Invoice, O. Cobb & Co. to Rigdon, Smith & Cowdery, 13 October 1836
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Source Note
S. E. Darling on behalf of O. Cobb & Co., Invoice, , New York Co., NY, to , [, Geauga Co., OH], 13 Oct. 1836; printed form with manuscript additions in handwriting of S. E. Darling; one page; JS Office Papers, CHL. Includes endorsement and docket.Single leaf measuring 6½ x 7⅝ inches (17 x 19 cm). The top and left edges of the document have the square cut of manufactured paper; the bottom and right edges of the form are torn, suggesting it was removed from a form book or separated from a series of several printed forms on a page. Printed in black ink in the top right corner is the date line, business logo, and address for O. Cobb & Co. in several font types. Two horizontal black lines divide the printed text from inscribed text. The document was trifolded vertically. Graphite insertions appear throughout the invoice in the handwriting of , ca. 1836. Marcellus Cowdery docketed the verso of the second panel: “O. Cobb & Co. | Fish. | $217.88”.This document was in the possession of church agents who purchased fish from O. Cobb & Co. in . It was subsequently given to , who compared the contents of the invoice with the goods received. Based on the docket by Cowdery, the invoice was in church possession by 1837, suggesting continuous institutional custody.
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Cowdery served as clerk of the Kirtland High Council in 1837 (Minute Book 1, 11 and 29 May 1837).
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, Oct 13h 1836
Messrs
Bought of O. COBB & CO.,
Wholesale Fish Dealers,
NO. 6 COENTIES SLIP, Corner of Water Street.
7 Barrels 2 Machl Mackerel 9 1/ 4— | $64.75 |
2 casks chd Banf | 1 to ourselvs 42 Qtr Codfish 28/— | 147.00 |
Casks 4¼. lg 15/1 | 6.13 |
$217.88 |
Rcd Received payment
O. Cobb & Co
S E Darling [p. [1]]
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