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Bought of Potts & Roberts, importers and dealers in foreign and American iron & steel and heavy hardware. Warehouse, Third & Willlow Sts. [graphic].
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Contributor
Evans, Howell, printer.
Stetler, Isaac S., associated name.
Title
Bought of Potts & Roberts, importers and dealers in foreign and American iron & steel and heavy hardware. Warehouse, Third & Willlow Sts. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia: Evans, printer
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1850
Date
[ca. 1850]
Physical Description
1 print: relief; 17 x 20 cm. (6.5 x 8 in.)
Description
Billhead containing a vignette showing sailing ships on a rough sea.
Notes
Completed in manuscript to Mr. Isaac S. Steler[sic] on September 23, 1852 for "1 1/2 Eng hook [?], 2.00, $70, 1.75; 1 x 7/16 [?] Slit Roas, 2.00, $70, 1.75: $3.50. [?] Off 3, 10: $3.40.
Manuscript note on recto: Recd Payment for Potts & Roberts, E. [Bertobl?].
Contains columns labeled: Bars. Bundles. Description. T. Cwr. Qr. Lbs. Price. Dollars. Cents.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Isaac Stetler worked as a cordwainer in Philadelphia in the 1850s.
Subject
Potts & Roberts.
Iron industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Sailing ships.
Genre
Billheads -- 1840-1850.
Relief prints -- 1840-1850.
Provenance
Stetler, Isaac S., associated name.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.143]
Accession number
P.2011.10.143
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