Business papers, 1822-1870.

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Business papers, 1822-1870.

This collection contains receipts, bills, promissory notes, and invoices of Silas Peirce & Co. for the period 1822 to 1870. Included are freight bills from the Worcester Railroad Company, receipts on railroad stocks, bills of lading, and many bills for specific imported commodities.

1 folder (52 items)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6958056

Gadsden Public Library

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Silas Peirce & Co.

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Wholesale grocery and shipping business located at 59 and 61 Commercial St. in Portsmouth, N.H. From the description of Records, 1827-1870. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70925723 Silas Peirce (1793-1879) founded a wholesale grocery house in Boston, Mass., in 1815. It retained his name under various proprietors and is known today as S. Peirce & Co. Peirce was also a successful importer of foreign fruit and dealt in wine, tea, tobacco, an...

Peirce, Silas, 1793-1879.

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