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: Kellogg, John B. (John Boyd), 1825-1871.

Title: Bills and papers

Dates: 1858-1872

Call No.: Col. 765

Acc. No.: 05x72

Quantity: 112 items

Location: 34 J 5

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

John Boyd Kellogg was a cashier in a bank in Troy, New York. He and his wife lived at 170 Second Street. John B. Kellogg was born in Williamstown, Mass., in 1825, the son of Laura Bacon and Oren Kellogg. He married Anna Shankland Kellogg (1841-1918) around 1861, and they had two children, Palmer and Louise. John Kellogg died in 1871.

Anna Shankland Kellogg was the daughter of Rachel Anne Shankland (1809-1866) and Palmer Vose Kellogg (1811-1883). Her sister Emma was born around 1846. (The Palmer Vose Kellogg family lived in Utica, Oneida County, New York.)

SCOPE AND CONTENT

A collection of bills, plus a few letters, a photo of a house, and some other miscellaneous documents relating to John B. Kellogg of Troy, New York. A number of the bills are for house construction, paint, wall paper, furniture, and carpeting. Apparently, the Kelloggs added to their house in 1861, and undertook some home improvements at that time. Among the furniture pieces that were purchased were a tete-a-tete, a camp chair, bureaus, and stands. Little information is given about the pieces, however. Other bills are for books and stationery, photos (one bill is from the Matthew Brady studio in New York City), coal and firewood, jewelry, clothing, and textile fabrics. Furniture and other goods were shipped from New York City, and the shipping bills usually specify the goods.

Also found are three letters written in 1868 from Emma Kellogg in New York City to her sister Anna S. (Mrs. John B.) Kellogg. Emma reported on prices of curtains, carpeting, and furniture; evidently, she was helping Mrs. Kellogg choose some new furnishings for the house. Two letters written in 1872 are about moving Mr. Kellogg’s headstone from Cambridge, New York, to Troy, where the old inscription was cut off so a new inscription could be added. A few tax and insurance bills are included with the collection.

Also found is a booklet with rooms drawn on various pages and extensive notes about the size of each room and the placement of doors and windows. From notes such as “parlor door” and “hall door,” it is possible to discern the placement of each room in respect to the other rooms. Depicted are the front hall; front and back parlors; dining room with pantry; a bed room to the rear of the dining room, with closets (and a door to a bathroom); a dressing room (off the upper hall, as noted on that plan); an upstairs hall (with various closets and a back bedroom); front chamber; back parlor chamber [i.e. chamber above the back parlor]; and a back hall with bedroom (noted as being over the dining room), servant’s bedroom, and assorted closets and storerooms. The last page includes the dimensions of a chair and a sofa. Also in the collection is a carte-de-visite photograph of a house in the Greek Revival style, but this is not the Kellogg home in Troy. Front and back views of a fringed chair are drawn on the back of the calling card of Miss Mary C. Wood. A calling card for Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg is also in the collection.

ORGANIZATION

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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

PROVENANCE

Purchased from N. David Scotti.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

W. & J. Sloane.

Architecture, Domestic - Designs and plans.

Chairs - Drawings.

Clothing and dress - Prices - 19th century.

Furniture - Prices - 19th century.

Furniture, Victorian - Drawings.

House construction - New York - Troy.

House furnishings - Prices - 19th century.

Sepulchral monuments.

Tax assessment - New York (State) - 19th century.

Wallpaper - Prices - 19th century.

Calling cards.

Carte de visite photographs.

Bills.

Insurance policies.

Shipping records.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 34 J 5

All accession numbers begin with 05x72.

All bills are addressed to John B. Kellogg, unless otherwise noted.

All bills are from businesses located in Troy, New York, unless otherwise noted.

Folder 1: booklet with room drawings

.1 booklet, with drawings of rooms, giving room, window, and door dimensions; and showing locations of windows, doors, chimneys, and closets. Some other information given includes heights of ceilings, the fact that a folding door separated the front and back parlors, and that a china closet was located off the bed room to the rear of the dining room. The last page of the booklet gives sides of a chair and a sofa.

The rooms depicted are: Front Hall (includes information about steps, and height of risers); Front Parlor; Back Parlor; Dining Room; Bed Room (rear of dining room); Dressing Room [which was off the upper hall, and apparently on the front of the house]; Upper Hall; Front Chamber; Back Parlor Chamber; and unlabeled plan of what is evidently the back wing of the house (with bed room over dining room, store room, and servants bedroom).

Folder 2: assorted bills: construction, hardware, paint, furniture, etc.

.2 from Armitage & Moseley, agents of Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co., Jan. 11, 1860: for a sewing machine and tucking gauge;

Printed and illustrated billhead: agents: Wheeler & Wilson’s Celebrated Sewing Machines; will picture of woman sitting at a sewing machine

.3 from William H. Young, June-September 1860: for books: Home as Found, Pathfinder, Wing and Wing, Chain Bearer [all by James Fennimore Cooper];

Printed quarterly statement form;

.4 from Corporation of the City of Troy, June 14, 1861: for lead pipe and soldering, ordered by Shannahan, for 170 2d St.;

Printed form: to work done and materials furnished by the City Water Works

.5 from John McKinney, Aug. 16, 1861: for lot of trimming and a door plate;

With added note, Kellogg to A. W. Wickes, Teller: “bill & charge to my a/c”

.6 from Joel R. Mallary, June-August 1861: for working on roof and gutter, a tin roof, repairs to pump and water pipes, new gutters; specifically mentions seaming new roof to old;

Printed billhead: plumbing, jobbing, roofing, and repairing promptly attended to; manufacturer of … tin, copper, and sheet iron work; dealer in refrigerators, clay furnaces, copper boilers and bath tubs, beer, liquor, cistern & force pumps

.7 from L. Van Buskirk, August 24, 1861: for hanging and altering bells

.8 from Ira Whitaker, Aug.-Sept. 1861: for hauling rubbish out of alley; something about a load in relation to a gate; load of sods in front; work of a man cleaning

.9 from G.V.S. Quackenbush, August 31, 1861: for altering old carpet;

Printed billhead: fancy & staple dry goods, carpetings, oil cloths, rugs, &c.; [with a list of different kinds of carpets; plus cloths, cassimeres, vestings, silks, shawls, dress goods, cloaks, capes, laces, linen sheetings, other household textiles, etc.]

.10 from W.S. Roberts, Sept. 11, 1861: for painting house; hanging rolls of wallpaper and border, mending wallpaper; painting and decorating halls, and sizing and varnishing halls; varnishing oil cloth; painting privy; lattice[?] work; extra coat [of paint?] on south side of house

.11 from David Little, Sept. 16, 1861: for flagging the walk, setting curb stone, laying brick; loads of paving stone and sand; removing rubbish

.12 from Higgins & Cannello, Sept. 27, 1861: for curb, door sill, flags [flagstone], a cap, with credit given for old stone

.13 to John Shannahan, from Redpath & McAuliff: for mason work at Mr. Kellogg’s: days of labor, altering wall, mortar, cement, pavers work, work on cellar, digging vaults, work around windows, work at pipes, loads of gravel, building cistern, laying brick in vaults and cesspool, laying sewer pipe, work on chimney, flagging bricks, tiles, pointing, plaster, work on kitchen, stone work, excavating, bricks for foundation, moving steps, etc.;

[there were three men named John Shannahan listed in the 1861 Troy city directory: a laborer, a moulder, and a carpenter; this John Shannahan is obviously the carpenter]

.14 from W.S. Roberts, Oct. 10, 1861: for rolls of wallpaper and border

.15 from Percy & King, Aug. 1861: for pieces of stamped gilt paper, pieces of satin paper, pail of paste, pieces of marble paper, yards of gilt border and velvet border, yards of stamp border cut up, corner for wall [or hall], yards of ?plension; paid Oct. 11, 1861

.16 from John Shannahan, June-Aug. 1861: a very long list of charges for labor, lumber, window frames, screws and nails, clapboards, doors, blinds, lights of glass, sliding door rail, mill work on fence, hinges, sash cord, French sashes, freight and cartage; porcelain door knobs; wall strips, hat hooks, other hardware, etc., etc.; mentions chestnut, walnut, and pine

.17 from Lewis Lillie, Jan. 4, 1862: for a cabinet safe with new lock ($250);

Printed and illustrated billhead: manufacturer of burglar & fire proof safes, vault doors & bank locks; illustrated with picture of a safe, on wheels

.18 to Messrs Percy & King, from D. Southwick, Nov. 1861-March 1862: apparently for gas lines, perhaps gas lights; mentions nipples, hooks, caps, couplings, straps, brackets, and pendant;

[unknown why this is with the Kellogg bills; Percy & King sold paper hangings in Troy; two men named David Southwick were in the 1861 Troy directory; one was president of the gas company; the other was a steam and gas fitter, as well as a plumber and brass founder]

.19 from John Flinn, March 23, 1862: for clothes line hooks and hook for door;

.20 from John Shannahan, May-June 1862: for labor, lumber, blind butts and fasteners, joist, lights of glazed sash, iron work, screws, pulleys, millwork, cartage, feet of chestnut

.21 from David H. Wellington, June-July 1862: for white, green, and brown paint; and putter, and days of work

.22 from E. Galusha, Oct. 3, 1862: for [unclear];

Printed billhead: manufacturer of fashionable parlor and bed room furniture; E. Galsha’s Cabinet, Upholstery and Looking-Glass Warehouse & Manufactory

.23 letter from Saml. Harris, Springfield, Mass., Jan. 6, 1863: coal ash sifter was sent Dec. 15, and cannot account for the delay in delivery

.24 from Robert Green, Jan. 10, 1863: for oval back walnut rocker;

Printed billhead: cabinet ware, chairs, sofas and looking glasses, mattrasses [sic], feathers, &c., gilt cornices and bands, shades and trimmings, curtains and curtain materials

.25 from O. & J. Wemett, Jan. 21, 1863: for rolls of wallpaper, yards of border, and labor to hang these;

[Oliver and Joseph Wemett were painters and paperhangers in Troy]

.26 from W.L. Caswell, Jan. 30, 1863: for cleaning heater;

Printed billhead: mason and builder; agent for Fox & Janes’ Heater

.27 from W. E. Hagan, July 1, 1863: for prepared chalk;

.28 from Catskill Mountain House, July 4, 1863: for board and bar bill, passage to and from Katterskill Falls, and passage to Catskill, for party of four;

Printed and illustrated billhead: with view of the hotel

.29 from Daniel Southwick, Jan. 1862-July 1863: for tightening boiler couplings, gas stove[?] and tubing, repairing fixtures and hot water pipe, labor on water works;

Printed billhead: steam and gas fitter, plumber, brass founder and finisher, [etc.]

.30 from John Shannahan, Julyu-August 1863: for labor, band iron, screws, smith work, lumber, molding, nails, cartages, mason’s work

.31 from E. McIntosh, Oct. 26, 1863: for ice, from May-July

.32 from D. H. Wellington, Sept.-Oct. 1863: for yellow and drab color paint, days of work, varnish, washing front of house, scraping piazza floor

.33 from Z. E. Foles[?], Oct. 31, 1863: for work of Warren and Kelly, skirt board, carters & saws[?]

.34 from D. H. Wellington, Oct. 29-31 1863: for white paint, putty, and planing dining room floor

.35 from Filer & Burrows, Nov. 27, 1863: for a drip pan, walnut cracker, nut picks;

Receipt is dated Jan. 4, 1863, so the November date should probably have been 1862

.36 from Robert Green, Nov. 7, 1863: for a tete-a-tete and a champ chair

.37 from G.H. Jackson, Dec. 31, 1863: for a spring wagon

.38 from W.L. Caswell, Jan. 18, 1864: for cleaning heater;

Printed billhead: mason and builder; agent for Fox & Janes’ Heater

.39 from John Shannahan, April 9, 1864: for rehanging sashes and catch for latch;

.40 from John Shannahan, May 21, 1864: for days of work, turning balusters, plans for fence, lumber, gate hinges, nails and screws, millwork, cartages, chestnut, latch

.41 from Geo. Massey, June 21, 1864: for champagne cider, empty bottles, box and packing, express charges;

.42 to Danl. McCarty, from Glass & Hutchison, West Troy, June 1, 1866: for oil, white lead;

Printed billhead: dealers in paints, oils, drugs and medicines;

[two men named Daniel McCarty were listed in the 1861 Troy city directory, one a carpenter, the other a laborer; it is not known how this bill is related to the Kellogg material]

.43 to Mrs. J. B. Kellogg (2 Irving Place, 2d St., Troy), from W. & J. Sloane, New York, May 12, 1868: for yards of Brussels carpeting and border; and making;

Printed billhead: carpet & floor cloth warehouse;

[Sloane’s is mentioned in letter of March 29, 1868 – see .106]

.44 from Alex T. Stewart & Co., Carpet and Upholstery Department, May 1868: for Brussels carpet and border, and making;

Printed billhead; with U.S. Internal Revenue stamp;

Kellogg’s address is given as 2 Irving Place, and his work place as Central Bank, Troy

.45 from unknown person, no date: for lead pipe, sink, fixing pump, putting in pipe;

.46 from Robert Green, stamped with date: July 7, 1869: for bracket, bookshelf, hang glass, 2 stands, glass, suit furniture[?], dining chairs;

Printed billhead: cabinet ware, chairs, sofas and looking glasses, mattrasses [sic], feathers, &c., gilt cornices and bands, shades and trimmings, curtains and curtain materials

.47 to Mrs. J. B. Kellogg, from Thos. C. Howes, Jan. 5, 1870: for ale, powders of some sort, comb, hair brushes, cologne, sponge, candy, sherry, etc.

.48 from Geo. Morrison, Jr., Jan. 2, 1871: for soling slipper, pair of boots;

Printed billhead: statement

.49 from Ernest & Decker, Feb. 21, 1871: for castings, hours of work, cement, bolts and rod, cartage;

Printed billhead: dealers in heaters and ranges, agents for Henderson’s Lively Times Gas Burning Furnaces;

firm name altered from Joyce & Ernest by crossing out Joyce and writing in Decker

Folder 3: Books, Stationery, and Photographs:

.50-.53 from Cannon Place Book and Paper Store, Jan. 1, July 1 1859; July 2, 1860; Dec. 20, 1861: for rm [ream?] of Protests; and something advertising a lost veil;

Printed billhead: booksellers, publishers, and stationers, [etc.]

.54-.55 from Young & Benson, Jan. 3 and July 17, 1862: for blank book, Ways of the Hour, Precaution, Heideman[?], and something else;

Printed billhead: booksellers, stationers, and blank book manufacturers

.56 from Moore & Nims, Jan. 1, 1864: for rolls of paper, and rm [ream] of protest notices;

Printed billhead: publishers, booksellers and stationers

.57 from Young & Benson, Feb. 12, 1864: for Derry quarto, “Starkweather”;;

Printed billhead: booksellers, stationers, and blank book manufacturers

.58 to A. S. Kellogg, from M.B. Brady, New York, June 12, 1863: for a dozen cartes de visite of John B. Kellogg;

Printed billhead: photographic galleries [in New York and Washington, D.C.];

Although clearly addressed to Mr. A. S. Kellogg, in fact this was probably sent to Mrs. Anna S. Kellogg;

.59 from Rockwood & Co., New York, June 15, 1872: for India ink copy, cards from two negatives, and 2 plain photographs, sent to Miss Earl;

Printed billhead: photographers

Folder 4: Clothing and dress accessories; textile fabrics, jewelry:

.60 from Walsh, Petti & Co., Oct. 30, 1858: for coat, pants, vest;

Printed billhead: manufacturers, and wholesale and retail dealers in fine ready-made clothing, [etc.], India rubber coats, overalls, leggings, &c.

.61 from Walsh, Petti & Co., March 5, 1859: for coat, pants, vest;

Printed billhead: manufacturers, and wholesale and retail dealers in fine ready-made clothing, [etc.], India rubber coats, overalls, leggings, &c.

.62 from Walsh, Petti & Co., Nov. 12, 1859: for overcoat, dress coat, pants, vest;

Printed billhead: manufacturers, and wholesale and retail dealers in fine ready-made clothing, merchant tailors and clothiers.

.63 from Walsh, Petti & Co., Jan. 6, 1860: for pants;

Printed billhead: manufacturers, and wholesale and retail dealers in fine ready-made clothing, merchant tailors and clothiers.

.64 from G.V.S. Quackenbush, Jan. 11, 1860: for shirting and linen;

.65 from G.V.S. Quackenbush, March 2, 1860: for linen;

.66 from Walsh, Petti & Co., March 21, 1860: for coat and vest;

Printed billhead: manufacturers, and wholesale and retail dealers in fine ready-made clothing, merchant tailors and clothiers.

.67 from James W. Cusak, May 4, 1860: for pair of solid gold sleeve[?] buttons [i.e. cuff links?] and a set of enamel studs;

Printed billhead: clocks, watches, jewelry, silver plated and Britannia ware, fancy goods, fancy hardware, fine cutlery and housekeeping articles, and manufacturer of sterling silver ware…

.68 from Walsh, Petti & Co., June 4, 1860: for making coat and pants;

Printed billhead: manufacturers, and wholesale and retail dealers in fine ready-made clothing, merchant tailors and clothiers.

.69 from G.V.S. Quackenbush, July 21, 1860: for handkerchiefs;

.70 from James W. Cusak, October 4, 1860: for opal and diamond set: pin and earrings;

Printed billhead: clocks, watches, jewelry, silver plated and Britannia ware, fancy goods, fancy hardware & cutlery

.71 from Walsh, Petti & Co., Nov. 13, 1860: for coat and pants;

Printed billhead: manufacturers, and wholesale and retail dealers in made clothing, merchant tailors and clothiers.

.72 from G.V.S. Quackenbush, January 1, 1861: for shirting, linen, handkerchiefs;

.73-.74 from Walsh, Petti & Co., Feb. 26 and June 4, 1861: for pants;

Printed billhead: manufacturers, and wholesale and retail dealers in fine ready-made clothing, merchant tailors and clothiers.

.75 from G.V.S. Quackenbush, August 7, 1861: for hose, shirting, linen;

.76 from James W. Cusak, Dec. 24, 1861: for set of mosaic pin and earrings; and a pair of gold sleeve buttons;

Printed billhead: clocks, watches, jewelry, silver plated and Britannia ware, fancy goods, fancy hardware and cutlery

.77 from Rundell & Leonard, Jan. 1, 1862: for coat, gloves, collars, etc.;

Printed and illustrated billhead: drapers and tailors, … gentlemen’s furnishing goods; illustrated with view of Troy House [probably a hotel, but Rundell & Leonard were located in this building]

.78 from Miller & Grant, New York, June 23, 1863: for four yards each of blond [lace] and something else;

Printed billhead: importers of rich laces, embroiders, muslins, handkerchiefs, ribbons, &c.

.79 from P.S. Pettit & Co., May 6, 1864: for business suit and coat;

Printed billhead: fine ready-made clothing, particular attention paid to military work; merchant tailors and clothiers, [etc.];

Billhead altered from Walsh, Pettit & Co. by crossing out the name Walsh and writing P.S. in its place

Folder 5: Shipping bills and receipts: (most specify the goods shipped):

.80 from steamer Francis Skiddy, Aug. 16, 1861: transporting bale of carpet from New York;

Printed form: for New York & Troy Steamboat Company, Steamers Francis Skiddy and C. Vanderbilt

.81 from steamer C. Vanderbilt, Aug. 20, 1861: transporting 2 bales [contents not given] and a box of glass from New York;

Printed form: for New York & Troy Steamboat Company, Steamers Francis Skiddy and C. Vanderbilt

.82 from Rensselaer & Saratoga Rail Road Company, Aug. 21, 1861: for transporting pieces of tile from Hydeville to Troy;

Printed form;

On back: list of groceries, all crossed through

.83 from steamer C. Vanderbilt, Aug. 22, 1861: transporting furniture (chairs, table and table frames, stands, bureaus, bedsteads), pieces of marble, and other goods from New York;

Printed form: for New York & Troy Steamboat Company, Steamers Francis Skiddy and C. Vanderbilt;

On back: request that bill be paid

.84 from steamer C. Vanderbilt, Aug. 24, 1861: transporting 2 stands from New York;

Printed form: for New York & Troy Steamboat Company, Steamers Francis Skiddy and C. Vanderbilt;

On back: calculations

[.85 – number apparently not used]

Folder 6: Tax receipts; legal papers; insurance papers; gas bill:

.86 from Chamberlain’s Office, City of Troy, for state and county tax for the year 1859, First District, Feb. 15, 1860: for personal tax;

Printed form

.87-.88 from Chamberlain’s Office, City of Troy, for city tax for the year 1859, and for 1860, First District, Oc. 11, 1859, and Oct. 8, 1860: for personal tax and for personal property tax;

Printed forms

.89 from Chamberlain’s Office, City of Troy, for state and county tax, 1862, First District, Jan. 28[?], 1863: for tax on lot no. 8 – Wood House, 170 E.S. 2^nd St.;

Printed form

.90 from Troy Ellsworths, Feb. 12, 1862: for fines, dues and assessments to 3 Dec.;

Printed form: Armory of the “Troy Ellsworths”

.91 from Troy Gas Light Co., March 1864: for gas consumed from Dec. 1, 1863-March 1, 1864;

Printed form

.92 from Mechanics’ Mutual Insurance Company: receipt for payment of Assessment, July 1, 1861; paid by Kellogg but addressed to Ann Eliza Loveland, Troy;

Also includes Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Mechanics’ Mutual Insurance Company, Troy, dated Aug. 5, 1861; the report includes the “losses by fire sustained this year,” giving name and amount lost;

Printed form

.93 receipt: Kellogg, assignee of A. J. Percy, paid rent to May 1, 1862, for 342 and 344 River Street; signed for estate of W. H. Van Schoonhoven

.94 contract: between John Haggerty and John B. Kellogg, assignee of Andrew J. Percy, both of Troy, about securing payment of promissory notes, and mentioning paper hangings, window shades, cornices, and all the stock of goods in the second story of the building known as number 34 [blank] River Street, dated Marh 22, 1862;

Printed form

.95 insurance policy from Atlantic Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn, New York, insurance Piercy & King [sic, i.e. Percy & King], for paper hangings, window shades, and other merchandise, at 344 River St., Troy [building made of brick, with tin roof], with various notes; information about policy; policy to expire April 1, 1862;

Printed form

Folder 7: Bills for coal and wood:

.96 from William D. Haight, Aug. 1, 1861: for egg coal and another kind of coal;

Printed billhead: wholesale grocer and commission merchant

.97 from Jason J. Gillespy, Aug. 7, 1862: for egg coal and stove coal;

Printed and illustrated billhead: wholesale grocer and commission merchant, agent for the sale of seamless bags and gun powder; illustrated with view of store

.98 from Wm. Peterson & Co., March 1, 1863: for egg [coal];

Printed billhead: dealers in Lehigh, Lackawana, Cumberland, Peach Orchard, and Scranton Coals, … also, dealers in kindling wood …

.99-.100 from Jason J. Gillespy, Aug. 28, and Sept. 19, 1862: for stove coal and other coal;

Printed and illustrated billhead: wholesale grocer and commission merchant, agent for the sale of seamless bags and gun powder; illustrated with view of store

.101 from J.B. Hall & Co., Dec. 29, 1863: for kindling wood;

Printed billhead: dealers in wood and coal …

.102-.103 from Brandon & Crouch, Feb. 18, and June 30, 1864: for maple wood;

Printed billhead: dealers in hickory, maple, beech, hemlock and iron woods ….

Folder 8: Letters, photograph, visiting cards, drawings of a chair:

.104 letter to John B. Kellogg, from Edward Clark, New York, Nov. 7, 1857: encloses payment for deposition;

Printed and illustrated billhead: Singer’s Patent Sewing Machines, with illustration of a sewing machine

.105 letter, from Emma [Kellogg], New York, Feb. 16, 1868, to “my darling sister’ [Anna S. Kellogg, in Troy]: Mary’s son born yesterday; Mr. Dyer has come, and John Prentiss and Charly [sic] are there, too; gives report of visit to gas fixture store: “There are a thousand different styles and they have no drawings ….”;

Stationery printed with the initial K

.106 letter, from Emma [Kellogg], New York, March 29, 1868, to “my darling sister’ [Anna S. Kellogg, in Troy]: has not found any carpet she likes better than the one at Sloane’s; reports what Pottiers said about popular carpet colors; also gives information about lambrequins from Solomon and Pottier; is going to look at some cheaper furniture, although it is usually not as stylish; sketches a style of Brussels [carpet] she saw at Sloane’s; gives travel plans [Emma is visiting New York with their father]; describes new black silk walking dress; Uncle Charly in town; mentions Uncle Fred and Aunt Sarah; other news of family and friends

[Emma crossed the first page of letter, and parts of second and fourth pages, so the writing is sometimes difficult to read. She mentions a black dress; she may have still be wearing mourning for her mother, who died in 1866.]

[presumably, Pottier is a reference to the furniture store of Pottier & Stymus, a noted furniture store in New York City]

[see .43 – bill from W. & J. Sloane for carpet]

.107 letter, from Emma [Kellogg], New York, March 30, 1868, to “my darling sister’ [Anna S. Kellogg, in Troy]: gives description and prices of furniture seen at Southack’s, which was cheaper than Pottier’s; prices for curtains and lambrequin at Lord & Taylor’s; bought dotted muslin for sister; other news

On stationery printed with the initial K

.108 letter, from W. P. Robertson, Cambridge, N.Y., July 22, 1872, to Mrs. John B. Kellogg: stone posts and marble headstones were shipped on Saturday;

.109 letter, from Peter Grant, Troy, July 29, 1872, to Mrs. John P. Kellogg: have received the headstone and posts and have cut off the old inscription to make ready for a new inscription;

On printed letterhead: Office of Peter Grant, Steam Marble Works; manufacturer and dealer in Italian and American marbles, red, white and blue granite …

.110 calling card of Miss Mary C. Wood;

On back: drawings of two chairs, or rather, probably front and back of the same chair, decorated with fringe

.111 carte-de-visite photograph of a house, Greek revival style, with picket fence around the yard

[this house does not match the floor plan that is depicted in the booklet in folder 1]

.112 calling card of Mr. & Mrs. John B. Kellogg, 170 Second Street