1839 NYC Merchant Manuscript Invoice Corlies Haydock & Co Textile Cloth Wadding For Sale

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• 1839 NYC Merchant Manuscript Invoice Corlies Haydock & Co Textile Cloth Wadding

Approximately 6.5\" by 8\"

• 1839 New York City Merchant Manuscript Account of Sales

  Firm: Corlies, Haydock & Co. (saleeers / Dry Goods Commission Merchants)

  Location: 35 William Street & 35 Exchange Place, New York City

  Date: September 27 – October 1, 1839

  Item Description

  Up for sale is an original, authentic pre-Civil War manuscript ledger document detailing the account of sales by the prominent New York City firm Corlies, Haydock & Co. on behalf of Root & Dunham.

  This single-sheet, double-sided ledger itemized the trade of early American textiles in the autumn of 1839:

  • September 27, 1839: Sale of 4 Bales of Wadding.

  • October 1, 1839: Sale of 8 Grey Cloth.

  • Signatures/Notations: Features the handwritten notation of the firm name Corlies, Haydock & Co. and is signed at the bottom by Geo. G. Haydock.

  • Docketing: The reverse side features beautiful, crisp blue ink docketing reading: \"C. Haydock & Co. / a/c Sales / Wadding & Cloth / Oct 1, 1839.\"

  Historical Context

  During this era, Corlies, Haydock & Co. operated out of Lower Manhattan as leading saleeers and dry goods commission merchants. This piece provides an excellent primary source look into the early New York mercantile trade system, textile prices, and wholesale shipping methods of the late 1830s.

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