Receipt for Merriam, Tasker & Co., dry goods, 24 Otis Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 9, 1868

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1868-06-09

GUSN

GUSN-296653

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Department and dry goods stores - General - Folder 5
Receipt for Merriam, Tasker & Co., dry goods, 24 Otis Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 9, 1868
(current record)

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    - General
      - Department and dry goods stores - General - Folder 5
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Description

The receipt illustration has a dog standing behind a floor safe. The information is from "Boston directory for the year 1868, embracing the city record a general directory of the citizens and a business dirctory." (Boston: Published by Sampson, Davenport & Co., July 1, 1868), page 414. The diectory is in Google Books. The printer is Benjamin F. Bennett & Co., 116 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
stores
receipts (financial records)

Physical Descrption

1 receipt : illustration ; 2 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.031.01.05.018

Image Dimensions

2 3/4 x 8 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Benjamin F. Bennett & Co. (Printer)

Material Type

receipts (financial records)

Subjects

Dry-goods
Otis Street (Boston, Mass.)
Dogs

Description Level

Item

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