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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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Bro[ugh]t Forward $932.82
1 doz[en]
Figured

A fabric having a colored design on the textile face.

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Swiss Collars
20/ 2.50
1 [doz Figured Swiss] Double capes [Collars] 20/ 2.50
1 [doz] Suspenders a little damaged 12/ 1.50
1 [doz Suspenders a little damaged] 10/ 1.25
1 [doz Suspenders] 8/ 1.00
1 [doz] Super Buck Skin Gloves 11.00 11.50 11.00
2 [doz] Ladies col[ore]d Kid [Gloves] 28/ 7.00
1 [doz] Blk Wostd Hoze [Hose] 44/ 5.50
1/2th Cold Sewing Silk 9.50 4.75
1th Blk India [Sewing Silk] 8.50 8.50
1/2th Blk Italian [Sewing Silk] 12.00 10.50 6.00 5.25
1/2th [Blk Sewing]
Twist

Another term for cotton yarn.

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12.00 6.00
2 th [Blk] Thread 7/ 1.75
2 th [Blk Thread] 9/ 2.25
1 th White Cotton [Thread] 8/ 1.00
2 th Ball [Cotton Thread] 7/ 1.75
2 Bunches Wht [Cotton Thread] 2/ 0.50
2 [Bunches] Cold [Thread] 3/ 0.75
2 doz Neck Combs 8/ 2.00
1 [doz] Top [Combs] 0.90
2 [doz Top Combs] 8/ 2.00
5/ 12 [doz] Supr Fancy Top Brazilian/ $8.00 3.33
4 [doz] Cotton Tapes 1/ 0.50
6 [doz] Linen [Tapes] 30 1.80
1
Gro[ss]

An amount equaling twelve dozen or 144 items.

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Lasting

A stout, tightly woven cloth generally used for ladies’ shoes. It was also used in the nineteenth-century United States for lightweight summer coats.

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Buttons
6/ 0.75
2 [doz] Large Flexible Eyd Lasting Buttons 10/ 2.50
6 Fancy Raw Silk Shawls 12/ 9.00
9 Merino [Shawls] 16/ 18.00
2 Stripd [Merino Shawls] 22/ 5.50
4 Cashmere [Shawls] 16/ 8.00
3 7/ 4 Merino Super [Shawls] $6.00 18.00
2 7/ 4 White [Merino Shawls] $7.00 14.00
1 ps [piece] Blk French Crape 44/ 5.50
1 [ps Blk] Silk Velvet 33 20/ 9.38
1 [ps] Super Blue Blk [Silk Velvet] 6¾ 26/ 21.94
1 [ps] 4/ 4 White
Cambrick

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

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12 20 2.40
1 [ps] 5/ 4 [White Cambrick] 12 2/ 3.00
Carried Forward $1,128.07 $1,126.07
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