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Invoice, Leavitt, Lord & Co. to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 14 October 1836

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Leavitt

1797/1798–in/after 1851. Publisher/bookseller. Son of Simeon Leavitt and Betty Tuck. Married first Joan Ayer, 1820, in Essex Co., Massachusetts. Wife died, 7 or 11 Nov. 1824. Married second Louisa Adams, 7 Dec. 1825, in Andover, Essex Co. Moved to New York...

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Lord

11 May 1806–7 Aug. 1878. Teacher, merchant, bookseller, editor. Born in Kennebunkport, York Co., District of Maine. Son of Nathaniel Lord and Phebe Walker. Graduated from college, 1826. Married Ernestine Libby, 1831, in Kennebunkport. Moved to New York City...

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& 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
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], 14 Oct. 1836; printed form with manuscript additions in unidentified handwriting; docket in handwriting of Marcellus Cowdery; one page; JS Office Papers, CHL.

Historical Introduction

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No. 180 Broadway,
New York

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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, Oct 14 1836
Mess
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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Bought of
leavitt

1797/1798–in/after 1851. Publisher/bookseller. Son of Simeon Leavitt and Betty Tuck. Married first Joan Ayer, 1820, in Essex Co., Massachusetts. Wife died, 7 or 11 Nov. 1824. Married second Louisa Adams, 7 Dec. 1825, in Andover, Essex Co. Moved to New York...

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,
lord

11 May 1806–7 Aug. 1878. Teacher, merchant, bookseller, editor. Born in Kennebunkport, York Co., District of Maine. Son of Nathaniel Lord and Phebe Walker. Graduated from college, 1826. Married Ernestine Libby, 1831, in Kennebunkport. Moved to New York City...

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& co.
Publishers, Importers, and Wholesale and Retail Booksellers and Stationers,
Published by
Leavitt

1797/1798–in/after 1851. Publisher/bookseller. Son of Simeon Leavitt and Betty Tuck. Married first Joan Ayer, 1820, in Essex Co., Massachusetts. Wife died, 7 or 11 Nov. 1824. Married second Louisa Adams, 7 Dec. 1825, in Andover, Essex Co. Moved to New York...

View Full Bio
,
Lord

11 May 1806–7 Aug. 1878. Teacher, merchant, bookseller, editor. Born in Kennebunkport, York Co., District of Maine. Son of Nathaniel Lord and Phebe Walker. Graduated from college, 1826. Married Ernestine Libby, 1831, in Kennebunkport. Moved to New York City...

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& Co.
Barnes’ Notes on the Gospels. 2 vols.
[Barnes’ Notes on the] Acts. 1 vol.
[Barnes’ Notes on the] Romans. 1 vol.
Porter’s Rhetorical Reader.
Pierpont’s Am. First Clas Book
[Pierpont’s] National Reader.
[Pierpont’s] Introduction to do.
[Pierpont’s] Young Reader, &c. &c.

Printed text ends; unidentified handwriting resumes.


4 Setts Ency[clopedia] Americana.
1

Four sets of the thirteen-volume Encyclopedia Americana (1836).


— 20
80.00
1 Wheaton’s Law.
2

Henry Wheaton, Elements of International Law (1836).


2.00
1 Locke’s Essays.— 4.50
2 Syriac Testament $4.00 8.00
1 Surgery Illustrated,
3

A. Sidney Doane, Surgery Illustrated (1836).


4.50
4 Goodrich’s Geography.
4

S. Griswold Goodrich was the author of several geography textbooks, including A System of School Geography (1836).


10.00
Websters Dict[ionar]y ◊. 4.00
2 Hooper’s [Dicty]
5

Probably Robert Hooper’s Lexicon Medicum, or Medical Dictionary (1824).


4
8.00
24 Hebrew Man[ua]l 1.75 42.00
12 Hahn’s Bible 3. 36.00
24 Poly[glo]t Bible. small 87½ 21.00
24 [Polyt Bible]. large 87½ 21.00
24 Pocket [Bible] 62 15.00
4 doz Abrg & Atlas
6

Presumably a reference to an edition of Jedidiah Morse, Geography Made Easy: Being An Abridgement of the American Universal Geography, first published in 1818.


850
34.00
11 [doz] Kirkam’s Gram[mar]
7

Samuel Kirkham, English Grammar in Familiar Lectures (1835).


5.00
55.00
2 [doz] Webste[r]s US. 450 9.00
1 M Quills 6.00
4 doz Daboll’s Arith c
8

Nathan Daboll, Daboll’s Schoolmaster’s Assistant, Improved and Enlarged. Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetick (1828).


225
9.00
3 Dick’s Works
9

The Works of Thomas Dick (1836).


150
4.50
32 V. Family Lib[rar]y 45 14.40
300 Webstes R Book 1. 25.00
100 Murray’s Reader
10

Probably a reference to Lindley Murray, The English Reader (1836).


18.75
Boxs &
ctge [cartage]

A cost associated with transporting goods, which were originally transported by cart.

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3.00
$434.65
[p. [1]]
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Invoice, Leavitt, Lord & Co. to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 14 October 1836
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    Printed text ends; unidentified handwriting resumes.

  2. [1]

    Four sets of the thirteen-volume Encyclopedia Americana (1836).

  3. [2]

    Henry Wheaton, Elements of International Law (1836).

  4. [3]

    A. Sidney Doane, Surgery Illustrated (1836).

  5. [4]

    S. Griswold Goodrich was the author of several geography textbooks, including A System of School Geography (1836).

  6. [5]

    Probably Robert Hooper’s Lexicon Medicum, or Medical Dictionary (1824).

  7. [6]

    Presumably a reference to an edition of Jedidiah Morse, Geography Made Easy: Being An Abridgement of the American Universal Geography, first published in 1818.

  8. [7]

    Samuel Kirkham, English Grammar in Familiar Lectures (1835).

  9. [8]

    Nathan Daboll, Daboll’s Schoolmaster’s Assistant, Improved and Enlarged. Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetick (1828).

  10. [9]

    The Works of Thomas Dick (1836).

  11. [10]

    Probably a reference to Lindley Murray, The English Reader (1836).

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