Invoice, Z. Griswold to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 11 October 1836
Invoice, Z. Griswold to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 11 October 1836
Source Note
Source Note
Z. Griswold, Invoice, , New York Co., NY, to , [, Geauga Co., OH], 11 Oct. 1836; handwriting of unidentified scribe and Z. Griswold; one page; JS Office Papers, CHL. Includes docket and redactions.
Single leaf measuring 6¼ x 7¾ inches (16 x 20 cm). The top and right edges of the document have the square cut of manufactured paper; the left and bottom edges are cut, suggesting the leaf was cut from a larger sheet of paper. The document was folded in half horizontally with a ½ inch (1 cm) edge folded over to conceal the uneven bottom edge. Marcellus Cowdery docketed the verso of the second panel: “Z Griswold | Dry Goods | $104.13”. Graphite redactions appear throughout the invoice in unidentified handwriting.
This document was in the possession of church agents who purchased dry goods from Z. Griswold in . Based on the docket by Cowdery, the invoice was in church possession by 1837, suggesting continuous institutional custody.
Footnotes
Cowdery served as clerk of the Kirtland High Council in 1837 (Minute Book 1, 11 and 29 May 1837).
Historical Introduction
Historical Introduction
Oct 11 1836
Messrs
Bo[ugh]t of Z Griswold
| 6 p[air]s | 18/— | $13.50 | |
| 1 doz[en] Buck[skin] Gloves | 7.00 | ||
| 2 Bales Wick | 31 31½— 62½ | 0.26 | 16.25 |
| 1 [Bale] Batts | 105 lbs | 0.14 | 14.70 |
| no 7, 8, 10, 11 40 lb 10 10 10 10 | 0.32 | 12.80 | |
| no 12 15 lb Twist | 0.33 | 4.95 | |
| [no] 14 15 lb Twist | 0.34 | 5.10 | |
| 1 Bale | 30 32 doz | 0.70 | 22.40 |
| 1/4 Gro[ss] Bonnet Boards | 8— | 2.00 | |
| 2 lbs Knitting Cotton | No 14 | 0.60 | 1.20 |
| 2 [lbs Knitting Cotton] | [No] 16 | 0.65 | 1.30 |
| Box & Cooperage 3/ 3 1/ 3 | 0.56 | ||
| 101.76 | |||
| 4 Mo[nth]s In[teres]t | 2.37 | ||
| $104.13 |
Rec[eive]d Draft on Keeler McNeil & Co at 4 Mo.
Z Griswold [p. [1]]
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Document Information
Document Information
Footnotes
Footnotes
Unidentified handwriting begins.
TEXT: Possibly an abbreviation for “batting.”
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.
Cotton yarn used for hand knitting. (“Knitting Cotton, Wool or Silk,” in Harmuth, Dictionary of Textiles, 88.)
Harmuth, Louis. Dictionary of Textiles. New York: Fairchild Publishing Company, 1915.
Unidentified handwriting ends; Z. Griswold begins.
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