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John T. Ropes & Co. (Salem, Mass.). Bills and receipts, 1838-1869, 1845-1859 (bulk dates).

Title: Bills and receipts, 1838-1869, 1845-1859 (bulk dates).

A collection of bills and receipts addressed to the business John T. Ropes & Co., 1838-1869. The collection also includes some personal bills addressed to John T. and to William Ropes, mostly for food items. Several early bills, dated 1845, were for building a new store; these bills are for paint, glass, brick, labor of a stone cutter, lumber, nails, and other building supplies. For store stock, Ropes purchased ranges, ovens, stoves, tea kettles, boilers, some pots and pans, bathing tubs, soapstone backs and other miscellaneous parts for stoves, water basins, sinks, sheet iron, copper, and brass. Some of the bills are on printed billheads, including one for the firm of John T. Ropes.

ArchivalResource: ca. 90 items.

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Saunders, Thomas M. Thomas M. Saunders Account Book, 1853-1873.

Title: Thomas M. Saunders Account Book, 1853-1873.

Salem, MA merchant. Account book recording money loaned on mortgages and notes. Contains names of many Salem residents.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume in envelope.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/745905997 View

Obear, Richard. Richard Obear Papers, 1808-1818.

Title: Richard Obear Papers, 1808-1818.

Collection includes four letters written to Captain Richard Obear with instructions for coastwise voyages aboard the Schooner John and the Schooner St. Peter. Two additional letters, written from Calcutta, are also included in this collection. One letter is written by Oliver Obear and the second is written by Ram Chunder Miter. Both letters were written to Ropes and Ward, merchants from Boston, Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/772255652 View