1870 Boston MA Billhead Clark Adams & Clark Crockery China Kerosene Silas Peirce
Approximately 4.5" by 8.5" see pics for condition.
Original 1870 billhead from Clark, Adams & Clark of Boston, Massachusetts, dealers in "Crockery, China and Glass Ware, Kerosene Goods, and Paper Hangings" at 156, 158, 160 & 162 Congress Street.
The bill is dated Boston, November 4, 1870, and made out to Messrs. Silas Peirce & Co. (written "Pierce" on the bill), a well-known Boston wholesale firm. The handwritten entries in brown ink list what appear to be curtain paper and a dozen pieces of china, totaling $35.28. A 5% cash discount brings the balance to $33.52. The bill carries a "Paid Dec 13" receipt notation with a signature, along with period check marks, a "NE-PEI" pencil notation at upper left, and a docket number at upper right.
This is a good example of post-Civil War Boston commercial ephemera. It has bold display typography, it advertises kerosene goods from the early oil-lamp era, and it carries the name of a prominent Boston mercantile house.