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Invoice, G. C. Coit to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 18 June 1836

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G. C. Coit, 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
Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery

A mercantile partnership composed of Sidney Rigdon, JS, and Oliver Cowdery, likely formed in June 1836. The partnership purchased wholesale goods on credit, using promissory notes, from merchants in Buffalo, New York, in June 1836. In September 1836, the ...

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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 Gurdon Coit; four pages; JS Office Papers, CHL. Includes dockets and redactions.
Single bifolium measuring 12⅛ x 7⅝ inches (31 x 19 cm) when folded. The fold is uneven, with the bottom leaf hanging past the bottom right edge of the top leaf. Leaves are lined with 41 horizontal blues lines (now faded). The left and right margins of each page contain manually inscribed vertical brown lines (one on the left; two on the right) forming ledger columns. The first page contains a manually inscribed horizontal brown line separating the date and business address from the list of purchased dry goods. The document was folded twice horizontally, forming four panels. The invoice was docketed twice.
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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docketed the verso of the fourth panel: “G.C. Coit’s | Bill $1474.44.” Below it is a second docket: “Dry Goods” in unidentified handwriting. Graphite and brown pencil redactions throughout the invoice are also in unidentified handwriting. There is marked staining on the document.
This document was in the possession of church agents who purchased dry goods from Coit in
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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. It was likely given to
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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to compare the contents of the invoice with the dry goods received. Based on the docket by
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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, the invoice was in church possession from its reception, suggesting continuous institutional custody.

Historical Introduction

See Introduction to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery.

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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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June 18th 1836
Messrs
Rigdon Smith & Cowdery

A mercantile partnership composed of Sidney Rigdon, JS, and Oliver Cowdery, likely formed in June 1836. The partnership purchased wholesale goods on credit, using promissory notes, from merchants in Buffalo, New York, in June 1836. In September 1836, the ...

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Kirkland [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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Bought of G[urdon] C Coit
No. 178 Main Street
No [Number] 1 6 P[iece]s Light Prints 1972 112 $22.72
[No] 2 10 [Ps Light Prints] 3192 1/ 39.94
[No] 3 1 [Ps Light Prints] 273 15 4.16
[No] 4 4 [Ps Light] Stripe [Prints] 1411 16 22.60
[No] 5 3 [Ps Light] Super [Prints] 93 162 15.35
[No] 6 4 [Ps Light Super Prints] 1171 17 19.93
[No] 7 3 [Ps Light] Super [Prints] 91 17 15.47
[No] 8 6 [Ps] Dark [Super Prints] 1932 20 38.79
[No] 9 4 [Ps] Light [Super] Merrimac [Prints] 1342 22 29.64
[No] 10 4 [Ps Light Super] Dover [Prints] 1312 22 28.93
[No] 11 5 [Ps Light Super]
Chintz

A “cotton cloth of plain, sometimes damask or diaper weave, made with hard spun, fine warp, often taped and a much coarser, slack twist filling, printed with flowers, birds, and other patterns, in bright colors on white or colored ground, and glazed by calendaring...

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[Prints]
146 28 40.88
[No] 12 1 [Ps] Dark [Super] Twilld [Prints] 22 28 28 7.84
[No] 13 2 [Ps Dark Super] Chintz [Prints] 56 29 16.24
[No] 14 1 [Ps Dark Super] Manchester [Prints] 28 33 9.24
4 [Ps] Blue [Super] Merrimac [Prints] 1133 182 21.04
3 [Ps] Furniture [Prints] 95 943 16 15.16
3 [Ps] Super [Furniture] Chintz 953 22 21.07
1 [Ps] Canvass Padding 422 21 8.92
1 [Ps] Red [Padding] 53 40 21.11 21.20
1 [Ps] 7/ 8 Ticking 373 21 7.93
1 [Ps] 6/ 4 Utica [Ticking] 212 34 14.28
1 [Ps] 4/ 4
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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312 17 5.36
1 [Ps] 3/ 4 Bleachd Shirting 341 102 4.60
1 [Ps 3/ 4 Bleachd Shirting] 33 112 3.79
2 [Ps] 7/ 8 [Bleachd] Superfine [Shirting] 63 152 9.77
2 [Ps] 4/ 4 [Bleachd Superfine Shirting] 582 17 9.44
3 [Ps] 4/ 4 [Bleachd Superfine Shirting] 1041 21 21.89
2 [Ps] 5/ 4 [Bleachd] Elliott [Superfine Shirting] 583 162 9.69
2 [Ps] 5/ 4 [Bleachd] Elliott [Superfine Shirting] 612 222 13.84
1 [Ps] Pantaloon Stuff 44 17 7.48
1 [Ps] Merino
Cassimere

A plain woven or twilled woolen or worsted fabric with a soft finish; used for men’s clothing.

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48 21 10.08
1 [Ps] Dark Pantalon Suff 31 20 6.20
1 [Ps]
Constitution Twill

A type of corduroy.

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492 24 11.88

Insertion in unidentified handwriting .


<​535.35​> Carried Foward,
$535.35
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Invoice, G. C. Coit to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 18 June 1836
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