A collection of bills, plus a few letters, a photo of a house, and some other miscellaneous documents relating to John B. Kellogg of Troy, New York. A number of the bills are for house construction, paint, wall paper, furniture, and carpeting. Apparently, the Kelloggs added to their house in 1861, and undertook some home improvements at that time. Among the furniture pieces that were purchased were a tete-a-tete, a camp chair, bureaus, and stands. Little information is given about the pieces, however. Other bills are for books and stationery, photos (one bill is from the Matthew Brady studio in New York City), coal and firewood, jewelry, clothing, and textile fabrics. Furniture and other goods were shipped from New York City, and the shipping bills usually specify the goods. Also found are three letters written in 1868 from Emma in New York City to her sister Mrs. Kellogg. Emma reported on prices of curtains, carpeting, and furniture; evidently, she was helping Mrs. Kellogg choose some new furnishings for the house. Two letters written in 1872 are about moving Mr. Kellogg's headstone from Cambridge, New York, to Troy, where the old inscription was cut off so a new inscription could be added. A few tax and insurance bills are included with the collection. Also found is a booklet with rooms drawn on various pages and extensive notes about the size of each room and the placement of doors and windows. From notes such as "parlor door" and "hall door," it is possible to discern the placement of each room in respect to the other rooms. Depicted are the front hall, front and back parlors, dining room with pantry, a bed room to the rear of the dining room, with closets and a bathroom or dressing room, an upstairs hall (with various closets and a back bedroom), front chamber, back parlor chamber [i.e. chamber above the back parlor], a back hall with bedroom (noted as being over the dining room), servant's bedroom, and assorted closets and storerooms. The last page includes the dimensions of a chair and a sofa. Also in the collection is a carte-de-visite photograph of a house in the Greek Revival style, but this is not the Kellogg home in Troy. Front and back views of a fringed chair are drawn on the back of the calling card of Miss Mary C. Wood. A calling card for the Kelloggs is also in the collection.
