1788 Charles Phelps Bill of Sale for Dried Goods

18th cen.: Porter and Phelps family correspondence including enslavement and servitude documents

Document

Dublin Core

Title

1788 Charles Phelps Bill of Sale for Dried Goods

Description

A bill of sale for Charles Phelps for dry goods imported from England. The goods were bought from Joseph Coolidge at his store on Cornhill Street, Boston, in 1788. 

Creator

Joseph Coolidge

Source

Porter-Phelps-Huntington Family Papers (Box 5 Folder 20)
University of Massachusetts Special Collections and University Archives

Date

1788-05

Rights

public domain

Type

Bill of Sale

Transcription

Mr. Phelps Boston, May 1788

Bought of Joseph Coolidge,

IMPORTER of ENGLISH GOODS,

At his STORE, oppoſite the North Corner of the STATE-HOUSE,

No. 20, CORNHILL. 

2 shauls — ¾ — 6.8 —

1 paper pins — 3 —

2 Bundles D’[ditto] — 3.9 —

9 yd Pink Durant 2/ — 18 —

2 pr Shon — 4/6 — 9 

2 pr blue binding — 2.4 —

7 yd chintz 4/6 — 1.11.6 —

14 yd D’[ditto] 2/10 — 1.19.8 —

3 Blk Bundl — ⅚ — 16.6

1 yd Cambrick — 11 —

6 y Edging — gd — 4.6

4 yd [indecipherable]  — 4 —

1 Bandanoe — 6.6

2 pr Plated Buckles — 6

2 pr hose — 6/8 — 13.4

One other Bill — 3.12

£12:1:4

Rec’d [received] pay in behalf of Mr. Coolidge
Abr. Sindell