Buy In Bulk

Receipt from the J.E. Wood hardware store, Walton NY, dated June 30, 1914.

Found in "The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" published by Henry Altemus, 1898.

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21 Bale Salute

Receipt for 21 bales of hay, delivered January 28, 1924.

Found in "National Geographic Magazine," bound volumes January - June, 1916.


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Fine Goods

Reciept, dated January 11, 1876, Poughkeepsie NY.

Ice Pitcher Waiter & Goblets
$25.00

Found in "History of Schoharie County and The Border Wars of New York" by Jeptha Simms. Published by Munsell, 1845.

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Catering A Specialty

Receipt for four dozen charlottes, dated February, 1896.

Found in "How to Train in Archery" by Maurice and Will H. Thompson. Published by E.I. Horsman, 1879.

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Rent and Reservations

Note of receipt, dated March 22, 1869:

Received Guilderland March 22, 1869 from Appalina Livingston & heirs of Philip Livingston, Deceased Twenty Four 34/100 Dollars in full for rent and reservations due Stephen Van Rensselaer on farms leased to Christian Kaley Jan 4th 1791. The amount that I paid to the said Van Rensselaer on the 29th day of March 1868 for rent and release due from said heirs of Philip Livingston deceased

Henry Kaley

Livingston and Van Rensselaer are both well-known names from New York State history.

Found in "The Farmer's Law Book and Town Officer's Guide" by Jacob Multer. Published by Munsell, 1851.

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Boots, Shoes and Rubbers

Receipt from the F. Converse and Son Company, Albany NY, dated 1902.

I don't believe it's associated with this Converse company.

Found in "Warwick of the Knobs" by John Uri Lloyd. Published by Dodd, Mead, 1901.

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Silver Spoons

Receipt from Ferdinand Keller, Philadelphia PA, seller of "foreign and domestic antiques," dated 1899.

Found in "A Dictionary of Modern English Usage" by H.W. Fowler. Published by the Oxford Press, 1927.

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Fancy Groceries

Receipt from the W.L. Halsey company, a "wholesale dealer in Staple & Fancy Groceries, Wines & Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco..."

The receipt is dated August 29, 1898 in Huntsville, Alabama.

Found in "New Elementary Algebra" by Charles Davies. Published by Barnes and Burr, 1865.

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Days Gone By

Receipt for "1 Annals of Music - $2.00" from the J.B. Lippincott Company, dated February 10th, 1897.

Found in "The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" published by Houghton Mifflin, 1891.

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First Printing

Note, handwritten on Bowen and Stewart Custom and Merchant Millers stationery, dated February 23, 1878, Spencerport NY -

This is the first printing done in Spencerport
It was set up and struck by Randolph Rauth (?) of St. Louis, at the Spencerport Journal Office, cor. of Union and Water St., Monday Feb 25th 1878

Mr. P. G. Smith arrived home from the West Aug 25th 1880

I don't believe the "first printing" is any reference to the book I found it in, or that it refers to a book at all.

Found in "Washington and His Generals" by J.T. Headley. Published by E.B. Treat, Chicago, 1865.

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Take It To The Bank

Receipt from Mechanics' Savings Bank, Rochester NY, for $17.50, dated April 30, 1878.

Found in "The Foot on the Sill" by Miss H.B. McKeever. Published by the American Tract Society, 1879.

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Rubber Biscuit

Invoice sent to A.H. Wheeler, dated 1904, from the National Biscuit Company.

Found in "Elements of Electrical Engineering" by W.S. Franklin. Published by Macmillan, 1917.

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Pay To The Order

Cancelled check, dated October 8, 1906.

Found in "Sea Drift" by Frederick Delius for baritone solo, mixed chorus and orchestra. Words by Walt Whitman. Published by Boosey and Hawkes, 1939.

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Long Receipt Is Long

Grocery store receipt, dated December 21st, 1986. It was too long to post here, but if you want to see the full version, click here or the image above. That's a lot of cat food!

Found in "Sea of Death" by Gary Gygax. Published by Ace, 1987.

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Golden

Deposit slip for the Second National Bank of Cooperstown, New York. Dated January 3, 1919.

Found in "The Golden Canon" by G.A. Henty. Published by the Federal Book Company, 1899.

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Guess The Book: Updated

Something a little different today.

I'll post a picture of the item I found, you guys guess what book it was found in.
Here's the pic:

April 16 1940
Received from J.C. Conway

20.00 Dollars
Mrs. Nils Sturbug (just a guess on that)

Edit: Here's the book:

"Sapphira and the Slave Girl" by Willa Cather. Published by Knopf, 1940.
Somehow I don't think the receipt was for the book.


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Sometimes The Jokes Write Themselves

Torn invoice:

Oneonta, NY - Jan 15 1934
M.A. Ross

in account with

Harry J. Butts
Freight and Baggage Transfer
Guaranteed Service on Freight Shipment
High-Grade Coal a Specialty

Found in The Making of Illinois by Irwin Mather. Published by A. Flanagan Co., 1911.

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Forbes

As some of you might know, I recently joined the blogging team over at Forbes Magazine's "Booked." For my latest post, I thought it would be a fun idea to feature something I had found in an old Forbes. Easier said than done.

I have a quite a few old issues, that wasn't the problem. It turns out that people just don't leave bookmarks in magazines. The articles are single servings, no need to mark your place. I ended up going though about 40 issues before I finally came upon this:

 Order reciept and note, dated March 16th, 1970.

From: "Lilians"
3 Aylsham Crescent
Mile Cross
Norwich

To: Mrs. Newton Avery

Dear Madam:
I have enclosed 3 ozs of wool, at 1/8 oz 5|-
Sorry I did not send it earlier, but I have been trying to get you the same dye no.. This is a very good material..
I haven't a shade card to spare at the moment, but when I see the rep, I will forward one on to you.

Yours Faithfully
L.M. Willnolt

Found in Forbes Magazine, Volume 15, Number 2, January 15, 1970.


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Someone's a Reader

Receipt for 'First Edition Bookstore' in Norwich, NY. Edit: Dated 12/30/88
Total: $53.61

Items:

• Books
• Books
• Books
• Books
• Books
• Books
• Books
• Books
• Books
• Books
• Books
• Books
• Books
• Books

Found in "Impulse: The New Science Fantasy" edited by Keith Roberts. Published by Compact SF, 1966.


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Humanism

Packing slip for "Renaissance Humanism" dated July 11, 1966.

Found in "Renaissance Humanism" by Frederick B. Artz. Published by Kent State University Press, 1966.


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