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RUSSELL & WEBSTER US Dry Goods Items on Account for William Levere II 1842-43 MS
RUSSELL & WEBSTER US Dry Goods Items on Account for William Levere II 1842-43 MS
RUSSELL & WEBSTER US Dry Goods Items on Account for William Levere II 1842-43 MS
RUSSELL & WEBSTER US Dry Goods Items on Account for William Levere II 1842-43 MS
RUSSELL & WEBSTER US Dry Goods Items on Account for William Levere II 1842-43 MS
RUSSELL & WEBSTER US Dry Goods Items on Account for William Levere II 1842-43 MS
RUSSELL & WEBSTER US Dry Goods Items on Account for William Levere II 1842-43 MS
RUSSELL & WEBSTER US Dry Goods Items on Account for William Levere II 1842-43 MS
RUSSELL & WEBSTER US Dry Goods Items on Account for William Levere II 1842-43 MS
RUSSELL & WEBSTER US Dry Goods Items on Account for William Levere II 1842-43 MS
RUSSELL & WEBSTER US Dry Goods Items on Account for William Levere II 1842-43 MS
RUSSELL & WEBSTER US Dry Goods Items on Account for William Levere II 1842-43 MS

RUSSELL & WEBSTER US Dry Goods Items on Account for William Levere II 1842-43 MS

$ 79.2

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Condition: VERY GOOD. Wax dabs holding well. Removed from a ledger book with some small tears at head of ledger. A neat hand, well legible throughout.
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    Description

    RUSSELL & WEBSTER US Dry Goods Items on Account for William Levere II 1842-43 MS
    RUSSELL & WEBSTER US Dry Goods Items on Account for William Levere II 1842-43 MS
    POB#56377
    TITLE:
    William Leverett, Esq Dry Goods account with. Russell & Webster Merchantile & Payment note.
    AUTHOR:
    Merchant Firm of Russell & Webster
    PLACE:
    Based on genealogy of Levere family, appears Boston is most likely region.
    DATE:
    From May 11. 1842  to April 24, 1843
    DESCRIPTION:
    60 cm x 29 cm ledger w/ two sheets joined by wax dabs. Two side by side three column notes columns describing sundry goods purchased in 1842. Appears torn from a larger ledger book on completion of payment. A whole year of charges, from May 11. 1842 and April 24, 1843 when the entire account was paid with a 0 draw on Edwards & Stoddard. . Well over a hundred small items, each described together with the cost, presumably in US Dollars. First names in Levere family occasionally mentioned.
    CONDITION NOTES:
    VERY GOOD.  Wax dabs holding well.  Removed from a ledger book with some small tears at head of ledger.  A neat hand, well legible throughout.
    .
    The goods described and the prices, and the large quantity of items, all delight the researcher.   Very much a snapshot of pre-Civil War American with material abundance but limited industrialization.   Also, the long credit term - almost an entire year! - makes one wonder about the customer and whether they had special privilege with the merchant.   The long ledger was created to accommodate a long credit period, so it appears the practice was typical.
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    Mostly small sundry items, but a steady flow of rum as well.  Endlessly fascinating.  Great social history!
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