Bought of George A. Clark & Brother, sole agents for the Clark Thread Company. 14 South Fifth Street. Clark's O.N.T. crochet & darning cotton's

Bought of George A. Clark & Brother, sole agents for the Clark Thread Company. 14 South Fifth Street. Clark's O.N.T. crochet & darning cotton's

[ca. 1890]

Billhead for the Philadelphia retail branch of the New York firm containing a vignette image showing "Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton" spool of thread. Clark, a native Scotsman, established an American house in New York for the exclusive distribution of cotton thread in 1855 and built a manufactory in Newark circa 1865.; Completed in manuscript to Mr. Jas. R. Mercer on March 27th, 1893 for "34 B[?] Ball[?] 200 yds, 45, $15.30; 2 @ 6%, $3.80: $11.50 net.; Printed on recto: Terms Cash, In Bankable Funds Within 30 Days. This Bill is Net Cash.; Calculations in ink on recto.; Manuscript note on recto: Will forward balance of order soon as received from our mill.; Forms part of Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection.

Billheads -- 1880-1890

Lithographs -- Color -- 1880-1890

George A. Clark & Brother

Thread industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Thread

PA Digital

English

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