The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE  19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

 

Creator:          Putnam, Bayard T.

Title:               Bills

Dates:             1878-1879

Call No.:         Doc. 969

Acc. No.:         70x85.3-.24

Quantity:        22 items

Location:        31 G

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

 

Bayard T. Putnam resided in New York, N.Y. with his wife in 1878 and 1879.  He was a printer and publisher, apparently working for G. P. Putnam’s Sons.

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT

 

Consists of twenty-two bills, most made out on printed billheads, addressed to B.T. Putnam or his wife for a variety of household goods.  A stove, a "wire wove spring bed," silverware, glassware, fabrics, and furniture are among the items represented.  Included are four billheads for R. Heyman, dealer in parlor, chamber, and dining room furniture.  One billhead includes an illustration of a refrigerator. 

           

 

ORGANIZATION

 

In chronological order.

 

 

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

 

The materials are in English.

 

 

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

 

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

           

 

PROVENANCE

 

Purchased from N. David Scotti.

 

 

ACCESS POINTS

 

Topics:

            House furnishings - Prices.

            Silver-plated ware.

            Furniture - Prices - 19th century.

            Glassware - Prices.

            Textile fabrics - Prices - 19th century.

            Home economics - Accounting - New York (State) - New York.

            Refrigerators – 19th century.

            Mattresses.

            Rent charges - New York (State) - New York.

            Stoves – Prices – 19th century.

            Bills of sale.

            Billheads.         

           

 

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

 

Location: 31 G

 

 

All bills are addressed to B. T. or Bayard T. Putnam, and are from merchants in New York City, unless otherwise noted.

 

Name index follows the listing of the bills.

 

 

70x85.3           bought of Cochrane & Hunt, 39 Union Square, (agents for Florence coal oil stoves, sewing machines, and skates), June 28, 1878: cook stove and accessories for it (oil can, kettle, steamer, etc.)

 

70x85.4           bought of Theodore B. Starr, 206 Fifth Ave., (silverware, jewelry, watches, bronzes), June 28, 1878: Gorham plate spoons, forks, gravel ladle, ivory handled knives

 

70x85.5           bought of Friel & Hand, 891 Third Ave., (furniture, bedding, window shades, carpets, etc.), July 1, 1878: table

 

70x85.6           bought of William Law, 709-711 Third Ave., (refrigerators, with picture of same), July 3, 1878: refrigerator

 

70x85.7           bought of Davis Collamore & Co., 747 Broadway, (china, glass, cutlery, bronzes, etc.), August 14, 1878: dinner set, goblets, sugar and creamer, pepper, salts

 

70x85.8           receipt for payment of rent of flat at 1110 4th Avenue, rent paid to G. P. Putnam’s Sons, publishers, 182 Fifth Ave., Sept. 13, 1878

 

70x85.9           bought of Arnold, Constable & Co., Broadway and 19th St., (dealers in silk, linen, shawls, hosiery, laces, etc.), Sept. 18, 1878: textile fabrics

 

70x85.10         bought of S.L. Fogg, 24-26 Fulton St., (bedding, dry goods, with lists of goods available, such as mattresses, bed linens, table cloths, some furniture, etc.), September 21, 1878: wire wove spring bed

 

70x85.11         bought of R. Heyman, 974 Third Ave., (parlor, chamber, and dining room furniture, bedding, oil cloth, matting, window shades and cornices), Sept. 21, 1878: iron bedstead, mattress, iron washstand

 

70x85.12         bought of R. Heyman, 974 Third Ave., Sept. 26, 1878: glass in frame

 

70x85.13         bought of R. Heyman, 974 Third Ave., Oct. 5, 1878: tuckers(?) spring

 

70x85.14         bought of Geo. C. Flint & Co., 104-108 W. 14th St., (manufacturers of furniture), Oct. 17, 1878: walnut [illegible] table with shelf

 

70x85.15         receipt signed by Louis Winsch(?), Oct. 22, 1878, for picture frames

 

70x85.16         bought of Theodore B. Starr, 206 Fifth Ave., (jewelry, watches, objets d’art, etc.(, Oct. 23, 1878: dessert knives with silverplated blades

 

70x85.17         bought of Joesph E. Redman, 852 Third Ave., (hardware, cutlery, china, glass, earthenware, fancy goods, with illustration), sold to Mrs. Putnam, Nov. 7, 1878: nut picks

 

70x85.18         bought of R. Heyman, 974 Third Ave., sold to Mrs. Putnam, Nov. 29, 1879: mattress, excelsior, table repairs

 

70x85.19         receipt for payment of rent of flat at 1110 Park Avenue, Dec. 1, 1878, signed by S. Davis, agent

 

70x85.20         bought of Florence Machine Co., 39 Union Square (see .3 above), sold to Mrs. Putnam, Dec. 5, 1878, heater stove, oil

 

70x85.21         receipt for payment of rent of flat at 1110 Park Avenue, Jan. 1, 1879, signed by S. Davis, agent

 

70x85.22         bought of W.S. Fogg & Son, 35 West 14th St., (manufacturers of mattresses and bedding), sold to Mrs. Putnam, Feb. 11, 1879: canvas cot

 

70x85.23         bought of Wm. H. Hankinson, 15 East 27th St., etc. (carpet beating and brushing machines), sold to Mrs. Putnam, March 29, 1879: drugget

 

70x85.24         receipt for payment of rent of flat at 1110 Park Avenue, April 1, 1879, signed W. Bronson(?) by S. Davis

 

 

 

Index to Doc. 969 (acc. 70x85.3-.24)

 

Arnold, Constable & Co.  .9

 

Bronson, W.  .24

 

Cochrane & Hunt  .3

Collamore, Davis, & Co.  .7

 

Davis, S.  .19, .21, .24

 

Flint, Geo. C., & Co.  .14

Florence Machine Co.  .20

Fogg, S. L.   .10

Fogg, W. S., & Son  .22

Friel & Hand  .5

 

Hankinson, Wm. H.  .23

Heyman, R.  .11, .12, .13, .18

 

Law, William  .6

Lazell, Perkins & Co.  .2

 

Putnam  .6, .17, .22

Putnam's, G. P., Sons  .8

Putnam, B. F.   .7, .9, .15, .24

Putnam, B. T.   .3, .4, .8, .10, .11, .12, .13, .14, .16, .20, .21, .23

Putnam, Bayard  .19

 

Redman, Joseph E.  .17

 

Starr, Theodore B.  .4, .16

 

Wrinch?, Louis  .15