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Joseph L. Bates; J. L. Bates and A. S. Jordan : Original Billheads - Joseph L. Bates; J. L. Bates and A. S. Jordan, Boston, Massachusetts

Five original billheads on blue paper with printed text and handwriting in black ink. Datelined 1847-1852 in Boston, Massachusetts. Each receipt lists the store's address as "No. 129 Washington Street." Five billheads for the years, 1847, 1848, 1850, 1851, and 1852. Four of the receipts measure 7 3/4" x 4 1/2." The other measures 7 3/4" x 7." Horizontal and vertical fold lines on each billhead but they barely affect the paper or text. Billheads are very clean and intact. Fine copies. These billheads include handwritten names of the buyer, the item(s) bought, and the price of the item(s). The purchased items include palm leaf fans, Buffalo combs, bracelets, violin strings, mouth mirrors, and a parasolette. The front has the following printed text: "[Buyer name] Bought of J. L. Bates & A. S. Jordan [or Joseph L. Bates for the 1852 billhead], Manufacturers of Combs, Umbrellas, Parasols, and Walking Canes." The company's other items include "European Fancy Goods, Musical Instruments, Violin Strings, Perfumery, Cutlery, Brushes, Needles, Stationery, Toilet Articles, &c." 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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