1898 antique COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO st. louis mo LETTERHEAD NC MERRILL colorado
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Offered here is an original April 4, 1898 business letter on striking illustrated Columbia Phonograph Company (Gen’l) letterhead, sent from St. Louis, Missouri, advising of the shipment of 24 phonograph records by Pacific Express. The letter was addressed to Nathan C. Merrill (typed here as “M. C. Merrill”), care of The Mining World in Denver, Colorado. Measuring approximately full letter sheet size, this piece is a wonderful artifact from the earliest commercial era of recorded sound and phonograph distribution.

A scarce and visually impressive piece of early phonograph history with strong appeal to collectors of sound recording ephemera, Colorado mining archives, and Western business correspondence.

Nathan C. Merrill (often appearing as “N. C. Merrill” in period sources) served as secretary of the Big Five Mining Company, a prominent Boulder County / Ward-district mining enterprise with business offices in Denver. Contemporary historical accounts reference Merrill in connection with corporate recordkeeping and shareholder matters, reflecting the administrative backbone required to operate major Western mining ventures during the 1890s Colorado mining boom. Merrill’s surviving correspondence and papers provide a rare window into the professional networks and commercial transactions that supported Colorado mining at the turn of the century.

This item comes from the estate archive of Nathan C. Merrill, and other related Merrill mining and business documents will be listed separately unless otherwise sold.

Authentic period piece related to family, history or local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.  Vintage or Antique.

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