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Invoice, D. O. Ketchum to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 18 June 1836

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D. O. Ketchum, Invoice,
Buffalo

Located in western New York on eastern shore of Lake Erie at head of Niagara River and mouth of Buffalo Creek. County seat. Settled by 1801. Land for town allocated, 1810. Incorporated as village, 1813, but mostly destroyed later that year during War of 1812...

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, Erie Co., NY, to
Cahoon, Carter & Co.

A mercantile company likely established in June 1835, composed of partners Reynolds Cahoon, Jared Carter, and Hyrum Smith. The company was an outgrowth of their role as members of the committee to build the House of the Lord in Kirtland, Ohio; the funds they...

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Kirtland Township

Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...

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, Geauga Co., OH], 18 June 1836; handwriting of Daniel Ketchum; endorsement in handwriting of
Oliver Cowdery

3 Oct. 1806–3 Mar. 1850. Clerk, teacher, justice of the peace, lawyer, newspaper editor. Born at Wells, Rutland Co., Vermont. Son of William Cowdery and Rebecca Fuller. Raised Congregationalist. Moved to western New York and clerked at a store, ca. 1825–1828...

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and
Newel K. Whitney

3/5 Feb. 1795–23 Sept. 1850. Trader, merchant. Born at Marlborough, Windham Co., Vermont. Son of Samuel Whitney and Susanna Kimball. Moved to Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York, 1803. Merchant at Plattsburg, Clinton Co., New York, 1814. Mercantile clerk for...

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; dockets in handwriting of Daniel Ketchum and Marcellus Cowdery; six pages; JS Office Papers, CHL.

Historical Introduction

See Introduction to Cahoon, Carter & Co.

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Am[oun]t Bro[ugh]t Frd. [Forward] 960.98
2 p[ai]rs
Bobet [Bobbinet] Lace

A “machine-made, hexagonal net, used for quillings, trimmings, etc.”

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21 20 4.20
1 1 [prs Bobet Lace] 10 35 3.50
2 1 [prs Bobet Lace] 16 3/— 6.00
3 2 [prs Bobet Lace] 30. 46 13.80
4 2 [prs Bobet Lace] 50 3 55 11.00
5 4 [prs Bobet Lace] 56 3 65 34.88
40 3 Pr
Fig

A fabric having a colored design on the textile face.

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Book Muslin

A “book” is a term derived from “the booklike form in which some of the finer calicoes were folded and marketed in India.” A bookfold involved the fabric being “folded once lengthwise and twice crosswise.”

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20 2/— 7.50
20 2 [pr Fig Book Muslin] 20 31 6.20
18 2 Mull Muslin 20 55 11.00
25. 2 [Mull Muslin] 24 44 10.56
45 2 3 [illegible] [Muslin] Mull 30 54 16.20
20 1
Bishop Lawn

“A soft, sheer cotton fabric, similar to Swiss muslin, but finer and closer, and has a bluish tint.”

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12 45 5.40
33 1 [Bishop Lawn] 12 55 6.60
36 1 [Bishop Lawn] 12 60 7.80
42 1 [Bishop Lawn] 12 75 9.00
2 6 p
Cambr[ic]

A light, plain woven fabric typically made from cotton or linen.

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Muslin
72 3/— 27.00
7 5 [p Cambric Muslin] 60 40 24.00
9 3 [p] Stripe [Muslin] 36 56 20.16
2 2 [p Stripe Muslin] 24. 40 9.60
7 6 [p] Ch[e]ck [Muslin] 72. 40 28.80
1 5 doz[en] Fancy Hdkfs[Handkerchiefs] 6.00 30.00
2 4 [doz Fancy Hdkfs] 7.50 30.00
3 2 [doz Fancy Hdkfs] 9.00 18.00
4½ [doz Fancy Hdkfs] 13.50 6.75
5 12 Sewing silk Stratts 2.12½ 25.50
6½ Lav[ender] damask [Stratts] 30.00 15.00
$1359.43
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