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

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

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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.

ca. 90 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7155833

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Ropes, John T.

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Ropes, William

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John T. Ropes & Co. (Salem, Mass.)

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John T. Ropes worked with his father William Ropes in a business that sold stoves, grates, furnaces, cooking ranges, sinks, and related items. In 1837, the firm was listed under the name William Ropes & Son; by 1846, the name had changed to John T. Ropes & Co. The business was located on Front St. John Ropes lived at 7 Monroe St. From the description of Bills and receipts, 1838-1869, 1845-1859 (bulk dates). (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 261233341 ...