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Bills, receipts and correspondence from wholesale merchants Reed & Lee in New York to Harrison & Parmelee, merchants in Litchfield. Goods purchased by the latter include snuff, soap, raisins, tea, rice, coffee, and brandy. Bags of coffee are sent via the New Haven packet. Harrison & Parmelee shipped casks of cheese for Reed & Lee to sell, for which there is are accounts that include purchasers, cooperage, shipping & storage costs.

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:Hiram Jackson; Hezekiah Murray, E.A. Lord (2) [Miss Baldwin]; Philo Moss [Elias Churchill]; H.W. Childs dated from Torrington [Silas...