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Letter from Alexander Atwood, writing from South Newbury to Silas Peirce & Co., located on Elm Street in Boston MA. About shipments of barrels of flour and bags of meal
Addressed to Messrs S. Peirce & CO. Boston Mass No. 15 Elm st.
South Newbury Nov 22 48
S Peirce & Co.
I forwarded to day 560 – of oat flour in 3 barels as good as ever was in market & shall for ward to I Corner Lowell about one ton of meal to morrow in bags. I send this meal before the time so that the man might be well satisfied of his trade. I should like to send you some on commissions if you would take it. I expect to be in market with 5 or 6 tons first of Dec unsold & shall want to dispose of it before it gets to the lowest market. I wish you to send the bags soon as conveniant not by Express – they charged 50 cents for the last bags
Yours in hate
Benjamin Atwood
Postmarked in red ‘BRADFOR- VT NOV 28’ with red PAID and ‘5’ postal rate.
Silas Peirce (1793 –1879) was an American grocer and politician who founded the wholesale grocer Silas Peirce & Co, in Boston, Massachusetts in April 1815. The grocery firm of Silas Peirce & Co., Ltd. lasted 111 years. Peirce served as chairman and a member of the Boston Board of Aldermen.
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