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Invoice from H. Smith & Co., 12 November 1836

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H. Smith & Co.

A mercantile company created and run by Hyrum Smith. It is unclear when Smith started the business. An extant daybook and ledger for the company indicate that he sold goods between July and November 1836. It is not clear if Smith operated an independent store...

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, Invoice,
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, to JS, [
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], 12 Nov. 1836; handwriting of
Warren Parrish

10 Jan. 1803–3 Jan. 1877. Clergyman, gardener. Born in New York. Son of John Parrish and Ruth Farr. Married first Elizabeth (Betsey) Patten of Westmoreland Co., New Hampshire, ca. 1822. Lived at Alexandria, Jefferson Co., New York, 1830. Purchased land at...

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; docket in handwriting of
Warren Parrish

10 Jan. 1803–3 Jan. 1877. Clergyman, gardener. Born in New York. Son of John Parrish and Ruth Farr. Married first Elizabeth (Betsey) Patten of Westmoreland Co., New Hampshire, ca. 1822. Lived at Alexandria, Jefferson Co., New York, 1830. Purchased land at...

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; four pages; JS Office Papers, CHL.

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See Introduction to H. Smith & Co.

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Kirtland

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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, Nov. 12th 1836
Mr Jos. Smith Jun
Bo[ugh]t of
H. Smith & Co.

A mercantile company created and run by Hyrum Smith. It is unclear when Smith started the business. An extant daybook and ledger for the company indicate that he sold goods between July and November 1836. It is not clear if Smith operated an independent store...

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1. ps. [piece] Sheeting 120¾ Y[ar]ds. @ 0.13½ $16.30
1. [ps. Sheeting] 142½ [Yds.] 0.14 19.92
1. [ps.] Canvas Padding 41¾ [Yds.] 0.21 8.66
1. [ps.] Venetian Carpeting
1

Venetian Carpet, also called “striped Venetian,” referred to carpeting composed of colorful vertical stripes of wool with a weft of linen or hemp. While these carpets could be made on home looms, by the eighteenth century, they had begun to be produced in factories. (“Venetian Carpet,” in Montgomery, Textiles in America, 370; Philip Scranton, “Carpet Weaving and Rug Making,” Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, 2015, https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/carpet-weaving-and-rug-making-2/.)


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Montgomery, Florence M. Textiles in America: 1650–1870. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984.

92¼ [Yds.] 8/— 92.25
1. [ps.] Cotton
Canton

A ribbed cotton cloth in which the warp passes over many weft threads to form cords.

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Flannel
30¾ [Yds.] 1/ 6 5.54
1. [ps.] Red [Flannel] 23½ [Yds.] 4/— 11.75
1. [ps.] Yellow [Flannel] 31 [Yds.] 0.45 13.95
2. [ps.] Eagle Sheeting 63 [Yds.] 0.21 13.23
1. [ps.] Irish Linnen 11 [Yds.] 0.65 7.15
1. [ps.]
Birds Eye

A woven cloth patterned with a “small, diamond pattern with a dot in the center,” resembling a bird’s eye.

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Diaper

A linen or cotton twill woven fabric with a diamond pattern.

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21 [Yds.] 0.27½ 5.77
1. [ps.] Brown
Drill

A strong linen or cotton fabric often used for trousers or military uniforms.

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31 [Yds.] 0.14½ 4.49
1. [ps.] Super Steel Mxd. Br[oa]d Cloth 3⅞ [Yds.] $5.75 22.28
1. [ps.] Blk [Brd Cloth] 28½ [Yds.] 5.50 156.75
1. [ps.] Mulberry [Brd Cloth] 6 [Yds.] 6.50 39.00
1. [ps.] Blue Sattinet 31 [Yds.] 11/— 11.63
1. [ps.] Super Blk Merino 28 [Yds.] 9/ 6 32.25
1. [ps.] Callico 28 [Yds.] 0.28 7.84
1. [ps. ] Two Blues Callico 29¼ [Yds.] 14½ 4.24
1. [ps.]
Domestic

Any type of cotton goods manufactured in the United States.

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[Callico]
30½ [Yds.] 10½ 3.20
1. [ps. Domestic] Plaid 32 [Yds.] 0.11½ 3.36
1. [ps. Domestic Plaid] Gingham 30 [Yds.] 2/— 7.50
2. [ps.] Goats Hair
Camblet

A plain weave used for clothing, furniture, and hangings; made from goat’s hair, part silk or linen, or wool.

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76¾ [Yds.] 0.85 65.24
1. [ps.] Brown
Holland

A generic name for fine white linen cloth.

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36½ [Yds.] 0.21 5.56
1. [ps.] Blk [Holland] 26 [Yds.] 0.31 8.06
1. [ps.]
Figrd

A fabric having a colored design on the textile face.

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. Merino
11½ [Yds.] 8/ 6 12.22
1. [ps.]
Pongee

A clothing and curtain fabric with Chinese origins woven from uneven threads of silk. It was originally a tan color but in the early nineteenth century was often dyed.

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$8.00 8.00
4. Comforters 0.35 1 Do[zen] 0.44 1.84
1. Doz. Ivory Combs 14/— 1.75
1. ps.
Bob[bine]t. Lace

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

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10¾ [Yds.] 6/— 8.00
1. [ps.]
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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10 [Yds.] 0.45 4.50
1. [ps.]
Gimp Inserting

A trimming for dresses, furniture, and coach lace making. Plaited or twisted strands are used to form a pattern.

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3 Dz. @6/— 2.25
1. [ps.] Crimson Pongee Hks [Handkerchiefs] 7 each 0.71½ 5.00
Carried over $609.48
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    Venetian Carpet, also called “striped Venetian,” referred to carpeting composed of colorful vertical stripes of wool with a weft of linen or hemp. While these carpets could be made on home looms, by the eighteenth century, they had begun to be produced in factories. (“Venetian Carpet,” in Montgomery, Textiles in America, 370; Philip Scranton, “Carpet Weaving and Rug Making,” Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, 2015, https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/carpet-weaving-and-rug-making-2/.)

    Montgomery, Florence M. Textiles in America: 1650–1870. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984.

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