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Dry-goods.

 Subject
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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

George H. Hawes & Company Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: 6656
Scope and Contents

A ledger with columns headed: Buyer, width, count, weight, quantity, price, remarks, etc. Includes an index of names of companies with which Hawes dealt.

Dates: 1916-1918

Heard and Peck Invoices

 Collection
Identifier: 6687
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1820-1825

Jacacks family diaries

 Collection — Manuscript box 10 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065241659]
Identifier: 1566
Scope and content

Diary of Fred Jacacks, a dry goods salesman in Chicago and St. Joseph, Missouri, describing his daily routine and noting room, board, laundry, and other expenses. Three diaries of his wife, Mary, chiefly concerning domestic matters.

Dates: 1859-1868.

Lawrence, Taylor & Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6748
Abstract

Scrapbook of prices offered by this dry goods commission house on cotton cloth and letters and flyers announcing price changes, and goods available.

Dates: undated

Martin, Knight and Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6767
Abstract

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."

Dates: undated