James Bolton letter : Denver, Colo. to President of Singer Manufacturing Company, New York N.Y., 1874, November 23.

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James Bolton letter : Denver, Colo. to President of Singer Manufacturing Company, New York N.Y., 1874, November 23.

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Letter written on letterhead stationery of Lovell & Hall in Denver, Colorado, general agents for Singer sewing machines and Estey organs, providing details of business transactions opening a storefront for Singer sewing machines in Salt Lake City, Utah. The letter is addressed to Inslee A. Hopper Esq., President of the Singer Mfg. Co. in New York. Recounts the buying out of the entire stock of a mercantile store on the main street so as to insure a good location due to the scarcity of good business locations. The store front is rented at 75 dollars per month. Adds commentary that an additional benefit of buying up the store stock prevented the owner from selling machines below cost and thus discourage the new sales people. Offers that there are good prospects for business due to an endorsement by the House of "Zion" recommending the Singer brand to the Mormon people who comprise eight-tenths of the population. Other details include references to Howe sewing machines as business rivals in the rest of Utah and Nevada and a promise to hold open a bookkeeping position for a Mr. Dallry until he hears further.

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Estey Organ Company

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New York based sewing machine manufacturer founded in 1853 from a predecessor firm, I.M. Singer and Company, by partners I.M. Singer and Edward Clark. The first to introduce treadle-operated household sewing machines and a pioneer of the installment plan, the firm quickly expanded through branch offices, including one in Chicago. Managed by James Bolton and his assistant John Voight, the Chicago office's pre-fire locations were 50 Clark St. and 111 State St. During his t...

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