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

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

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Sellman, Lucinda Margaret Harwood, 1812-1866.

Title: Bills,

Dates: 1829-1865, bulk dates 1854-1860.

Call No.: Col. 763

Acc. No.: 05x71

Quantity: 289 items

Location: 34 J 5

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Lucinda Margaret Harwood (1812-1866) was the wife and widow of Dr. John Henry Sellman. She lived at “Clifton,” near Davidsonville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She was the daughter of Henrietta Maria Battee and Benjamin Harwood. She married her first cousin, John Henry Sellman, who was the son of Anne Elizabeth Harwood and General Jonathan Sellman. The Sellmans had several children. Mentioned in this collection are daughters Nannie (Anne Elizabeth, 1841-1879) and Lucy (Lucinda Margaret, 1843-1891), and son Henry (John Henry, 1837-1892). Other children were twins Alice (1845-1920) and Lydia (1845-1924), Ellen (1847-1929), Frank Harwood (1849-1918), and Richard Battee (1851-1912). Dr. Sellman died on July 11, 1851. After his death, his wife appears to have continued farming at Clifton. She died in 1866.

Son Henry attended St. John’s College in Annapolis. He married Sophia Stockett in June 1863. Henry became a lawyer and a judge. Daughter Lucy married Thomas Allen Duckett in 1864. (No information was sought for the other children.)

There are several bills to a Mrs. Harrison. Her identity has not been established. However, her address was given as 113 German Street, and in the 1860 Baltimore city directory, a clerk named Benjamin Harrison was living at that address.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

A collection of bills recording purchases chiefly made by Mrs. Lucinda Sellman for her family in the Davidsonville area of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. (Some bills continued to be addressed to Dr. Sellman even after his death in 1851.) The Sellmans made some purchases in Annapolis, but chiefly shopped in Baltimore. A number of the bills relate to the purchases of textile fabrics, clothing accessories, and the making of clothes. They frequently give some detail about what was purchased, such as “black cloth vest, double breasted.” Another group record the purchases of furniture, although little information is included in those bills. Walnut chairs, a center table, and a rosewood piano made by Chickering were specified, but more often the bill is just for a wash stand or a bedstead, with no other description given. In 1855, Mrs. Sellman had a new house built, and some bills document that event, while others document building or repairing of farm buildings. Bills record purchases or repairs of footwear, household goods, food, saddlery, farm equipment, stoves, books and music (titles given for books but not for music; many books appear to be textbooks), personal items (hair brushes, tooth brushes, etc.), coffins, carpeting, and other items. There are accounts for the selling of tobacco and grain.

Many of the bills have printed billheads, and some include pictures: a coffee pot, a gasolier, a washbowl and pitcher, stoves, sofas and chairs, a wagon, and a carriage. In addition, the collection includes several trade cards, an ad for stoves, an obituary for Dr. Sellman, and two reports from St. John’s College about Henry Sellman’s progress. The reports are illustrated with views of the college. A few bills that were not addressed to the Sellmans are also in the collection.

ORGANIZATION

The bills are arranged by items being sold: textile fabrics and clothes; stoves; agricultural products and food; books; household goods; carpeting, etc. However, some bills covered more than one type of good (clothes and household goods, for example), so there cannot be a clear division of all the bills.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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

RELATED MATERIALS

A collection of Sellman family papers is held by Special Collections at the library at the University of Maryland, College Park.

PROVENANCE

Purchased from N. David Scotti.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

St. John’s College (Annapolis, Md.)

Boys' clothing.

Buildings - Repair and reconstruction.

Clothing and dress - Prices - 19th century.

Farm produce - Maryland.

Farm produce - Prices - 19th century.

Furniture – Maryland.

Furniture - Prices - 19th century.

House construction - Maryland - Anne Arundel County.

House construction – Prices.

House furnishings - Maryland - Anne Arundel County.

House furnishings - Prices - 19th century.

Men’s clothing.

Piano – Prices.

Private libraries.

Stoves - Prices - 19th century.

Textbooks - United States - 19th century.

Textile fabrics - Prices - 19th century.

Advertisements - Stoves.

Billheads.

Invoices.

Trade cards.

Physicians.

Students.

Widows.

Additional author:

Sellman, John Henry, 1806-1851.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 34 J 5

All accession numbers begin with 05x71.

All bills are addressed to Mrs. Lucinda Sellman, unless otherwise noted.

Folder 1: agricultural products, food, fruit trees

.1 from N. E. Berry, no place, Nov. 12, 1853: for apple, peach, and pear trees

.2 “Sales of 1 Hhds [hogsheads] Tobacco, on acc’t Mrs. L. M. Sellman,” with note, from N. E. Berry, no place, no date; account of sale of a hogshead of common tobacco

.3 “Sales of 9 Hhds [hogsheads] Tobacco, on acc’t Mrs. L. M. Sellman,” from N. E. Berry, no place, no date; account of sales of hogsheads of tobacco, with deduction for a bill of whiskey and for freight

.4a-b Mrs. Sellman’s account with N. E. Perry; a record of “Sales of 6 Hhds [hogsheads] Tobacco, on acc’t Mrs. L. M. Sellman,” with note, from N. E. Berry, no place, May 20, 1859; and a memorandum of 10 hogsheads of tobacco, which were inspected June 1, 1859 at the no. 2 warehouse; with a letter: value of tobacco low at present; also mentions corn that she sent, which was not in good condition

.5 “Sales of 96 ¼ Bush [bushels] of wheat, on a/c of Mrs. L. M. Sellman,” with short note, from N. E. Berry, Baltimore, August 8, 1861: encloses check for sale of her damaged wheat

.6 “Sales of 624 ¾ Bush [bushels] of wheat, on a/c of Mrs. L. M. Sellman,” with short letter, from N. E. Berry, Baltimore, August 31, 1861: encloses account for sale of her wheat, which was tough and damp and therefore did not bring more

.7 “Sales of 398 ½ Bush [bushels] of wheat, on a/c of Mrs. L. M. Sellman,” with short note, from N. E. Berry, Baltimore, September 30, 1861: hopes she finds the sales satisfactory

.8 “Mrs. L. M> Sellman in a/c with N. E. Berry,” Baltimore, October 8, 1861, with letter; account shows her sales of wheat, and purchases of tar and bacon; letter: sending bacon and encloses check – let him know if it arrives as many letters have been lost recently; gives prices of recent wheat sales

.9 short letter, from N. E. Berry, Baltimore, September 28, 1861: includes bill for a barrel of tar, which is being sent by boat; mentions sales of her wheat; “if we could get to our breather in North Carolina, we could buy it for half the money.”

Printed billhead/letterhead: commission merchant and grocer; attention specially given to sales of tobacco and grin and to the purchase of fertilizers

.10 bill from N. E. Berry, Baltimore, October 8, 1861; for pounds of bacon, being shipped per schooner Sophia;

Printed billhead/letterhead: commission merchant and grocer; attention specially given to sales of tobacco and grin and to the purchase of fertilizers

.11 bill to Mrs. Harrison, from David L. Hammersley, Baltimore, June 25, 1863: for Lady cake, pound cake, fruit cake, and small cakes, and lemons, with charge for boxes;

Endorsed on back: Mrs. Harrison, German St., for J. H. Sellman, edq., West River, Md.;

[see also .282]

Printed billhead: confectionery and ice cream saloon, [etc., including catering services];

Folder 2: household goods: dishes, glasses, personal items, pots, pans, kettles, jewelry, some clothing, some food, etc.

.12 from James Iglehart, Annapolis, November 21, 1840, for wine glasses, tumblers, a teapot, knives and forks;

.13 to Dr. Jno. H. Sellman, by order with Trustees of Anne Arundel County Alms House, from James Iglehart, January 1844-February 1846: a long list of goods including textiles (linen, silk, wadding, cotton, osnaburg, domestic, calico, etc., etc.), tobacco, silk hose, velvet handkerchief, buttons, candlewick, knitting cotton, yarn, table and kitchen wares (sugar dish, pitchers, baking dishes, teapot, wire sifter, knives and forks, etc.), table cloths, castor and sweet oils, shaving soap, brandy and whiskey, a few food items (spices, arrow root starch, crackers), letter paper, varnish, lamp oil, indigo blue, etc., etc.

.14 from S. B. Sexton & Co., Baltimore, May 30, 1855: for large iron pot, covers, griddle, hammered[?] pan

.15 to John H. Sellman and Lucinda Sellman, from P.B. Schwrar, Annapolis, July 17, 1855: black slouch hat, sperm candles, pair of skates, candlestick, Windsor soap, buckskin gloves, gauntlets, soap tray, bottle of Kathairon, nail brush, penknife, pens and pencil, white vest pattern, cigars, braid hat, cambric handkerchiefs; hooks & eyes, lawn, etc.;

On back: list of goods (ncluding green ginger and lemons), and calculations;

.16 from David Ball, Baltimore, November 21, 1855: for white granite dinner and breakfast plates, tureen with metal ladle, dishes, white fruit dishes, glass oil lamp, etc.;

With a note on back;

Printed and illustrated billhead: China, Glass and Queensware, wholesale and retail,[with list of other products], illustrated with a coffee pot; printed on back: a list of other house-keeping articles available

.17 from Walter Crook, Jr., Baltimore, March[?] 30, 1855: for 3 pairs of gilt shades and other kinds of shades, and oil cloth;

Printed billhead: Upholstery goods and curtain materials, feather beds and mattresses, … Venitian [sic] blinds, … paper hangings, border views, fireboards, [etc.]

.18 from W. & H. Spilcker, December 3, 1855: for lamp[?] and something else;

Printed billhead: City Oil Store, … lamps, girandoles, hall lanterns, … shades …, oil, … candles, [etc.]

.19 from Cortlan & Co., Baltimore, Dec. 3, 1855: for water something, coffee mill, fire carrier, brushes of various kinds, bell, clothes hamper, scissors, wooden muddler, etc.;

Printed billhead: House Furnishing Ware Rooms

.20 to Mrs. Sellman (for Henry Sellman), from P. G. Schwrar, May-August 1856: for pen holders and pen, whip[?], straw hat, cane, hair brush, cash, silk umbrella;

.21 from Cortlan & Co., Baltimore, November 15, 1859: for waiters, nut crackers, clothes horse, ironing board, bath brick, nut picks, ivory dessert knives, pair of somethings, hand scrub, ladies work satchel;

Printed and illustrated billhead: House Furnishing Ware Rooms; with pictures of a gasolier

[see also .117, in folder 9]

.22 to Mrs. Sellman for Mrs. Harrison, from George W. Webb, Baltimore, Nov. 19, 1856: for pair of gold sleeve buttons and a set of cameo studs; and repairs to chain and ring;

[see also .286]

Printed billhead: Goldsmith and Jeweller [sic]; fine gold and silver watches, rich jewelry, silver and plated ware, fine fancy articles, &c. [etc.]; on yellow paper

.23 from Cortlan & Co., Baltimore, November 25, 1856: for some kind of handle covers[?], table and dessert knives, pair of bronze candelabras, sweeping brush;

Printed billhead: House Furnishing Ware Rooms

.24 from Cortlan & Co., Baltimore, June[?] 27, 1859: for bell metal kettle, enameled kettle, furnace[?]

Printed billhead: House Furnishing Ware Rooms

.25 to Mrs. Selman [sic] and John H. Selman, from E. W. Duvall, August 1856-Aug. 3, 1859: for feeds[?] for son, and for livery for self and son [apparently livery stable charges]

.26 from James H. Iglehart, Feb. 1856-January 1857: for cravats, cigars, pairs of white and colored kid gloves, Byron collars, cotton hose, penknife, portmonai [some kind of wallet or purse], bottle of Balm of 1000 Flowers, linen cambric handkerchiefs, blue cloth cap, tooth powder, visiting cards, silk gloves, whiskey, brandy, sherry wine, sundries, kersey, merino shirts; with note: sending statement at request of Mrs. Kent;

With note on back about amount owed in Annapolis for 1858, and something paid by N.E. Berry, and some calculations

.27 to John H. Sellman, from Magruder & Brother, no place, November 1857-August 3, 1859: for a long list of mostly household and personal items, including cap cover, slouch hat, painted tin chamber bucket, inkstand and ink, kid gloves, razor strop, writing desk, Windsor soap, cigars, portmonnaie, visiting cards, candles, copies of Lady of the Lake and Marmion, ethereal oil, cologne, cravats, lock and screws, tooth brush, Byron’s Works, quills, linen duster, lamp wick, cloth cap, philicome [apparently a kind of hair product], penknife, etc.

.28 from Lee A. Davis, July-September 1859: for stove, preserve[?] kettle, tan[?], hogshead of bacon, and something else

.29 from M. Cowman, Batlimore, November 21, 1859: for clothing accessories, such as gauntlets and gloves, shirts, hoops, bustle, corsets, whale bones, worsted hood, hose, sleeves, jacket, and breast pin; and also textiles and sewing supplies, such as velvet, hooks and eyes, elastic, buttons, wooden needles, Shetland woo, sewing silk; and also personal items such as tuck comb, fine tooth combs, nail and hair brushes, and soap;

.30 from William P. Wright, Baltimore, November 25, 1859: for some kind of oil, a large chimney, and something else;

Address on back: 113 German St. [Mrs. Harrison lived on German Street];

Printed and illustrated billhead: Silver Plated, Britannia, China, Glass and Queensware, Cutlery, &c.; illustrated with picture of washbowl and pitcher;

[.31 - bill dated November 18, 1863, and now filed between .44 and .45]

.32 from Geo. W. Webb, Baltimore, November 15, 1860: for gold [illegible] lever[?]];

Printed and illustrated billhead: Goldsmith and Jeweller [sic], … fine gold and silver watches, … silver and plated ware, and fancy articles, diamond setting, [etc.], illustrated with view of building;

.33 from Geo. W. Webb, Baltimore, November 15, 1860: for silver dessert and tea spoons, gold and garnet b. pin, two gold bracelets;

Printed and illustrated billhead: Goldsmith and Jeweller [sic], … fine gold and silver watches, … diamond setting, [etc.], illustrated with view of building;

.34 from M. Cowman, Baltimore, November 17, 1860: for dress accessories such as kid gloves, silk gauntlets, steel and gilt buckles, black silk and fancy morocco belts, hose, hoop skirts, corsets; and also personal items such as air pins, thimbles, hair brushes, tooth and nail brushes, ivory combs, hair tonic, soap, towels; and also sewing supplies such as braid, elastic, pins, spools of thread;

Written on back: 3 trunks, 3 banboxes [i.e. band boxes?], 2 boxes[?], 1 bundle, 1 bag, 1 role [sic, i.e. roll] of [illegible], 1 box [unclear], 1 piece of beef, 2 pictures

.35 from Walter Crook, Jr., Baltimore, November 20, 1860: for buff shades;

Printed billhead: Upholstery goods and curtain materials, feather beds and mattresses, … Venetian blinds, … paper hangings, border views, fireboards, [etc.]

.36 from John W. Dawson, freight per schooner Sophia, May-November 1860: for freight on a band box, a bird cage, a hogshead of bacon, a barrel of coal, and a carrag [i.e. carriage?] spring

.37 from Geo. W. Webb, Baltimore, November 29, 1861: for silver table spoons; repairs to bracelet, something else, b. pin, and chain;

.38 from M. Cowman, November 30, 1861-November 20, 1862: for dress accessories such as worsted hoods, pocket handkerchiefs, hose, silk belts, Berlin gloves, men’s knit gloves, ladies gauntlet, fans; and personal items such as rubber tuck combs, soap, hair tonic, tooth brushes; and sewing items such as needles, scissors, skirt braid, sewing silk, pins;

Receipt on back is dated November 20, 1862, signed M. Cowman & Co.

.39 from David Ball, Baltimore, November 29, 1861: for Britannia coffee pot, coal oil, lamps and extra chimney, lamp shade, etc.;

.40 to Mr. J. H. Sellman, from Larmour & Co., Baltimore, January 3, 1862: for mainspring and cleaning small gold watch;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and dealers in watches, jewelry, silver & plated ware, spectacles, table cutlery, clocks, &c. [on pink paper]

.41 to Mrs. L. Sellman, from Larmour & Co., Baltimore, January 3, 1862: for repairing gold watch and second hand;

Written on back: “receipts to from different persons, 1862”

Printed billhead: manufacturers and dealers in watches, jewelry, silver & plated ware, spectacles, table cutlery, clocks, &c. [on pink paper]

.42-.43 from B.B. Swayne, Baltimore, November 19, 1863: for set of jewelry; and for writing desk, pen wiper, castile soap, and Sewell cement;

Printed billheads: importer of French, English and American perfumery, toilet soaps, shaving creams, combs, brushes, fancy articles, &c., &c.

.44 from Magruder & Bro., December 1862-January 1863: raisins, macaroni, currants, corn, kerosene lamp, gelatin, tumblers;

.31 from Geo. W. Webb, Baltimore, November 18, 1863: for something gold and an enamel b. pin [breast pin?];

.45 from Geo. W. Webb & Co., Baltimore, November 1864: for coral earrings; and flor cleaning and repairing watch, glass, and case spring;

Printed and illustrated billhead: Goldsmiths and Jewellers [sic]; … fine gold and silver watches, rich jewelry and silver ware, diamond setting …, watch repairing …

.46 from Geo. W. Webb, Baltimore, February 17, 1865: for plated forks and ladle, and repairing watch;

.47 from Geo. W. Webb, Baltimore, November 29, 1861: for new main spring and repairing watch; hair bracelets, repair two clasps and a bracelet;

.48 list of kitchen items: washboard[?], iron pots, steamer, coffee pot, tea kettle, frying pan, spider, cake griddles, dripping pan, bake pans, gridiron, waffle iron, ham boiler & cover, raker, scraper, 8 of something, elbow, lifter

Folder 3: books, music [also includes some personal items]

.49 to estate of Dr. Jno. H. Sellman, from Jas. Iglehart & Co., January-May 1852: for school books: Latin, arithmetic, spelling, geography, atlas, English history, algebra, and other books; ink stand, penholder, steel pens, and a pair of gloves;

.50 to Mr. Sellman, from George E. Franklin, Annapolis, January-December 1852: for school books: Anthony’s Latin; books on Caesar and Sallust; Alger’s Murray’s Exercises; and Jacob’s Greek Reader

.51 to Mrs. Lucinda Sellman, for son Henry, from George E. Franklin, April 1855-June 1857: for school books (short titles given); personal items (tooth brush, penknife, letter paper and envelopes, soap, nail brush); dress accessories (gloves, white slouch hat, handkerchiefs, suspenders, shirt collars); bolt and screws, packing boxes, a charge for hemming handkerchiefs, a bottle of champagne, ethereal oil, a clock, blacking, etc.; receipt on back;

.52 to Mr. John H. Sellman, Towsontown, Md., from John Murphy & Co., Baltimore, August 27, 1860: for Brown & Brune’s[?[ Digest, Stockett & Miller’s Digest, Evans Practice [these were law books];

Printed and illustrated billhead: Murphy’s General Printing and Publishing Establishment, Book, Paper and Stationery Store, [with long list of items available]; illustrated with picture of building

.53 from Miller & Beacham, Baltimore, Dec. 2, 1861: for pieces of music [not named];

Printed billhead: publisher of music, dealers in piano forest, melodeons, guitars, music paper, music folios, strings, &c.

.54 from Entz & Bash, Baltimore, December 2, 1861: books: Motley’s Dutch Republic; Gibbons’s History of Rome; and Hume’s England;

Printed billhead: booksellers and stationers

.55-.56 from M.H. Waite, Baltimore, February 10 and 18, 1865; for books, short titles given: Tanner Boy, Lawyer’s Son, Young Folks Magazine, Napoleon, prayer books, Abbott’s Napoleon;

Printed billheads: bookseller and stationer, photograph albums; visiting, wedding, and at home cards …; stationery; children’s books …, Bibles and prayer books; [with list of publishers whose works are carried] [on yellow paper]

Folder 4: construction of out buildings and repairs to buildings

.57 from Nicholas Stewart, 1852: to putting pillow under barn, underpinning one side of bar, repairing quarter, taking down two backs in house and putting in irons, whitewashing rooms, repairing plastering, repairing underpinning of kitchen;

Addressed to “Mrs. Dr. John Sellman”

.58 from John T. Holliday, May 16, 1853: making and hanging Venetian shutters, repairing doors, making and hanging ice house door, patching floors

.59 from Daniel C. Boston & Co., April 6, 1855: for sawing and hewing sills, posts, pieces, studs, joists, and rafters, out of oak and poplar;

On back: notes from Boston about paying Pompey Sims[?]; mentions that the sawing was done for a house

[paper has some tears]

.60 receipt: Mrs. Sellman paid Pompey Sims[?] for sawing;

On back: “I owe Daniel Boston $30 90 cts., August 2, 1856”

.61 short note from Daniel C. Boston: please pay Pompey Simms for sawing the dwelling house frame

.62 from William Watkins, Rhone River, Oct. 6, 1856: for hogheads, moving meat house and moving another house, tongue for roller, planks, moving garden, repairing something, etc.;

.63 from Hiram W. Hook, Nov. 16, 1856: for building quarter

.116 receipt: Hiram W. Hook, December 1, 1856: was paid what was owed him.

.64 bill and short note from N. E. Berry, Sep.[?] 26, 1856: bill for barrels of lime, bushels of hair, bricks, and laths; about shipping her order; gave her son Henry some money

.65 agreement, with note, [note signed by the agreement was from James Hopkins]: agreement to paint the outside of Mrs. Sellman’s dwelling house, with doors to be grained; note is initials F.H.S. [probably Frank H. Stokett – see .75 below], dated August 1859: Hopkins wants to know if he has been selected to do the painting job; if so, he will need to hire extra help

.66 letter from James Hopkins, Annapolis, September 2, 1859: more about his bid on painting her house, and asking for an early decision whether he has been hired.

.67 from Sindall & Henderson, Baltimore, November 5, 1859: for sheets of tin for roof, solder, nails, charcoal, spouting [downspouts], days of work;

Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturers of tin & sheet iron ware, stoves, cooking utensils & house plumbing & metallic roofing; with small illustrations of a stove, a range, and a bathtub[?]

.68 from George Thomas, July 13, 1860: for doing something to tobacco house

.69 from J. [or I.] W. Kalmey, Taylorsville, June 26, 1862: for painting outside of dwelling [on yellow paper] [name on back: Kamly, rather than Kalmey]

.70 from William Watkins, Dec. 1863: for repairing meat house and stable;

.71 receipted: Mrs. Sellman paid William G. Ryan $15 for building a shed; and a note: “Mr. Ryan said he would build my shed for 35 dollars”

Folder 5: building a house: work done by John M. Davis, 1855

.72 letter from J. M. Davis, Annapolis, Nov. 1854: will build house for $4000, except for the frame and marble mantels, with extra cost for back portico;

Letter addressed to Mrs. Doctor John H. Sellman, near Davidsonville, Md.

.73 from John M. Davis, 1855: bill for building house, with materials, except for frame; bill specifies such materials as yellow pine joist and scantling, sill stuff, Venetian shutters on porch a d in garret, columns, bells, bricks, patent sash fasteners, weatherboarding for kitchen, little room over pantry, plastering for kitchen and small room, marble mantels, tinning kitchen and shed, setting marble mantels

.74 envelope, on which is written John Davis’s Receipts [envelope is now empty]

.75 receipt: Mrs. Sellman paid John M. Davis, January 3, 1855-March 3, 1856, for building her a dwelling house, kitchen, &c., on real estate of her late husband Dr. Jno. H. Sellman;

Payment witnessed by Frank H, Stockett

[The Sellman Family Papers at University of Maryland identified Frank H. Stockett as a nephew of Mrs. Sellman, who assisted her with managing the farm after her husband’s death]

.76 note from John M. Davis, July 17 1857, about settling his account;

On back: more about what was due to settle the account

.77 receipt: James Hopkins was paid by Frank H. Stockett, September 22, 1858, to settle Mrs. Sellman’s account

.78 account listing amounts due to Davis, Clayton, Hopkins, Mitchell, and their hands; plus board for Ray; expenses for digging cellar; Treadway’s board; and freight bill

Folder 6: drugget, matting, oil cloth, carpeting, rugs [floor coverings]

.79 from John A. Mathias, Baltimore, May 26, 1853; for matting and table oil cloth

.80 from S.N. Hyde, Baltimore, May 26, 1853; for drugget;

Printed billhead: dry goods, carpeting, matting, floor oil cloth, &c.

.81 from John Mathias, Baltimore, Oct. 31, 1853; for rug carpeting, oil cloth, and binding

.82 from John A. Mathias, Baltimore, November 6, 1854; for carpet, drugget, oil cloth;

Printed billhead: carpeting, dry goods, oil cloths, matting, &c.

.83-.84 from John Turnbull, Baltimore, November 27 and December 14, 1855: for tapestry ingrain carpeting, oil cloth, carpet binding, tufted rug, cocoa and skeleton door mats, carpet tacks; and for oil cloth;

Printed billhead: carpeting, oil cloths, matting, rugs, table and piano covers, &c.

.85 from N. E. Berry, Baltimore, May 19, 1856: for Turnbull’s bill and matting; with credit for oil cloth;

Written on back: receipts for 1856; small hole in paper

.86 from John Turnbull, Baltimore, July 8, 1856: for checked matting and oil cloth;

Note on back about a partial payment;

Printed billhead: carpeting, oil cloths, matting, rugs, table and piano covers, &c.

.87 from McDowell, Robinson & Co., Baltimore, November 17, 1859; for drugget, oil cloth, mat;

Printed billhead: foreign & domestic carpetings, oil cloths, mattings, &c.

.88 bill and short note from N. E. Berry, Baltimore, May 25, 1860; bill for checked matting;

Short note: John has sent the matting and bill is enclosed;

Printed billhead/letterhead: commission merchant and grocer; attention specially given to sales of tobacco and grin and to the purchase of fertilizers

.89 from John Turnbull, Baltimore, November 13, 1860: for ingrain carpeting, oil cloth, and binding;

Printed billhead: carpeting, oil cloths, matting, rugs, table and piano covers, &c.

.90 from John Turnbull, Baltimore, May 17, 1864: for matting and freight

Printed billhead: carpeting, oil cloths, matting, rugs, &c.

Folder 7: footwear

.91 to John Sellman of John H., from Richard R. Goodwin, no place, January-November 1855; for pairs of shoes, and a horn [presumably a shoehorn], and for footing boots;

[tear in paper]

.92 from David Emerick & Son, Baltimore, July 16, 1855; for a pair of heel gaiters, pairs of gaiters, and kid slippers;

Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturers of ladies’ & gentlemen’s boots & shoes; illustrated with silhouette of a shoe and a boot, within a border of leaves

.93 from S. Davis, Baltimore, 1857; for pair of youth’s calf boots and a pair of gaiter boots

.94 bill and short note from David Emerick, Baltimore, October 7, 1858; for gaiters boots for daughters;

Note: please pay promptly because has bills to pay;

Printed billhead: ladies’ gaiter, boot and shoe manufacturer [with further description of what he makes];

.95 from C. Ohrenschall, Baltimore, Oct. 6, 1860; for boots, gaiters, shoes, half sole sheets, glace shoes; [on back: calculations, and $120 written out]

Printed billhead: manufacturer of boots, gaiters and shoes

.96-.97 from S. Davis, Baltimore, 1862; Dec. 23, 1863; for morocco boots and uppers; and for high cut morocco boots, boy’s sewed boots, and gaiter boots to pump heels;

Written on back of .96: bills Levy paid in Baltimore;

Written on back of .97: Davis bill I am owing

Folder 8: furniture: new pieces, and repairing, varnishing, and painting furniture

.98 from Steamer Phoenix, March-July 1856: for freight on barrel of mackerel, hogshead of bacon, barrels of plaster, bag of beef, chairs, piano, bedsteads, broom, matting, wash stand, bureau, mattress, spinning wheel, barrel of lime, oil cloth, etc.

.99 from J. [or I.] Hamilton, November 1852; for painting chairs, repairing sideboard, varnishing, a lock

.100 from J. [or I.] Hamilton, April 25, 1853; for repairing table, and one stove

.101 from Wm. Mann & Co., Baltimore, May 27, 1853; for a toilet box;

Printed billhead: clocks, time pieces, looking glasses, &c. [with a description of kinds of clocks sold and other items available]

.102 from J.T. Watkins, Baltimore, Jan. 8, 1854: for bedstead, mattress, etc.

Printed billhead: feather beds, curl-hair mattresses, furniture and variety store, &c.

.103 from Charles W. Stockett, administrator of Joseph N. Stockett, no place, March 1, 1855; for sofa and rocking chair;

Endorsed on back: Charlie Stockett’s receipt

.104 from Edwin S. Tarr, Baltimore, November 28, 1855: for walnut furniture: dressing bureau, enclosed wash stand, sofa table with slab top, hat rack & glass, and towel rack; iron bedsteads with slat bottoms; wash stands, cherry trundle bedstead; husk mattress, dressing table; cane seat chairs, boxing[?] marble, matts and matting;

Printed and illustrated billhead: cabinet furniture warerooms; illustrated with side and arm chairs and a sofa [the illustration is in a green cartouche, printed on blue paper]

.105 from Meacham & Heywood, Baltimore, November 30, 1855: for cottage bedstead, bureau, wash stand, table, chairs, wardrobe, child’s chair, matts (which could be returned for credit);

Printed and illustrated billhead: plain and ornamental cottage chamber furniture, [list of kinds of furniture and mattresses offered], plain and fancy furniture, &c.; illustrated with a bedroom scene, showing dresser with mirror, chair, bedstead, part of a table, and window with valance and curtains

.106 from the Steamer Phenix [sic], November-December 1855; for shipping charges for bacon, butter, a barrel of chaney-ware [i.e. china?], a saddle, rolls of oil cloth and carpeting, hat rack, chairs, bureau, a box of marble, wash stands, mattress, towel rack, bedsteads, looking glass, tables, packages of furniture, boxes of glass, stoves, jugs, and assorted boxes and bundles

.107 from J.D. Benteen, Baltimore, May 6, 1856; for 7 octave rosewood piano by Chickering with full metallic frame, no. 16,926; no charge for stool and oil cover;

.108 from J.T.[?]. Watkins, Baltimore, May 21, 1856, for walnut chairs, best mattresses, bureau, washstand, bedsteads, and a charge for boxing the bureau;

Endorsed on back: JohnWatkins’s bill not paid

.109 from J.T. Watkins, Baltimore, November 26, 1856: for some kind of table;

Printed and illustrated billhead: feather beds, curl-hair mattresses, furniture and variety store; illustrated with a picture of a sofa

.110 from J.T. Watkins, Baltimore, November 23, 1857: for bedsteads, mattress, walnut table, office chair and cushion, yards of muslin for railing[?]; with note: the goods on the bill for Nov. 23 were shipped per Steamer Phoenix;

Printed and illustrated billhead: feather beds, curl-hair mattresses, furniture and variety store; illustrated with a picture of a sofa

.111 from J.T. Watkins, Baltimore, November 25, 1859; for bureau, wardrobe, walnut candle stand and dining chairs, an extension table, walnut rocking chair, mahogany wash stand;

Printed and illustrated billhead: feather beds, curl-hair mattresses, furniture and variety store; illustrated with a picture of a sofa

.112 from J.T. Watkins, Baltimore, November 10, 1860: Nov. 26: for wardrobe, walnut desk, rocking chair, office chair, and some other kind of chair;

Printed and illustrated billhead: feather beds, curl-hair mattresses, furniture and variety store; illustrated with a picture of a sofa

.113 from J.T. Watkins, Baltimore, November 22, 1860: for tete-a-tete, lady’s chair, mattress, pounds of hair, bedstead, etc.;

Note on back: titles of music pieces composed by Charles Grobe and Ferdinand Boyer;

Printed and illustrated billhead: feather beds, curl-hair mattresses, furniture and variety store; illustrated with a picture of a sofa

.114 from Revd. Jno. Beckwith, South River, April 1862: for center table and two bowls;

Receipt signed by Thos. S. Iglehart

.115 from Oliver & Remington, Baltimore, November 25, 1863: for rosewood and gilt oval frames, ornamented gilt frames, a card frame, and a looking glass plate;

Printed billhead: looking glass and picture frame manufacturers

Folder 9: “on account” or good illegible

[.116 – went with .63, in folder 4, and filed there]

.117 from Cortlan & Co., Baltimore, January 2, 1860: to bill rendered;

[see also .21, in folder 2]

Printed and illustrated billhead: House Furnishing Ware Rooms; with pictures of a gasolier

.118 from E.C. Miles, Davidsonville, June 10, 1861: for 3 pairs gloves[?], 3 panes of glass[?] – not clear, but probably panes [spelled pains] of glass

.119 from Benjamin Harrison, Baltimore, September 1, 1862: :rec’d of N.E. Berry ten dollars for Mrs. Harrison on account of Mrs. L. M. Sellman;

Folder 10: saddlery, harness, trunks, coffins, repairs to farm equipment, fences, medical bag, a well, locks, etc.

.120 to Dr. J. Sellman, from John H. Hopkins, Dec. 16, 1840; for a grain scythe [spelled chthe] and a whet stone. And to making a small walnut coffin

.121 to Dr. Sellman, from James J. Gray, Owensville, July 29, 1841: for medical bag, snaffle bridle, double set reins and something else

.122 to Dr. Sellman, from W. H. Peake, July-September 1841; for putting handle to bucket, and other work or goods

.123 to Dr. Sellman, from Nicholas D. Duvall, February-December 1842: for gates, repairing wheels, some kind of board, tobacco plough, repairs on ox carts, and something else

.124 to Dr. Sellman, from Nicholas D. Duvall, May 1849-March 1850: for mending something, repairing something, fixing water cooler, rockers and frame for crib, panel blind for window, repairing and cleaning desk, and desk something for son;

[on pumpkin-colored paper]

.125 from J. Hamilton, September-October 1851; for repairing trunk

.126 from Nicholas D. Duvall, October-December 1851: for panel blind for window, letters[?] to date, papers[?] to date; [on pumpkin-colored paper]

.127 from J. Hamilton, October-December 1851: for black paint, repairing and varnishing bureau knobs and casks[?]

.128 from Walter Crook, Baltimore, October 28, 1852: for blinds;

Printed billhead: Upholstery goods and curtain materials, feather beds and mattresses, … Venetian blinds, … paper hangings, border views, fireboards, [etc.]

.129 to estate of Dr. Sellman, from Samuel A. Boston, April 26, 1853: for sawing chestnut and poplar lumber

.130 from N. Clough, Annapolis, November 20, 1854: for pump stalk and a box;

.131 from William Watkins, November 24, 1854: for fence panels

.132 from W. H. Hohne, no place, October 1854-January 30, 1856: for drab paint, and brush and sash tool

.133 from Nathaniel Clew, no place, November 25, 1855: for putting in logs, one new box, and for putting down the old logs

.134 from L.O. Mercer, Baltimore, November 25, 1855: for side saddle; snaffle, bridle, and something else; wagon whip, thirty inch crow trunk;

Printed billhead: saddle, harness, collar and trunk maker

.135 from Clinton Speed, September 9, 1856: for digging well; and for taking out and putting back 36 feet of something;

Endorsed on back: receipt for my pump;

.136 to Dr. John H. Sellman, from James Iglehart, Annapolis, November 7, 1857: for stock locks, padlocks, milk strainer;

.137 from John D. Hammond, Baltimore, May 11, 1858: for pair of collars, with credit given for old collars;

Printed and illustrated billhead: saddle, harness & trunk manufacturer; illustrated with picture of a man driving a wagon (with front wheels smaller than rear wheels)

.138 from L.O. Mercer, Baltimore, November 17, 1858: for wagon saddle; horse covers; riding whip;

Printed billhead: saddle, harness, collar and trunk maker

.139 from McCeney Howes, January-December 1858: for making road gate, putting rollers on bedstead, fixing doors, making singletree, making drag harrow, wheel spokes, repairing table and chair, and work on something;

Credit given for timber

.140 from David Nusbaum, July 28, 1859: for lighting rods;

With note in pencil: David Nusbaum, Balto. Millars Hotel, lighning [sic] rod dealer

.141 from D. White & Son, Saylorsville, November 21, 1859: for shingles, feet of something, tons of Balt. Co. coal

.142 from McCeney Howes, January-November 1859: for making ox cart tongue, wedging boxes in wheels; parts for a cart and for a reaper; making bed slats; making horse rake and singletree; spoking and rimming ox cart wheel; repairing plough and applying irons; making wheels and axel for ox cart; making board

.143 from John Curlett & Son, Baltimore, November 27, 185- [last digit unclear]; for a carriage[?] [the item cost $400, so carriage makes sense];

Printed and illustrated billhead: coach makers; [etc.]; illustrated with an open carriage

.144 from Samuel Hunt, Baltimore, November 18, 1860: for trunk and something else;

Printed and illustrated billhead: saddle, harness and trunk manufacturer; illustrated with a coat of arms, with includes two rearing horses and a horse head

.145 from McCeny Howes, February 1860-March 1861: for sharpening cross-cut saw; making ox cart seat[?] and wedging boxes; applying irons to plough; spoking and rimming wheels; making table, coffin, and plough beam; repairing wagon and sleigh (also painting sleigh)

.146 from Thomas Daily, Baltimore, November 2, 1862: for pair of carriage bridles;

Printed billhead: saddle, harness, collar & trunk manufacturer

.147 from McCeny Howes, February 1863-February 1864: for making poplar coffins and a carriage tongue; repairing grain cradles and chairs; pieces for wagon wheel; jointing and wedging wheel; singletrees and stretcher stick; making three furrow plough beam; etc.

.148 from Samuel Hunt, Baltimore, November 14, 1864: for trunk, saddle, bridle leather and something else;

Printed and illustrated billhead: saddlery, harness trunks, etc.; illustrated with a coat of arms, with includes two rearing horses and a horse head

.149 from Thos. Bond & Son, August-December, no year: for feet of fencing and cullings

Folder 11: stoves and stove parts

.150 from Robbins & Bibb, Baltimore Stove House, Baltimore, November 17, 1852: for radiator with iron top and elbow, plus drayage; with credit given for Boston parlour cook second hand;

Printed billhead: stoves, parlor grates, hollow ware, cooking ranges, ships’ cambooses …, copper & tin ware, … agricultural boilers …, refrigerators, water coolers, &c., [etc.]

.151 from Collins & Co., Baltimore, December 1855: for palor something and flues; sheet iron a.t. sotve; elbows; days of mason’s work; drayage; imitation Russia [torn], ornaments, blacking brushes and blacking;

Printed and illustrated billhead: successors to Hayward, Bartlett & Co., … stoves, parlor grates, hloow ware, cooking ranges, hot-air furnaces, &c., also house and ship plumbdrs; illustrated with a small range labeled Blue Ridge Air Tight;

Hole in original

.152 to Mrs. Mary Sellman, from Q. A. Mitchell, no place, December 1856: for radiating stove, sheet iron a.t. [air tight?] stove, Russia iron elbows for radiator, dboule elbow for a.t., zinc, circular Russia iron fire board with moulding; with credit given for hand stoves & fire [something]

.153 bill from N. E. Berry, Baltimore, December 6 [or 16], 1857; for stove and piece of pipe;

Printed billhead: commission merchant and grocer; attention specially given to sales of tobacco and grin and to the purchase of fertilizers

.154 from Jopseh L. Dawson, December 18, 1857: for a stove;

.155 from Q. A. Mitchell, June 1857-October 1858: for large tin box, large sheets, painting tin box, cast iron and Russia iron cylinders for parlor stove, ash pan, bed plate, grate, drop grates, door, dampers, and other stove parts; plus charges for labor

.156 from Collins, Heath & Hutchinson, Maryland Stove & Plumbing House, Baltimore, November 1858: for stoves, fire boards, zinc, and freight;

Printed and illustrated billhead: agents and manufacturers of the following articles: [gas stoves, cook stove, heating and ironing stoves, self-closing faucets, etc.]; illustrated with picture of a fancy parlor stove

.157 from Collins, Heath & Hutchinson, Maryland Stove & Plumbing House, Baltimore, November 20, 1860: for stove parts, and freight;

Printed billhead;

.158 from Collins, Heath & Hutchinson, Maryland Stove & Plumbing House, Baltimore, November 23, 1859: for pipes;

Printed billhead: agents and manufacturers of the following articles: [gas stoves, cook stove, heating and ironing stoves, self-closing faucets, etc.];

.159 from Collins, Heath & Hutchinson, Maryland Stove & Plumbing House, Baltimore, November 22, 1862: drawer for a base; drop grates;

Printed billhead;

.160 from S.B. Sexton & Co., Baltimore, November 1863: for parlor gas burner, fixtures, cleaning out and setting fireplace stove, pipe joints and elbows; labor;

Printed and illustrated billhead: stove manufacturers and iron founders [names various brands of stoves]; … folding bedsteads; [and more stoves and ranges]; illustrated with picture of fancy parlor stove;

[small hole in bill]

.161 from S.B. Sexton & Co., Baltimore, November 15, 1864: for Maria Penn Cook [range or stove] and fixtures, ham boiler, waffle iron, parlor gas burner & fixtures, black lead;

Endorsed on back: Simbury Coal, Lykens Valley

.162 bill and short letter from S.B. Sexton & Co., Baltimore, March 14, 1865: for a reflector and time and fare of workman; with credit given for four old stoves;

Letter: old stoves received; are in poor condition and have given her more credit for them than they are worth

.163 from S.B. Sexton & Co., Baltimore, November 11, 1865: for grate and set of bricks for M. Penn; sent by schooner Caroline Virginia

Folder 12: Textiles and clothing, and shoes, 1820s-1849

Many of these are addressed to Dr. Sellman, but if no one is mentioned, then they were sent to Mrs. Sellman (sometimes addressed as Mrs. Dr. Sellman – a not uncommon practice of the time.)

.164a to Dr. Sellman, from George McNeir, Annapolis, January 1827-December 1829; with note dated June 17, 1836: for men’s clothing, including frock coats, pantaloons (fabrics included drill and cassimere), vests (one of brown silk), jacket, black cloth and blue cloth coats, overcoat; also charges for putting on collar and buttons and for furnishing trim

.164b receipt: Dr. Sellman paid George Mcneir, July 25, 1829

.165 to Dr. Sellman, from George McNeir, May 1830: pair of pantaloons of Brusells[?], and to vest of Marseilles

.166 to Dr. Sellman, form Martin F. Revell, August 1829; paid July 27, 1832: calico frock coat

.167 to Mr. [sic] Sellman, from Basil Shephard, Annapolis, October 1830-September 10, 1832: for men’s clothing: black silk stock, black velvet vest, black cloth coat and pantaloons; cassinet overalls, new buttons and velvet cape for a coat; vests of figured silk and Marseilles; summer cloth pantaloons; silk hose; making coat and trimmings out of a frock coat; blue cloth coat and pantaloons, with figured vest; samask silk vest; brown nap coth overcoat; repairing gray overcoat; summer cassimere pantaloons; exchanges of stocks;

.168 from E.C. Miles, Sept. 28, 1834[? 1854?], for making 2 coats, a vest, and 3 dresses

.169 to Dr. Sellman, from Basil Shephard, Annapolis, August 1832-Janurary 1835: for men’s clothing: including white hair stock; French brown cloth coat; striped cassimere pantaloons; black Florentine silk vest; black cloth coat, vest, and pantaloons; other pantaloons of blue cloth, linen drilling, and other fabrics; brown Holland over jackets; olive cloth overcoat; Russia raven’s green cloth frock coat; vests of quilted silk, white Marseilles, buff figured Marseilles and other fabrics; putting new silk into olive cloth frock cloth; new sleeve linings in blue coat; pair of chevaliers; black fringed stock, etc.

.170 to Dr. Sellman, from Basil Shephard, Annapolis, June 1835-November 1836: men’s clothing: pantaloons from black cord cassimere, plaid cloth, and other fabrics; vests from scarlet cassimere, plaid silk, figured silk velvet, and other fabrics; drab cloth overcoat; etc.;

With penciled notes at bottom of page;

On back: note about giving Shephard promissory note to pay the bill

.171 to Dr. Sellmamn, from James Iglehart, May 1831-December 1836: a long account, for a variety of goods, including tobacco and cigars, drab beaver hat and other dress accessories (gloves, suspenders, Spitalfield handkerchiefs); textile fabrics (Louis Philip vesting, cambric, Irish linen, superfine blue cloth, Swiss muslin, etc.); sewing supplies (thread, buttons, bindings); penknife, sherry wine, castor oil, shoe brushes, a bottle of Florida water; white satin shoes, etc.

.172 to Mrs. Sellman, from P.A. Lively, Annapolis, paid January 12, 1838: calico;

[surname might be spelled Levely]

.173 to Mrs. Sellman, from E. Hunt, Baltimore, January 1, 1839: for a black bonnet, straw bonnet, yards of textiles, cap, lace, pair of wristlets, etc.;

Endorsed on back: Mrs. Sellman, Mr. Harrison sister

.174 to Mrs. Dr. Sellman, from P. A. Lively [or Levely], Annapolis, August 1839-September 1840: calico, muslin, a scarf, child’s hose, Manchester gingham, collar, gloves, Swiss muslin, etc.

.175 from E. Hunt, Baltimore, January 1, 1841; for blue crape, black lace, velvet ribbon, feather, straw bonnet[?], cap, etc.

.176 to Dr. Sellman, from John Harrison, Baltimore, June 25, 1841: for bird eye diaper

.177 to Mrs. Dr. Sellman, from P.A. Lively [or Levely], Annapolis, May 1842: for gingham, ribbon, handkerchief, lace, buffalo court[?], shell combs, etc.

.178 to Mrs. Dr. Sellman, from P.A. Lively [or Levely], Annapolis, October 20, 1842: for calico, whale bones, cambric, lace;

.179 from B. Harrison, Baltimore, Dec. 11, 1843: for cashmere mousseline

.180 to Dr. Sellman, from Wm. Watts, Annapolis, November 1844: for repairing overcoat, making pants, and cutting suit for servant; receipt signed by Edward C. Mills;

On back: note that Sellman was to pay the account to E.C. Mills, signed Wm. Watts

.181 to Dr. Sellman, from Edward C. Mills, Annapolis, June 1844-July 1845: chiefly for textile fabrics, such as cassimere, drilling, French linen, Holland, silk velvet, etc.; but also for vests, cravats, a penknife, fine tooth comb, tobacco, razor strop, Berlin gloves, etc.

.182 from John M. Orem & Co., Baltimore, December 14, 1845: for cassimere coat and pants;

Printed billhead: merchant tailors & dealers in cloths, cassimeres, vestings &c.

.183 to Dr. Sellman, from Harry Levely, Annapolis, April-November 1949: for textiles fabrics, such as silk tissue, calico, cambric, muslin, flannel, etc.; also ribbon, hose, gloves, skeins of silk, fringe, a skirt, moulds [perhaps button molds], etc.

.184 to Mrs. Dr. Sellman, from Harry Levely, Annapolis, May 12, 1849: for Russia diaper, and Jenny Lund gingham;

and a note: didn’t have ordinary Russia diaper so has sent something better, but should have the ordinary soon if she wishes to exchange

.185 from W.H. & B. Harrison, Baltimore, August 4, 1849: for barege, French lawn handkerchiefs, worked collar, cotton house, kid gloves;

Printed billhead: French, British & American fancy and staple goods

Folder 13: Textiles and clothing, 1850s

.186 from Benjamin Harrison, Baltimore, August 21, 1851: for mostly for textile fabrics: barege, gingham, mousseline de laine, cambric, crape, linen, Russia diaper, white flannel, lawn; also kid gloves and sewing silk;

.187 from Benjamin Harrison, Baltimore, September 23, 1851: mourning blanket shawls

.188 from George Colton, no place, January 3, 1852: to making something and pants for son

.189 from George Colton, no place, April 20, 1852: to cutting jackets and pants for son; and making a jacket

.190 from Benj. Harrison, Baltimore, May 19, 1852: for textiles: barege, crape, calico, lawn, silk, cambric; also gloves and hose;

On back: list of names written in pencil, most crossed out; also: B. Harrisons receipts;

Printed billhead: British, French & domestic dry goods; … staple and house-keeping drygoods

.191 receipt: Thomas Ireland, Annapolis, January 4, 1853, was paid for a blue cloth jacket

.192 from William Bryan, Annapolis, October 1852-May 1853: for altering jacket for son and a uniform jacket and pants for son

.193 from Mary H. Holbrook, Baltimore, June 15, 1853: for straw bonnet, silk lining and curtain, ribbon; a box; bleaching straw bonnet and hat; lining straw [bonnet or hat] with silk, a curtain, and ribbon trimming; lining Jenny Lind hat with silk; green ribbon

.194 from James H. Iglehart, no place, June 29, 1852 [or 1853 – both years appear]: black cambric, yards of cotton, cord, buttons

.195 from James H. Searles, December 20, 1853: for making pants for son

.196 from Benj. Harrison, Baltimore, May 9, 1854: for hose; handkerchiefs, under sleeves, bonnet, balance on trunk, porterage;

Printed billhead: British, French & domestic dry goods; … staple and house-keeping dry goods

.197 from J. Edward Bird, Baltimore, August 7, 1854: for challis, dotted Swiss muslin, plain

Swiss, and Swiss inserting;

Printed billhead: American, French, Italian, Swiss, and English fancy and staple dry goods

.198 from M. E. Murphy, no place, November 8, 1854: for making bombazine waist and calico basque, with charges for buttons, hooks, bones, tape and pad, silk;

.199 from Benjamin Harrison, Baltimore, March 7, 1855: for shawl, kid gloves, flannel, silk luster, plaid gingham, cotton hose, black alpaca, twisted silk, plaid mousseline, worked skirt;

.200-.201 from J. Edward Bird, Baltimore, April 26, 1855: for a mantle; and for another mantle, and sash ribbon;

Printed billhead: American, French, Italian, Swiss, and English fancy and staple dry goods

.202 from William Bryan, no place, May 30, 1855-January 30, 1856: for light cassimere coat and a white Russia duck [coat?] for son Henry

.203 from J. Edward Bird, Baltimore, September 17, 1855: for cloth, cassimire, vest pattern; and making;

Printed billhead: American, French, Italian, Swiss, and English fancy and staple dry goods

.204 from J. Edward Bird, Baltimore, November 24, 1855: for Persian and French delaine; linen, cambric; worked collars, kid gloves

Printed billhead: American, French, Italian, Swiss, and English fancy and staple dry goods

.205 from J. Edward Bird, Baltimore, November 29, 1855: for textiles: plaid merino[?], mousseline, gingham, paper cambric, muslin, delaine; and for handkerchiefs, collars, velvet trimming, silk cravat, etc.

Printed billhead: American, French, Italian, Swiss, and English fancy and staple dry goods

.206 to Henry Sellman, from Thomas Ireland, Annapolis, January 10, 1856: for men’s clothing: cap, pants, making and trimming vests, putting new back to coat, a collar, silk vest;

Mrs. Sellman paid this bill, and it’s possible it was addressed to Mrs. Henry Sellman, not to her son

.207 to Henry Sellman, from James H. Iglehart, Annapolis, November 1854-January 1856: for some kind of Reader, a fancy black silk cravat, a pair of white kid gloves, and two fine linen collars, and a Britannia lamp;

Bill has a small tear

.208 from E. Hunt, Baltimore, July 1, 1856: for straw bonnet, a black crape hat, corn colored bonnet, etc.;

Bill is torn

.209 to Henry Sellman, from Thomas Ireland, Annapolis, January 16, 1856: for men’s clothing: black cassimere frock coat, white Marseilles vest, making a vest, pair of light cassimere pants, white duck coat, another pair of cassimere pants, repairing clothes;

Bill is torn

.210 from M. E. Murphy, Baltimore, September 9, 1856: for making alpaca and worsted dresses, yards of textile fabrics and fringe, sewing silk , tape, braid, bones, wadding, etc.;

Bill is wrinkled and has a hole in it

.211 from J. Edward Bird, Baltimore, November 21, 18556 for textiles: stripe silk, linen, mousseline, merino, French muslin, gingham, calico, etc.; and for collars, gloves, handkerchiefs, hose, etc.; and for table cloths, napkins, and other goods;

Printed billhead: American, French, Italian, Swiss, and English fancy and staple dry goods

.212 from J. Edward Bird, Baltimore, November 1856: for textiles: chintz, gingham, delaine, grenadine, figured Swiss, paper cambric, alpaca, and many more; and for a parasol, trimming, whalebones, etc.

Printed billhead: American, French, Italian, Swiss, and English fancy and staple dry goods

.213 from E. Hunt, Baltimore, June 4, 1857: for straw bonnet, black silk [hat or bonnet?], box, ribbon, and freight;

.214 from W. Cowman, May-November 24, 1857: for silk fringe, pair of corsets[?], zephyr skirts, bones

.215 to John H. Sellman, from M. Tracy & Low, Baltimore, July 1, 1857: for black frock coat, cassimere pants, two Marseilles vests, white drilling pants, packing box

.216 from Hamilton Easter & Co., Baltimore, July-August 1857: for textile fabrics: grenadine, linen, and mousseline; worked and lace collars, gloves, thread, gauntlets;

Printed billhead

.217 from E.C. Hatch, Baltimore, November 15, 1857: for a bonnet, ribbon, band box

.218 to Henry Sellman, from Thomas Ireland, Annapolis, April 12, 1858: for men’s clothing: coats, vests, pants; also altering vest, repairing pants and vest, and a raffle ticket

.219 from James Munroe, no place, May 17, 1858: for fringe, muslin, whale bones, cord

.220 from M. B. Camden, Annapolis, may 18, 1858: for black straw bonnet, and for lining and trimming bonnet; and a box

.221 from M. Cowman, Baltimore, November 10, 1858: for dress accessories: lady’s and child’s skeleton skirts, worsted hoods, machine corsets, hose, gauntlets, gloves, silk and morocco belts, sets of brass hoops, silk net mitts; sewing supplies: fringe, braid; and for personal items: fine combs, soap, extension fan, and palm fans

.222 from M. E. Murphy, Baltimore, November 15, 1858: for making garments: alpaca basque, blue silk dress for daughter; textile fabrics: paper cambric for sleeves, muslin for polka lining; and for sewing supplies: fringe, buttons, sewing silk, bones, hooks, cord, tape; etc.;

Written on back in pencil: 4 boxes, 2 trunks, 2 bundles, tin bucket, basket

.223 from J. Edward Bird, Baltimore, November 4, 1858: for a child’s cloak;

Printed billhead: American, French, Italian, Swiss, and English fancy and staple dry goods

.224 from Hamilton Easter & Co., Baltimore, December 25 1858: for textile fabrics: linen, muslin, jeans, English merino; and for dress accessories: collars, hose, blanket shawls, gloves, gauntlets, etc.; and for bobbinet, a steel[?] skirt, and a merino shirts;

Printed billhead

.225 to John H. Sellman, from Frederick Henkelman, Baltimore, December 31, 1858: for men’s clothing: frock coats, pants (fancy cassimere, fancy drilling), vests (Marseilles, fancy cashmere), a fancy cassimere suit, and a dahlia mixed overcoat;

Printed billhead

.226a-b from E. Hunt, Baltimore, July 1, 1859: fancy bonnet, black lace, a cap, straw something, black velvet hat, a pair of something, and other goods;

[two items pinned together]

.227 to John H. Sellman, from Frederick Henkelman, Baltimore, June-October 1859: for men’s clothing: frock coat, pants, vests, coats (fabrics mentioned for all these); and for altering and repairing clothing;

Printed billhead

.228 from Hamilton Easter & Co., Baltimore, November 12, 1859: for textile fabrics: linen, cotton sheeting, bleached muslin, printed mousseline, gray luster, black silk, chintz, etc.; and for dress accessories: cloth cloak, lace set, collars, handkerchiefs, gloves, blanket shawl; and for silk and Valencia robes; piano cover;

Printed billhead

.229 from William H. Bayzand, Bayzand’s Boys’ Original Clothing Store, Baltimore, November 23, 1859: for coat and jacket for son;

Printed billhead, on bright yellow paper

.230 from M. E. Murphy, Baltimore, November 26, 1859: for making women’s clothing, sewing notions, and textiles; including making black silk robe dress, basque for sister, worsted robe dress with 2 flounces; textile fabrics include cambric, marceline, and sleeve lining; and sewing notions include buttons, ribbon quilling, braid, tassels, sash, fringe; etc.;

On back: note about making daughter’s basque lining

Folder 14: Textiles and clothing, 1860s and no date

.231 from Wall, Stephens & Co., Baltimore, November 22, 1860: for making jacket and pants;

Printed billhead: manufacturers and dealers in boys’, youths’, and children’s clothing; boys’ clothing made to order

.232 from M. Cowman, no place, November 16, 1860: for steel belt buckle, velvet hair pins, hair net, pair of corsets, rosette buttons, silk belt, kid gloves, etc.

.233 from M. E. Murphy, Baltimore, November 23, 1860: for making women’s clothing (silk dresses for mother and daughter; silk cape), for cutting and basting two dresses, for facing pockets; and for sewing nations: gimp, lace, buttons, braid, tape, etc.

.234 from J. Lampheimer[?], Baltimore, November 26, 1860: for an overcoat

.235 from Lizzie Taylor Lee, Baltimore, November 27, 1860: for two brown cloth cloaks;

Printed billhead: ladies’ cloaks & mantillas …, also, children’s clothing …

.236 from Hamilton Easter & Co., Baltimore, March-August 18690: for textile fabrics: and edging;

Printed billhead

.237 from Hamilton Easter & Co., Baltimore, May 29, 1861: for textile fabrics; ribbon, black silk mitts;

Printed billhead

.238 from Hamilton Easter & Co., Baltimore, November 2, 1861: for textile fabrics; a pair of blankets, and two belts;

Printed billhead

.239 from Hamilton Easter & Co., Baltimore, November 27, 1861: for textile fabrics; and four Balmoral skirts;

Printed billhead

.240 from Noah Walker & Co., Baltimore, November 30, 1861: for overcoats, made from black petersham and mohair;

Printed billhead

.241 from M. E. Murphy, Baltimore, December 2, 1861: for making woman’s dress and a Valencia dress basque; and for sewing notions, such as buttons, tape, braid, hooks and eyes, etc.; and for yards of velvet, etc.

.242 from M. E. Murphy, Baltimore, January 8, 1862: for cutting waists and sleeves for Miss Lucy and Miss Nannie, and for three silk josey[?], which cost 25 cents each

.243 bill and short note from E. Hunt, Baltimore, January 1862: bill for edging, cap, etc.;

Note: had left these items off the last bill; these were bonnets her daughters had got in the fall

.244 from Stephen L. Bird, Baltimore, June 16, 1862: for yards of fabric from James Steam Mills, lawn, crape something, sewing silk, silk buttons, ribbon;

Printed billhead: foreign & domestic dry goods; silks, dress goods, cloths, cassimeres, linen goods, domestics, shawls, cloaks, mantillas, embroideries & white goods

.245 from E. J. Owen, Baltimore, September 19, 1862: for a hat and trimming;

On back, in pencil” Mrs. Harrison, no. 113 German St.

.246 from E. Hunt, Baltimore, November 1862: for velvet bonnet, straw and black velvet something, black straw, hat, cap;

.247 from Stephen L. Bird, Baltimore, March 30, 1863: for yards of Merrimac print;

Written on back: bills Lucy paid in Baltimore; with sketch of what appears to be two flags on poles

Printed billhead: foreign & domestic dry goods; silks, dress goods, cloths, cassimeres, linen goods, domestics, shawls, cloaks, mantillas, embroideries & white goods

.248 letter, from B. [Benjamin] Harrison, Baltimore, June 20, 1863: received her letter too late to ship goods on Monday, so they will go on Tuesday; encloses hers and Henry’s bills; thinks she will like what is being sent; has sent linen for night shirts and drawers; has sent lace curtains rather than muslin because lace is more used; hopes all have a good time next week and that Henry does not regret getting married;

Written on blank part of paper: Mr. Harrison’s bills, all paid 1862 and 1863

.249 to Mrs. Harrison, 113 German St., from Meier Meierhof, Baltimore, November 18, 1863: for hoop skirts;

Printed billhead: manufacturer of hoop skirts, fancy and plain tie; Philadelphia has been crossed out and Balt. has been added in ink;

.250 from Wiesenfeld & Co., Maryland Institute Clothing Hall, Baltimore, November 23, 1863: for coats;

Printed billhead: men’s, youths’ and boys’ clothing of every description

.251-.252 from E.[?] Hunt, Baltimore, November 25, 1863: for silk bonnets

.253 from M. E. Murphy, Baltimore, November 27, 1863: for making dress, and for sewing supplies

.254 from Hamilton Easter & Co., Baltimore, April 23, 1864: for textile fabrics; and handkerchiefs and gloves;

Mrs. Sellman’s name and address are written in pencil on back of bill; also written is: 1864, bills and receipts from Batlimore

Printed billhead

.255 from M. Franklin, Baltimore, May 20, 1864: for three bonnets and two boxes;

Printed billhead: “orders for mourning bonnets promptly attended to”

.256 from E.[?] Hunt, Baltimore, July 1864: for straw bonnet, black Neapolitan bonnet, and a box

.257 from John Needles & Son, Baltimore, November 11, 1864: for ruffling, edge, flannel skirts, etc.;

Printed billhead: retailers of fancy dry goods

.258 from Goldenberg & Weinberg, Baltimore, November 14, 1864: for cambric something, edging, ruffling;

Printed billhead: ribbons, silks, embroideries, real laces, linen goods, &c.

.259 from M. E. Murphy, Baltimore, November 14, 1864: for making a blue and white Mozambique dress; basting Swiss muslin waist; making barege dress with trimmed skirt; basting cotton for two dresses; and for sewing supplies: bones, tape, buttons, gimp red ribbon quilled, etc.; includes Miss Nannie Sellman’s bill

.260 from Hamilton Easter & Co., Baltimore, February 14, 1865: for textile fabrics; and handkerchiefs;

Printed billhead

.261 from unknown company, Baltimore, 186-: for hoop skirts;

Printed billhead, but the company name of the Baltimore Hoop Skirt Manufacturing Co. has been crossed out; the receipt is signed S. Wildenhorst[?]

.262 from P.[?] Levely[?], no place, December 12, no year: for textiles, buttons, etc.

[other bills from Levely are dated 1830s]:

.263 from P. [?]. Levely, [Annapolis], no date [other bills from Levely are dated 1830s]: collar, figured muslin, Swiss muslin, footing, belt, etc.;

[other bills from Levely are dated 1830s]:

.264 from M. E. Murphy, Baltimore, February 21; for making alpaca dress; and for textiles, ribbon, sewing silk, cord, hooks, bones, tape, braid;

.265 from Benjamin Harrison, no date: for mousseline, and cassimere for Richard

.266 from James E. Tate, no place, no date: for yards of textile fabrics, fringe, buttons, sewing silk, whalebones, etc.

.267 from M. E. Murphy, Baltimore, January, no year: for making dresses; and for sewing notions and Valenciennes lace;

.268 list, from Lucy Sellman, to Mrs. L. M. Sellman, “Clifton,”: apparently a list of textiles needed for making garments; starts with “enough linen cambric to ruffle 8 chemises, edging to trim the ruffles …”; also textiles for more chemises, pairs of drawers, nightgowns, under shirts, cotton and flannel for shirts; handkerchiefs, two pretty calico dresses, muslin for aprons, and 12 pairs of stockings; ends with a note about flannel shirts to be torn off and stamped, to be braided, etc.

Folder 15: reports from St. John’s College, Annapolis

.269 report for John H. Sellman, [Jr.], February 8, 1857, indicating his standing in his classes;

On printed and illustrated form, with standings on one side, from W. H. Thompson, secretary of the faculty; and on the other side, the form has information about and an engraving of the college campus

.270 scale of merit and demerit, for J. H. Sellman, July 11, 1853, with a short letter from Hector Humphreys (president) about his scholarship and conduct;

Printed and illustrated form, with information about and an engraving of the college; part of the form has been cut off

Folder 16: trade cards, advertisement for stove, obituary of Dr. Sellman

.271 obituary for Doctor Jno. H. Sellman of Anne Arundel County, Md. No date or title for the newspaper, but the obituary is dated July 14, 1851

.272 trade card for Entz & Bash, Booksellers & Stationers, Baltimore

.273 trade card for David Ball, importer and dealer in china, glass & queensware, Britannia ware, castors, &., Baltimore

.274-.275 trade cards for Golder & Unduch, importers and dealers in paper hangings, Baltimore

.276 advertisement, with illustration, of Sexton’s Patent Parler Fireplace Gas Consumer, from S.B. Sexton & Co., Baltimore

Folder 17: non-Sellman bills

[note: accessions .11, .22, .119, and .249 all mention a Mrs. Harrison, but those also mention Mrs. Sellman, so those are not in this folder, although other bills addressed to Mrs. Harrison are in this folder]

.277 to L. H. Dorset, from Louis Muller, Baltimore, August 26, 1850, for a husk mattress

.278 to Kent[?], from Gabriel D. Clark, Baltimore, Sept. 6, 1852: for watch repairs;

Printed billhead:

.279 to Mrs. R. H. Carr, from J. Edward Bird, Baltimore, October 12, 1853: for yardage of silk;

Printed billhead: American, French, Italian, Swiss, and English fancy and staple dry goods

.280 to Miss Mary D. Harwood, from W. Coules[?] & Sons, Baltimore, October 21, 1852; for cut glass wine [glasses], lemonade [glasses], white stone muffin, and glass dishes;

[in the 1850 census, she was listed as living with the Sellman family]

.281 to Miss Ann C. Harwood, from B. Harrison, Baltimore, July 9, 1845: for textiles fabrics (stripe silk, paper cambric, linen, shirting muslin, lawn, bird’s eye and Russia diaper, calico), mosquito netting, worked collar, handkerchiefs, hose, gloves, spools of cotton, needles, hooks & eyes, pins, pearl buttons, twilled tape, and sewing silk

[this is probably to Mrs. Sellman’s sister Ann Carolina Harwood]

.282 bill to Mrs. Harrison, from David L. Hammersley, successor of J. G. Kegler, [Baltimore], October 30, 1862: for a bride’s cake, fruit cake, pound cake, small cakes, and with charge for boxes;

[see also .11]

.283 to Mrs. Harrison, from E. C. Hatch, Baltimore, November 4, 1853: for a bonnet and a ban box [sic, i.e. band box]

.284 to Mrs. Harrison from E. Hunt, Baltimore, June 2, 1854: for a black crape bonnet

.285 to Mrs. Harrison, from J.T. Watkins, Baltimore, June 21, 1855: for [not clear];

Printed billhead: feather beds, curl-hair mattresses, furniture and variety store, &c.

.286 to Mrs. Harrison, from George W. Webb, Baltimore, Nov. 28, 1855: for cleaning and repairing French clock, shade and stand, breast pin, cleaning and repairing GH Lever;

[see also .22]

Printed billhead: Goldsmith and Jeweller [sic]; fine gold and silver watches, rich jewelry, silver and plated ware, fine fancy articles, &c. [etc.]

.287 to Mrs. Harris [sic, i.e. Harrison], from John A. Mathias, Baltimore, November 10, 1858; for drugget, and mats;

Printed billhead: carpeting, dry goods, oil cloths, matting, &c.

.288 to Mrs. Harrison, from E. Toldridge, Baltimore, 185-: for a lac cap;

Printed billhead: dress caps, head dresses, fashionable embroideries, laces, &c., &c.

.289 to Mrs. Harrison, from M. J. Lawder, Baltimore, December 31, 1862: for making two basques[?] and eight sashes, a charge for velvet, and something else