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Invoice, Mead, Stafford & Co. to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 8 October 1836

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Mead, Stafford & Co., Invoice, , New York Co., NY, to , [, Geauga Co., OH], 8 Oct. 1836; unidentified handwriting; endorsements in handwriting of ; docket in handwriting of Marcellus Cowdery; two pages; JS Office Papers, CHL.

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8th Oct 1836
Mess[rs]
27 Water St
Bo[ugh]t of Mead Stafford & Co
2 Chests Y[oung] H[yson] Tea 114. 115 229. 40 189 lbs 0.58 109.62
2 P. R. Molasses <​1​> 87. <​1​> 87 174.2. 172Gs 0.48 82.56
1 P.R. Sugar 1414.170. 1244lbs 0.11 136.84
1 Bag Pepper 96. 1. 95lbs 0.09 8.55
1 [Bag] Pimento 113. 1. 112lbs 0.08½ 9.52
1/2 Bbl [Barrel] Pure Ginger wt 80½lbs 0.11 8.85
1 [Bbl] 2/ 6 254.18. 236lbs 0.10 23.91
2<​1​> [Bbl] 2/ 6 Madder 204.18. 186lbs 13 24.49
2 [Bbl] <​*​> 35 each 70 Glls [Gallons] 1.10 77.00
1 [Bbl] 2/ 6 S. S. Almonds 121.21 100lbs 14 14.31
1 [Bbl] wt 30½ Glls 1.35 41.17
2 [Bbl] Spts Turpentine 34.36½ 70½ Glls 60 46.30
1 [Bbl] Rosin 18/— 2.25
1 [Bbl] 2/ 6 Camwood 203.22. 181lbs 5 9.36
3 Boxes No 2 Bar Soap 76lbs each 228lbs 6 13.68
1 Bbl 2/ 6 Chalk 280.18. 262lbs 1 2.93
1 Keg 2/ 6 87.6 81lbs 3 2.74
1 [Keg] 2/ 6 Alum 87.6 81lbs 6¼ 5.38
1 [Keg] 2/ 6 S. F. Indigo 29.7. 22lbs 12/— 33.31
1 [Keg] 2/ 6 Sulpher 65.6 59lbs 4½ 2.97
1 [Keg] 2/ 6 Roll Brimstone 48.4 44lbs 4 2.07
1 [Keg] 2/ 6 best Glue 34.8. 26lbs 18 4.99
3 [Keg] N H Powder HFG $5.50 16.50
1 [Keg] Plug Tobacco 240. 28. 212lbs 16 33.92
1 [Keg Plug Tobacco] 207. 28. 179lbs 18 32.22
1 Box Pepper Sauce 26/— 3.25
2 [Boxes] 31.32 31.32 63lbs 10 6.30
10 Matts 46lbs 13 5.98
10lbs Cloves 28 2.80
6lbs Nutmegs 13/— 9.75
5 S Snuff 31lbs 21 6.51
1 Jar 5/ M [Snuff] 25lbs 2 oz 2/— 6.91
6 Camsters Percussion Grams 4/— 3.00
12 <​10​> M [Percussion] Caps 5/— 6.25
11 Lumps L Sugar 101lbs 15 15.15
1 Bbl 2/ 6 Loaf [Sugar] 131. 18. 113lbs 16½ 18.96
over 830.30
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Editorial Title
Invoice, Mead, Stafford & Co. to Cahoon, Carter & Co., 8 October 1836
ID #
8027
Total Pages
2
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  • Newel K. Whitney

Footnotes

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    The size and weight of a barrel varied and was often dependent on whether the contents were liquid or solid. In the United States, statutes generally regulated that a barrel should contain 28 to 31½ gallons. (“Barrel,” 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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    Newel K. Whitney added an asterisk here, which corresponds to an endorsement written on the second page, which reads:"1 Bbll was Summer oil."

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    A small cask or barrel, varying in size but usually containing less than ten gallons. (“Keg,” in American Dictionary [1828]; “Keg,” in Oxford English Dictionary, 5: 667.)

    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.

    The Oxford English Dictionary. Edited by James A. H. Murray, Henry Bradley, W. A. Craigie, and C. T. Onions. 12 vols. 1933. Reprint, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1970.

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