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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.
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
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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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.
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.