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Boynton and Woodford : Original Billheads - Boynton and Woodford, Boston, Massachusetts

Three original billheads on blue paper with printed text and handwriting in black ink. Datelined October 20, 1846, January 9, 1852, and June 11, 1856[or 1846?] in Boston, Massachusetts. Two of the billheads measure 5 3/4" x 8." The other one measures 8" x 11." Billheads are very clean and intact. Paper has very slight wrinkling and a few horizontal and vertical fold lines. All are Fine copies. The handwritten portions include the name of the buyer, the item(s) purchased, the price of the item(s), and acknowledgment of the buyer's payment. The buyer is the same on each receipt, "P. Whitin & Sons." The printed text reads, "Bought of Boynton & Woodford, No. 50 Washington Street. (7 Doors North of State Street.) Importers & Dealers in Combs, Jewelry & Fancy Goods. Cutlery & Perfumery. The most extensive variety of Goods in this line, to be found in the City. Orders from the Country Promptly Attended to." Boynton & Woodford was run by James Boynton and Philip Woodford. The smaller billheads include five items together; the larger one lists fourteen. Among the items purchased were shaving cream, Chapman razor straps, round mirrors, perfumery products, emery, tea bells, shaving boxes, fancy boxes, buff handled teeth brushes, comb cleaner, and carpet bags. The buyer, P. Whitin & Sons, was a cotton manufacturing company in Northbridge, Massachusetts. Paul Whitin (1767-1831) was a pioneering businessman and blacksmith who helped establish the Northbridge Cotton Manufacturing Company in 1809. The Whitinsville village of Northbridge is named after him. Paul and his relatives founded another cotton manufacturing company in 1815 called Whitin & Fletchers. Paul gained sole ownership of Whitin & Fletchers in 1826, and together with his sons Paul, Jr. and John, renamed the company P. Whitin & Sons. After the passing of their father in 1831, Paul, Jr. and John bought the Northbridge Manufacturing Company. Paul's two other younger sons, Charles and James, would later join P. Whitin & Sons. In 1864, the four brothers dissolved P. Whitin & Sons and sold the company store to their cousin, Paul Whitin Dudley, which was renamed P. W. Dudley & Company. Paul, Jr., John, Charles, and James went on to form their own companies. P. Whitin & Sons had also manufactured cotton machinery. James had invented a cotton picker machine that outperformed previous models. This invention helped propel his business, Whitin Machine Works (WMW), into prominence as one of the world's largest textile machinery companies. WMW, or "The Shop" as known to locals, was a mainstay in Whitinsville until 1966 when it was sold to White Consolidated Industries (WCI; formerly White Sewing Machine Company). In 1986, WCI was acquired by Electrolux, which operates to this day as a leading appliance manufacturer.. Ephemera. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: No Binding

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