Merchants.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Alvan B. Doolittle papers
Benjamin Fowler daybooks
Four daybooks of Benjamin Fowler, a Yonkers, Westchester County, New York merchant, including a general mercantile account book, 1807-1813; volume dealing primarily with the purchase of the sloops Belvidere and Emaline, 1810-1823; volume containing record of payments and earnings on the purchase of the Emaline, 1817-1824; and volume containing records of Fowler's dealings with another businessman, 1814-1857.
Heard and Peck Invoices
Invoices for goods purchased from druggists and dyestuff dealers. Includes billhead of Rudyard & Whittelsey, druggists, castor oil, Prussian blue, etc., Oct. 9, 1828; billhead of William A.F. Pentz, May 31, 1820; and billhead of B.A. Armitage, hosiery, gloves, etc., Oct. 6, 1825.
John March Ledger
Ledger from John March, a seller of yarn and cloth in Maine.
Lyman A. Spalding papers
Contains correspondence, manuscripts, records, and publications related to the career of Lyman A. Spalding, a nineteenth-century Quaker merchant and abolitionist who lived in upstate New York. He was co-editor of the newspaper Plain Truth and established the newspaper Priestcraft Exposed and Primitive Christianity Defended.
Martin, Knight and Company Records
Notification of change of business ownership and letter regarding market situation in Havana for cotton, coffee, sugar, and other products. Also printed report, "Havana prices current for 1 Nov. 1823, forwarded by Martin, Knight & Co."
Matthew Brown letter book
Letters pertaining to the purchase and sale of foodstuffs, drugs, hardware, and other merchandise including ashes for the manufacture of potash; to payment and collection of debts; to tax payments and land sales; to a project for establishing a glass making concern near Rome, New York; and related business matters.