Letters, 1876.

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Letters, 1876.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82990756

This collection of business letters addressed to the Hall, Pancoast, & Craven company documents customer business transactions. Most letters were written to place orders for bottles for bitters, varnish, soda, beer, oil, wine, shoe polish, horseradish, pickles, ketchup, etc. The company also sold molds and apparently owned a patent for imprinting letters into glass bottles and flasks. Some customers commented on the high quality of the bottles, while others pointed out billing errors, or discussed shipment methods or changes in products. While some items were shipped as far away as Maine, most items went to Boston or New York retailers or to other glass manufacturers. One letter reveals that the company purchased coal from A.O. & J.O. Deshong quarry in Ridley Creek, PA. The coal was shipped by boat to the factory. Also included are several tax and funeral bills addressed to George Ferguson.

5 folders [ca. 163 items] : ill. ; 26 cm.

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Hall, Pancoast, & Craven.

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Hall, Pancoast, & Craven was a glass bottle and glass mold manufaturing company opering in Salem, NJ, in the 1870s. Judging by the amount of orders received in one month, it was a fairly large operation. From the description of Letters, 1876. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 82990756 ...

Ferguson, George E., 1906-....

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This was the voyage bringing out the 'Scottish Mechanics', and George Ferguson was the master builder, with Andrew Petrie his second in command. The baby in the certificate was christened John Dunmore Lang Ferguson, by the Rev. J. D. Lang on board the ship, the Stirling Castle. John Dunmore Lang Ferguson together with his brothers and two sisters came to Queensland in the 1850s. John D. L. Ferguson served for a time with Frederick Walker in the Native Mounted Police. John died in North Qld in 18...