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Edward Johnson bill to Elihu Harrison for tablespoons, knives & forks, with credit by cloth and handkerchiefs.

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Edward Prentice receipt to Elihu Harrison for $2.00 for a one year subscription to the N.E. Weekly Review.

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John P. Stagg bill to Harrison & Parmelee.

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Elihu Harrison bill to Edwin Smith for cotton, silk, and handkerchiefs paid by credit for looking glasses.

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Tredwell Kissam & Co., 245 Pearl St., bill for steel knitting pins and thimbles, with a note of payment received.

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Jon Waahams bill to E. Harrison for maple sugar and eggs.

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S. Wadsworth bill to Messrs. Parmele & Harrison for 1 dozen spelling books.

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Bills, receipts, and correspondence from wholesale merchants Lockwood & Parker in New Haven, Conn. to Elihu Harrison in Litchfield, who purchased tons of coal, tobacco, codfish, coffee, wine, soap, etc. He pays by cash, check, and cheese & butter. Some of the correspondence from Lockwood & Parker discusses the rising price of coffee and lump sugar in New York, and the duty on raisins.

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: Bille Turner (2)  [Henry Brown]; E.H. Morse; E. Wells; Elijah Hewitt [Harry Bulkley]; Samuel H. Dudley [Aaron Gibbs]; Frederick Gibbs...