Invoice, Keeler, McNeil & Co. to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 11 October 1836
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G. M. Gardner on behalf of Keeler, McNeil & Co., Invoice, , New York Co., NY, to , , Geauga Co., OH, 11 Oct. 1836; printed form with manuscript additions in unidentified handwriting and probably handwriting of G. M. Gardner; five pages; JS Office Papers, CHL. Includes docket, notation, and endorsements.Single bifolium plus one leaf measuring 13 x 8 inches (33 x 20 cm). The leaves are lined with 37 blue horizontal lines (now faded). Printed in black ink in the top right corner is the date line, business logo, and address for Keeler, McNeil & Co. in several font types, with two black printed horizontal lines dividing the business logo from the inscription. The left and right margins of each page contain manually inscribed vertical brown lines (one on the left; three on the right) forming ledger columns. The document was folded into a barrel fold creating five panels. Graphite and black ink redactions throughout the invoice are in unidentified handwriting; a light brown ink redaction is in the handwriting of Marcellus Cowdery. Cowdery docketed the verso of the last leaf on the fourth panel: “Keeler, McNeil & Co | Dry Goods | $2959.46” in black ink; “Error on 1st Sheet | $24. Under Chgd.” in light brown ink; and “Examined | MFC” in graphite. The pattern of coal dust on the verso third panel suggests it remained in a folded state for some time. The second bifolium page and single leaf were formerly stapled or pinned together.This document was in the possession of church agents who purchased dry goods from Keeler, McNeil & Co. in . Based on the docket by Cowdery, the invoice was in church possession by 1837, suggesting continuous institutional custody.
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Cowdery served as clerk of the Kirtland High Council in 1837 (Minute Book 1, 11 and 29 May 1837).
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| Amount brought up | 2,089.56 | |||
| 753 | 2 pair Black Holland | 52 | 31 | 16.12 |
| 754 | 2 [pr Black Holland] | 26 | 32 | 8.32 |
| 1 pr Black silk Velvet | 9¾ | 4.25 | 41.44 | |
| 1 [pr] Super Bro Po de soie Peau de Soie | 41⅞ | 85 | 35.55 | |
| 1 pr Black Gro de swiss | 40 | 95 | 38.00 | |
| 1 pr Figured silk | 13½ 16⅞ | 10/ | 21.97 | |
| 1 pr Figd Merino | 9¼ 11½ | 8/ 6 | 12.22 | |
| 1 pr Buckram | 25 | 9½ | 2.38 | |
| 1 pr Fansy silk Vesting | 7½ | 10/ | 9.37 | |
| 2 [pr Fansy silk Vesting] | 6 | 1.75 | 10.50 | |
| 1 pr Toilient [Vesting] | 8¾ | 75 | 6.56 | |
| 2 | 1 dozen Woollen Comforters | 3.25 | ||
| 5 | 1 [doz Woollen Comforters] | 4.25 | ||
| 7 | 1 [doz Woollen Comforters] | 5.25 | ||
| 2⅜ | 1 doz Ivory Combs | 1.00 | ||
| 2⅞ | 1 [doz Ivory Combs] | 1.31 | ||
| 11/ 12 [doz] Super fine [Combs] | 8/ 6 | 0.97 | ||
| 3½ | [doz] Super fine [Combs] | 1.75 | ||
| 3¾ | [doz] Super fine [Combs] | 1.88 | ||
| 4 | [doz] Super fine [Combs] | 2.00 | ||
| 1 pr Green Berage Barrage | 12 | 4/ | 6.00 | |
| 3 pr Pongees | 8.00 | 24.00 | ||
| 2224 | 1 pr Merino Cloth | 6¾ | 1.75 | 11.81 |
| 2293 | 1 [pr] super Crimson [Cloth] Error | 24⅛ | 1.75 | 18.22 |
| 3 pr double Foundation | 11/ | 4.12 | ||
| 1 | 1 pr 6/ 4 Cambric | 12 | 31 | 3.72 |
| 2 | 1 [pr 6/ 4 Cambric] | 12 | 35 | 4.20 |
| 5 | 1 [pr 6/ 4 Cambric] | 12 | 44 | 5.28 |
| 7 | 1 [pr 6/ 4 Cambric] | 12 | 50 | 6.00 |
| 1 | 1 pr 4/ 4 Bobbinet Lace | 20 | 25 | 5.00 |
| 5057 | 1 [pr] super [Lace] | 10¾ | 75 | 8.07 |
| 11008 | 1 pr 6/ 4 Book Muslin | 10 | 32½ | 3.25 |
| 10 | 1 [pr Book Muslin] | 10 | 45 | 4.50 |
| 46 | 1 [pr Book Muslin] | 10 | 62½ | 6.25 |
| 1 | 1 pr Gimp Inserting | 23 | 12 | 2.76 |
| 4 | 4 [pr Gimp Inserting] | 101 | 15 | 15.15 |
| 370 | 1 pr Cotton Edging | 3 doz | 1/ 6 | 0.56 |
| 2,442.54 |
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Document Information
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Footnotes
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TEXT: Graphite overwritten by ink.
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A generic name for fine white linen cloth. (“Holland,” in Montgomery, Textiles in America, 258–259.)
Montgomery, Florence M. Textiles in America: 1650–1870. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984.
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A stout and soft dress silk with fine cross ribs on one or both sides of the cloth. (“Peau de Soie,” in Harmuth, Dictionary of Textiles, 118.)
Harmuth, Louis. Dictionary of Textiles. New York: Fairchild Publishing Company, 1915.
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A French silk fabric with cross ribs on the face. (“Gros de Suisse,” in Harmuth, Dictionary of Textiles, 74.)
Harmuth, Louis. Dictionary of Textiles. New York: Fairchild Publishing Company, 1915.
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A fabric having a colored design on the textile face. (“Figured,” in Harmuth, Dictionary of Textiles, 64.)
Harmuth, Louis. Dictionary of Textiles. New York: Fairchild Publishing Company, 1915.
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Cloth made from the wool of Merino sheep. (“Merino,” in Montgomery, Textiles in America, 294.)
Montgomery, Florence M. Textiles in America: 1650–1870. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984.
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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. (“Buckram,” in Harmuth, Dictionary of Textiles, 27.)
Harmuth, Louis. Dictionary of Textiles. New York: Fairchild Publishing Company, 1915.
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A generic term for fabric intended to manufacture waistcoats. (“Vesting,” in Montgomery, Textiles in America, 372.)
Montgomery, Florence M. Textiles in America: 1650–1870. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984.
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Probably intended as “toilinet” or “toilinette,” a fabric made of silk, cotton, and wool, typically used for waistcoats. (“Toilinet,” in Montgomery, Textiles in America, 367; “Toilinet or Toilinette,” in Harmuth, Dictionary of Textiles, 156.)
Montgomery, Florence M. Textiles in America: 1650–1870. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984.
Harmuth, Louis. Dictionary of Textiles. New York: Fairchild Publishing Company, 1915.
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A patterned French linen used for inexpensive clothing and furniture. (“Barrage,” in Montgomery, Textiles in America, 157.)
Montgomery, Florence M. Textiles in America: 1650–1870. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984.
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A clothing and curtain fabric with Chinese origins woven from uneven threads of silk. It was originally a tan color but in the early nineteenth century was often dyed. (“Pongee,” in Montgomery, Textiles in America, 327.)
Montgomery, Florence M. Textiles in America: 1650–1870. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984.
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Cloth made from the wool of Merino sheep. (“Merino,” in Montgomery, Textiles in America, 294.)
Montgomery, Florence M. Textiles in America: 1650–1870. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984.
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Insertion in light brown ink in unidentified handwriting.
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Possibly an inexpensive type of fabric or fur used as backing for hats or other garments. (“Foundation,” in Oxford English Dictionary, 4:493.)
The Oxford English Dictionary. Edited by James A. H. Murray, Henry Bradley, W. A. Craigie, and C. T. Onions. 12 vols. 1933. Reprint, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1970.
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A light, plain woven fabric typically made from cotton or linen. (“Cambric,” in Harmuth, Dictionary of Textiles, 31.)
Harmuth, Louis. Dictionary of Textiles. New York: Fairchild Publishing Company, 1915.
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Bobbinet was a “machine-made, hexagonal net, used for quillings, trimmings, etc.” It is also possible that the clerk made an error here and was referring instead to bobbin lace, a type of lace made by working bobbins or bones around pins in a cushion to produce a pattern. (“Bobbinnet,” in Harmuth, Dictionary of Textiles, 22; “Bobbin Lace,” in Montgomery, Textiles in America, 171.)
Harmuth, Louis. Dictionary of Textiles. New York: Fairchild Publishing Company, 1915.
Montgomery, Florence M. Textiles in America: 1650–1870. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984.
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In the context of textiles, the term “book” is “derived from the booklike form in which some of the finer calicoes were folded and marketed in India.” A bookfold involved the fabric being “folded once lengthwise and twice crosswise.” (“Muslin,” in Montgomery, Textiles in America, 304; “Bookfold,” in Harmuth, Dictionary of Textiles, 23.)
Montgomery, Florence M. Textiles in America: 1650–1870. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984.
Harmuth, Louis. Dictionary of Textiles. New York: Fairchild Publishing Company, 1915.
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Trimmings for dresses, furniture, and coach lace making. Plaited or twisted strands are used to form a pattern. (“Gimp,” in Montgomery, Textiles in America, 246.)
Montgomery, Florence M. Textiles in America: 1650–1870. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984.
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