of Nov. 11: have several large orders on hand and shortage of experienced help, so there will be a delay in filling order;

                        Printed form: tools, hardware, cutlery, paints, radios, 193 Water Street

 

.266     bill from Southern New England Telephone Co., Danielson, Conn., Nov. 17, 1940: for service;

                        Printed form

 

.267     order from W. Warren Thread Works, Westfield, Mass., Nov. 5, 1941: for thread knives;

                        Printed form

 

.268     inquiry from International Commercial Corporation, New York, March 19, 1942: requests prices for stainless steel knife blades for dinner, dessert, and tea knives;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply: do not make these products;

                        Printed letterhead

 

.269     short note from Putnam Box Corporation, Putnam, Conn., March 31, 1942: price increase for boxes;

                        With note from Parkhurst: proceed with order;

                        Printed letterhead: box manufacturers, printers and jobbers of paper products

 

.270     bill from Southern New England Telephone Co., Danielson, Conn., April 17, 1942: for service;

                        Printed form

 

.271     bill from Putnam Box Corporation, Putnam, Conn., April 20, 1942: for boxes;

                        Printed billhead: box manufacturers, printers and jobbers of paper products

 

.272     letter from Eva Rawson, Ashton, R.I., April 29, 1942: orders a spring tonic, plus more blood medicine and laxative;

                        With note: order filled

 

.273     note from The Spool Cotton Company, May 1, 1942: needs copy of order for J. & P. Coats, for thread knives;

                        With note from Parkhurst: order being worked on, [etc.];

                       

.274     letter from Bernice Datson, Orlando, Florida, before Sept. 19, 1942: encloses money for a knife, not sure if it’s called a bread or a carving knife; please send soon as leaving for Cuba;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply: returned money

 

.275     letter from Meakins McKinnon, Inc., Lockport, N.Y., Sept. 24, 1942: need mat blades immediately;

                        With Parkhurst’s answer: am shipping part of order now;

                        Printed letterhead: manufacturers of cocoa mats, matting and rugs

 

.276     letter from Archie Ramsey, Stafford Springs, Conn., Oct. 5, 1942: boxes were received empty; please send powder medicine immediately;

                        With Parkhurst’s reply: sent 2 boxes via parcel post

 

.277     letter from Mrs. Douglas Belcher, Staffordville, Conn., Dec. 20, 1946: orders nerve and tonic remedies;

                        With note: order filled

 

.278     letter from Mrs. W. F. Ashley, Chatham, N.Y. (although Lyme, Conn. is written at top of page), no date: thanks for money