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Invoice, Keeler, McNeil & Co. to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 11 October 1836

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G. M. Gardner on behalf of Keeler, McNeil & Co., Invoice,
New York City

Dutch founded New Netherland colony, 1625. Incorporated under British control and renamed New York, 1664. Harbor contributed to economic and population growth of city; became largest city in American colonies. British troops defeated Continental Army under...

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, New York 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, 11 Oct. 1836; printed form with manuscript additions in unidentified handwriting and probably handwriting of G. M. Gardner; five pages; JS Office Papers, CHL. Includes docket, notation, and endorsements.
Single bifolium plus one leaf measuring 13 x 8 inches (33 x 20 cm). The leaves are lined with 37 blue horizontal lines (now faded). Printed in black ink in the top right corner is the date line, business logo, and address for Keeler, McNeil & Co. in several font types, with two black printed horizontal lines dividing the business logo from the inscription. The left and right margins of each page contain manually inscribed vertical brown lines (one on the left; three on the right) forming ledger columns. The document was folded into a barrel fold creating five panels. Graphite and black ink redactions throughout the invoice are in unidentified handwriting; a light brown ink redaction is in the handwriting of Marcellus Cowdery. Cowdery docketed the verso of the last leaf on the fourth panel: “Keeler, McNeil & Co | Dry Goods | $2959.46” in black ink; “Error on 1st Sheet | $24. Under Chgd.” in light brown ink; and “Examined | MFC” in graphite. The pattern of coal dust on the verso third panel suggests it remained in a folded state for some time. The second bifolium page and single leaf were formerly stapled or pinned together.
This document was in the possession of church agents who purchased dry goods from Keeler, McNeil & Co. in
New York City

Dutch founded New Netherland colony, 1625. Incorporated under British control and renamed New York, 1664. Harbor contributed to economic and population growth of city; became largest city in American colonies. British troops defeated Continental Army under...

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. Based on the docket by Cowdery, the invoice was in church possession by 1837, suggesting continuous institutional custody.
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Cowdery served as clerk of the Kirtland High Council in 1837 (Minute Book 1, 11 and 29 May 1837).


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  1. [1]

    Cowdery served as clerk of the Kirtland High Council in 1837 (Minute Book 1, 11 and 29 May 1837).

Historical Introduction

See Introduction to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery.

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Am[oun]t bro[ugh]t over 2,442.54
466 2 p[ai]r Cotton Edging 6 doz[en] 25 1 50
90 1 [pr Cotton Edging] 4 [doz] 3/ 6 1.75
1 [pr Cotton Edging] 3⅓ 3/ 6 1.46
478 1 [pr Cotton] Inserting 3 6/ 2.25
7 [pr] Blk silk Braids
4

Braids were woven or plaited fabric that was flat, round, or tubular; they were used for binding or trimming. (“Braid,” in Harmuth, Dictionary of Textiles, 24.)


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Harmuth, Louis. Dictionary of Textiles. New York: Fairchild Publishing Company, 1915.

3/ 2.62
12 [pr] Col[ore]d [silk Braids] 2/6 3.75
2 [pr] Crimson
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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Hdkfs [Handkerchiefs]
5.00 10.00
1 [pr] Printed [pongee Hdkfs] 5.00
1 [pr] silk Flaggs 6.25
1 [pr silk Flaggs] 6.50
1 [pr] Crimson Bandanna [Hdkfs] 6.75
6 4/ 4 Scarlet Herbot
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TEXT: Or “Hubot”.


shawls
0.80 4.80
8 5/ 4 [Scarlet Herbot shawls] 2.25 18.00
305 6 7/ 4 S[c]arlet Mer[i]no [shawls] 5.75 34.50
2448 1 [7/ 4 Scarlet Merino shawls] 6 75
3 [7/ 4 Scarlet] super [Merino shawls] 7.25 21.75
2 [7/ 4] Black [Merino shawls] 6.25 12.50
6 scarlet Valerna [shawls] 9/ 6.75
1 pr 6/ 4 Black
Bombazine

A type of cloth made of silk warp and worsted weft in a serge or twill weave. Black bombazine was used for mourning garments.

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10 1.75 17.50
6
Book

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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Aprons
8/ 6.00
72 1 doz[en] Warm Blk silk Gloves 7.50
18 1 [doz Warm] Wht [silk Gloves] 7.50
1 [doz] Super
Castor

A “heavy, stout, fulled and calendered broadcloth overcoating.”

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6.00
2 [doz Super] H.S [Gloves] 5.00 10.00
1 [doz] Mens supr [H.S Gloves] 12.00
4 [doz Mens] Buck[skin] Gloves 11.50 46.00
2 [doz Mens Buck] Mittens 10.00 20.00
25 12 [doz] Cotton Tapes 1/ 1.50
135 6 [doz Cotton Tapes] 2/ 1.50
145 6 [doz Cotton Tapes] 3/ 2.25
12 [doz] Spools 4/ 6 6.75
350 1 [doz] Fansy Gilt Vest Buttons 2.50
304 1 [doz] Plain [Gilt Vest Buttons] 1.75
601 1 [doz] super
fig[ure]d

A fabric having a colored design on the textile face.

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Coat [Buttons]
6.00
3 1 [doz]
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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over Coat [Buttons]
1.12
1½ [doz] Twill Tapes 4/6 0.84
2 [doz] Quality Binding 6/ 1.50
Carried to No. 2 $2,753.63
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Footnotes

  1. [4]

    Braids were woven or plaited fabric that was flat, round, or tubular; they were used for binding or trimming. (“Braid,” in Harmuth, Dictionary of Textiles, 24.)

    Harmuth, Louis. Dictionary of Textiles. New York: Fairchild Publishing Company, 1915.

  2. [5]

    TEXT: Or “Hubot”.

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