Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series consists primarily of bills, receipts and correspondence between wholesale merchants in New Haven, New York, and Litchfield and Elihu Harrison in Litchfield. The latter purchased goods from the wholesale merchants to resell in his store. The folders are for individual merchants for whom there are multiple items. There are also a few folders for business related firms such as the Post Office and shipping companies. The folders are arranged alphabetically by the name of the...

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Bills, receipts and correspondence from wholesale merchants Nicholson & Manvel in New Haven to Harrison & Parmelee for goods including gin, rum, and nails.

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Bills, receipts and correspondence from Nicholson & Manvel in New Haven to Messrs. Harrison & Parmelee in Litchfield concerning goods purchased by the latter including codfish, coffee, boxes of candles, Croix sugar, and rum. Credit was given to Harrison for bushels of walnuts.

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Bills and receipts from merchants Nicholson & Manvel in New Haven to Elihu Harrison for goods purchased including snuff, gin, nutmeg, indigo, mackeral and tea. Harrison received credit for pork and walnuts.

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Bills and receipts from Nicholson & Manvel in New Haven to Elihu Harrison, merchant in Litchfield, for goods including nails, salt, codfish, tea, and candles. On the bill of April 25, 1828 the firm name has changed to Nicholson, Manvel & Thomson.

Scope and Contents Orders written and signed by individuals and delivered to Elihu Harrison,  requesting that he allow the bearer to spend a specific monetary amount on goods in his store or purchase specific items and charge to the signer's account.  Arranged in chronological order with the name of the bearer, if any in [  ], the names of individuals issuing the orders are: J.C. & A. Wadsworth; Albert G. Robinson from Sheffied, Mass.; Charels G. Bennett [Ira Buel]; Jonathan Carrington [Mr. Baley]; Heman...