Fahnestock, French and Co. ledger, 1871-1872.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Fahnestock, French and Co., creator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business.

Merchants.

Sewing-machine industry.

Genre:

Advertisements.

Ledgers (account books)

Manuals (instructional materials)

Physical Description:

1 volume (.1 linear feet)

Place of Publication:

1871-1872.

Biography/History:

Fahnestock, French and Co. was a firm of merchants operating in the nineteenth century in Chicago, Illinois. Located at 393 West Madison Street, the firm sold the Gold Medal Sewing Machine and was also contracted to sell the Walking Motion Treadle for Sewing Machines by Keith, Baldwin & Co. Among the clients and business associates for the firm (per the 1871-1872 ledger book) are: Alexander Brown, Ed Benedict, Miss Clements, F. S. Fahnestock, A. W. French, Miss Jenny Graham, Mrs. N. M. Johnson, Robert H. Law, Keith, Baldwin & Sapp, James R. Smith, and N. H. Winter. The Gold Medal Sewing Machine Company-- which manufactured the sewing machines sold by Fahnestock, French and Co. and other agents-- was located in Orange, Massachusetts, and was re-named the New Home Sewing Machine Company in 1882.

Summary:

This is a sales, advertising, and commission ledger for Fahnestock, French & Co. of Chicago, Illinois, dating from 1871 to 1872. The ledger is paired with an alphabetized index book corresponding to the ledger. Names included in the ledger and index are: Alexander Brown, Ed Benedict, Miss Clements, F. S. Fahnestock, A. W. French, Miss Jenny Graham, Mrs. N. M. Johnson, Robert H. Law, Keith, Baldwin & Sapp, James R. Smith, and N. H. Winter. The pages of the ledger are numbered and only pages 1-26 are filled in, while pages 27-253 are blank. The volume includes tipped-in newspaper advertisements for Fahnestock, French & Co. for the Gold Medal Sewing Machine and advertisements seeking sales agents. These advertisements are cut out and pasted onto two pieces of loose paper. There are also two blank bill heads for Fahnestock, French & Co./Gold Medal Sewing Machine (located at 393 W. Madison Street, Chicago). Also included is a printed pamphlet of instructions to sales agents for the Walking Motion Treadle for Sewing Machines by Keith, Baldwin & Co., dated April 1, 1872. There is also a one-page contract between Sapp, Keith & Baldwin of Cleveland, Ohio, and Fahnestock, French & Co.-- dated October 4, 1871 -- granting the latter permission to sell Dr. Sapp's Walking Motion Treadle for Sewing Machines.

OCLC:

992172705

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