Records, 1784-1795.

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Andrew Clow & Company. Records, 1784-1795.

Records, 1784-1795.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84666534

Consists of letters, invoices, bills, and other documents relating to goods imported by Clow & Co. from England. Twelve invoices represent items shipped to Clow from firms in Manchester and London from 1790 to 1792. Calico prints, muslins, dyed cottons, and gloves are mentioned. Several are on billheads with engraved vignettes. Five letters from John Dewhurst in New York to Clow document the purchase of textiles and general consumer demand in 1785. There are references to "furniture cottons," blankets, and other goods shipped. The collection also contains eleven items pertaining to Clow's involvement in the cutlery trade from 1784 to 1791. Included are six letters from Benj. Roebuck & Fenton, one letter from Mitchell Thompson Wreaks & Co., and four extensive invoices showing sizable and described quantities of cutlery shipped to Philadelphia from Sheffield, England with some provision to accept American pig iron in return. Eight letters and orders for goods from William Harris in New York to Clow & Co. from 1790 to 1795 document financial transactions and the exchange of textiles, sewing equipment, and other dry goods. A bill from Anthony Steel in 1793 provides evidence of Clow's purchase of a set of chairs. Finally, the collection features a memorandum of agreement between William Wilson & Co. of Alexandria, Va. and David Dewar, Richard Cromwell, and Andrew Clow & Co. of Philadelphia for the importation of dye wood on the ship Voyage in 1793. As well, the collection includes a check drawn on the Bank of the United States by the company in March 1792. The check has a decorative border, has been canceled by two crosses cut into the paper, and is printed on paper watermarked IIS or HS.

40 items.

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