Bill of Goods from Rigdon, Smith & Co., 20 May 1837

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Bill of Goods from Rigdon, Smith & Co., 20 May 1837
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Rigdon, Smith & Co., Bill of Goods,
Chester
Surveyed 1796 and 1801. Area settled, 1801–1802. Initially called Wooster. Name changed to Chester and officially incorporated as township, 1816. Population in 1830 about 550. Population in 1840 about 960. JS purchased land for store in Chester, 1836–1837...
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, Geauga Co., OH, to JS,
Kirtland Township
Located ten miles south of Lake Erie. Settled by 1811. Organized by 1818. Latter-day Saint missionaries visited township, early Nov. 1830; many residents joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Population in 1830 about 55 Latter-day Saints and...
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, Geauga Co., OH, 20 May 1837; handwriting of
Sylvester Smith
25 Mar. 1806–22 Feb. 1880. Farmer, carpenter, lawyer, realtor. Born at Tyringham, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Chileab Smith and Nancy Marshall. Moved to Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, ca. 1815. Married Elizabeth Frank, 27 Dec. 1827, likely in Chautauque...
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; docket in handwriting of
Sylvester Smith
25 Mar. 1806–22 Feb. 1880. Farmer, carpenter, lawyer, realtor. Born at Tyringham, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of Chileab Smith and Nancy Marshall. Moved to Amherst, Lorain Co., Ohio, ca. 1815. Married Elizabeth Frank, 27 Dec. 1827, likely in Chautauque...
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; three pages; JS Collection, CHL.

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Amt brot over 428 59

" 100 lb venition Reds 1/= 12.50.= 100lb. Red Red 2/= 25 37 50

" 9 lb Prussian blue 12/= or 1/6 pr oz= $13.50.= 13 50

" 4 gross 1/2 in screws 4/= $2.00.= 8 inch 4/6 4.50.= 6 50

" 4. at 5/= 2.50.= 2. at 7/= 1.75.=—— 4 25

" 27 shave brushing 1/6 5.06.= 7 do 2/= 1.75.= 6 81

" 30 lb Sulpher 1/6 5.63.= 39lbs. Epsom Salts 1/6 7.31.— 12 94

" 31 lbs
P[oland] Starch
A fine starch made from higher-quality flour than usual starch.
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1/6 5.81.= 11 pr Sissors 2/= 2.75.— 8 56

" 7 pr shears 3/6 3.06.= 2 sett Platied spoons 12, 3.00 6 06

" 4 P. spoons 2/= 1.00.= 5 snuffers 3/= 1.88.= 2 88

" 5 setts
Britannia
A type of pewter metal, used for servingware.
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Spoons 2/6 1.56.—— 1 56

" 10 sett. tea do 2/= 2.50.= 3 cork screw 3/= 1.13 3 63

" 1 Knob Lock 10/= 1.25.= 3 setts iron spoons 2/6 84c. 2 09

" 2 Jappaned Flask 2/6 63c.= 1 doz files 1/= 1.50.— 2 13

" 10 rasors 6/= 7.50.= 16 yd. Pading 6/= 12.00 19 50

" 11 yd
buckram
A “plain woven or twilled coarse, open fabric” made of hemp, cotton yarn, or hair. It was used for hat shapes if sized; when not lined, it was used for under-lining and as a stiffener for clothes.
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1/= 1.38.= 6 iron candlesticks 2/= 1.50 2 88

" 20 iron candlesticks 1/6 3.75.= 30 lb Ginger 1/6 5.63.= 9 38

" 4 pr
Sad Irons
“A smoothing iron, properly a solid flat-iron, in contradistinction to a box-iron.” The adjective “sad” comes from Old English, meaning dense, compact, or heavy.
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8/= 4.00.= 5 hand saws 12/= 7.50 11 50

" 2 back saws 12/= 3.00.= 2 do 16/= 4.00.— 7 00

" 1 do 14/= 1.75.= 2 mouse traps 9c. 19c. 1 do 3/— 38c. 2 32

" 7 Rat trap 3/= 2.63.= 1 shot Pouch 10/= 1.25 3 88

" 15 lbs Keg Powder 3/6 6.56.= 3 back saws 12/= 4.50 11 06

" 5 Plain Irons 3/6 2.19.= 7 tobacco Box 1/= 88c. 3 07

" 4 Door Handls 1/6 75c.= 2 do 4/= 1.00.— 1 75

footing 180 75

Amt. $609 34

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Bill of Goods from Rigdon, Smith & Co., 20 May 1837
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