1850 Antique Handwritten Bill of Sale Receipt Chester SC Mrs Susan Estes General Store
Approximately 11" by 6.5"
Type: Handwritten Invoice / Bill of Sale / Receipt
Date / Era: April 21, 1850 (Pre-Civil War / Antebellum)
Location: Chester (likely Chester, South Carolina)
Names Listed: Mrs. Susan Estes, Henry Herndon (Merchant)
Original/Reproduction: Original
Material: Paper & Iron Gall Ink
Up for auction/sale is a 100% original handwritten general store invoice/receipt dated April 21, 1850, originating from Chester (likely Chester, South Carolina).
This detailed antebellum document records items bought by Mrs. Susan Estes from merchant Henry Herndon. It provides a fascinating, highly detailed window into 19th-century southern commerce, fashion, dry goods, and medicine.
Items listed on this receipt include:
Dry Goods & Sewing: Belt Silk, Black Ribbon, Skeins Silk, Whale Bone Bonnet Crown, Bonnet Wire, Calico, English Drap d'Ete, Bleach Sheeting, Brown Sheeting, Blue Denim, Wool Hat, Bonnet, and Lace.
Hardware & Goods: 1 Saddle ($9.00), Paper Pins, Fine Comb, Tuck Comb.
Apothecary / Household: Brimstone, Paregoric, Spirits of Turpentine, Spirits Nitre.