This collection contains more than one thousand receipts related to newspapers and periodicals, dated between 1763 and 1890. Most are for subscriptions, but some are for advertising and other matters. About three quarters are from Massachusetts, although many other states are represented. Many of the items are partly printed. The collection is arragned geographically. There are also three folders of post office receipts for newspaper postage, dated between 1821 and 1872. Originally filed with this collection was an envelope containing forty-six receipts for books. Twenty-seven of these are for items purchased between 1860 and 1864 by James Shaw ( - ) of Burlington, N.J. All forty-six receipts have been transferred to the Book Trades Collection.
