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Invoice, Mead & Betts to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 18 June 1836

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Mead & Betts, 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
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], 18 June 1836; unidentified handwriting; dockets in handwriting of second unidentified scribe and
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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Amount brought over $2,034.43
1 Ps [Piece] Yellow
Silisia [Silesia]

A broad range of linen or cotton fabrics.

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24¾ 22 5.44
1 dz [dozen] open Work Hose 7.50
2 [dz] Ladies White [Hose] 30/— 7.50
2 [dz Ladies White Hose] 27/— 6.75
1 [dz] Black Worsted [Hose] 6.00
1 [dz] Slate [Worsted Hose] 7.50
1 [dz] Black [Worsted Hose] 36/— 4.50
1 3/ 12 dz Buck[skin] Gloves 5.25 6.56
9 1 /12 9 /12 dz Ladies Mens Black Gloves 3/ 6 3.94
<​1 short dn​>

Endorsement in handwriting of Newel K. Whitney.


10 dz Ladies Horse Skin [Gloves]
18/— 22.50
1/2 dz Linen Gloves 24/— 24/— 1.50
1 dz Ladies
Woodstock [Gloves]

A type of glove made in Woodstock, England, a town famous for its glove industry.

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24/— 3.00
5 Gross
1

Twelve dozen or 144 items. (“Gross,” in American Dictionary [1828].)


Comprehensive Works Cited

An American Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibit, I. the Origin, Affinities and Primary Signification of English Words, as far as They Have Been Ascertained. . . . Edited by Noah Webster. New York: S. Converse, 1828.

Super
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/— 3.75
4 [Gross Super Lasting Buttons] 3/ 6 1.75
2 Gross Vest (Paper) [Lasting Buttons] 6/— 1.50
2 [Gross Vest Buttons] 6/ 6 1.63
2 [Gross]
Foundation

An inexpensive type of fabric or fur used as backing for hats or other garments.

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9/— 2.25
5 ps Crown Lining 10/— 6.25
7 [ps] Sewing Silk Shawls 18/— 15.75
1/2 dz
Fig[ure]d

A fabric having a colored design on the textile face.

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Gauze Hdkfs [Handkerchiefs]
Ea 10/— 22.50
2 Plain Gauze [Hdkfs] 7/— 1.75
2 Figd
Poult de Soi

A stout and soft dress silk with fine cross ribs on one or both sides of the cloth.

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[Hdkfs]
13/— 3.25
1 10/12 dz Cotton Flaggs Hdkfs 12/— 2.75
2 dz Cotton Flaggs 16/— 4.00
3 dz [Cotton Flaggs] 18/— 6.75
2 ps [Cotton Flaggs] 6 dz 16/— 12.00
1 Cotton Shawl 6/— 0.75
9 Cotton [Shawls] 8/ 6 9.56
3 ps Colourd Tabby Velvet 39 4/ 6 21.94
3 [ps] Demi peices Linene 39 70 27.30
1 [ps] Large [peices Linene] 27 6/— 20.25
1 [ps] Shirting to Line Box 30 9½ 2.85
12 Corded Skirts 9/— 13.50
6 [Corded Skirts] 6/— 4.50
3 Black [Skirts] 8/ 6 3.19
1 dz Napkins 18/— 2.25
1 dz [Napkins] 24/— 3.00
2,312.09
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Invoice, Mead & Betts to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 18 June 1836
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    Endorsement in handwriting of Newel K. Whitney.

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    Twelve dozen or 144 items. (“Gross,” in American Dictionary [1828].)

    An American Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibit, I. the Origin, Affinities and Primary Signification of English Words, as far as They Have Been Ascertained. . . . Edited by Noah Webster. New York: S. Converse, 1828.

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