Billhead, James Davis, brass and copper, Boston, Mass., dated August 17, 1818

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Date

1818-08-17

GUSN

GUSN-354629

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
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Metalwork and metalworking - General - Folder 1
Billhead, James Davis, brass and copper, Boston, Mass., dated August 17, 1818
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- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Metalwork and metalworking
    - General
      - Metalwork and metalworking - General - Folder 1
        Trade card for Hicks & Badger, manufacturers of all kinds of copper work, Nos. 49 & 51 Pitts Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for McLagan, Stevens & Bradley, iron founders and machinists, corner Howard Street & Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut, undated
        Trade card for Prince & Clark, tin plate and sheet iron workers, Cambridge Street, East Cambridge, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Wiley Brothers & Co., manufacturers and wholesale dealers in tin, Britannia, brass and glass-ware, Saxton's River, Vermont, undated
        Trade card for Springfield Gas Machine, Boston office, 117 & 119 Court Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Wood, Bicknall & Potter Co., aluminum novelties, 359 to 369 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for F.S. Dawes, leather, cloth and paper cutting dies, Hudson, Mass., undated
        Trade card for The Tubular Rivet Company, manufacturers of patent rivets, 161 Pearl Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Geo. Dunbar & Co., dealers in supplies for railroads, mills and manufactories, No. 134 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Boston Nickel Plating Co., 13 & 15 Bowker Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Boston Nickel Plating Co., japanning, plating, 160 Portland Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for McClure & Co., tin plate manufacturers, Washington, Pennsylvania, undated
        Early iron industry of Connecticut, by Herbert C. Keith and Charles Rufus Harte, 28 West Elm Street, New Haven, Connecticut, undated
        Weather vane silhouettes for the golfer, W.A. Snow Iron Works, 17-19 Portland Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Billhead for Henry Perkins, foundry and machine shop, Bridgewater, Mass., dated September 16, 1884
        Advertisement for the Swampscott Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of special rapid transit tools, Swampscott, Mass., undated
        Billhead for Fuller, Dana & Fitz, importers of tin plates and metals, 110 North Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 24, 1884
        Billhead for Seavey & Company, stampers, tinners, japanners and enamellers, 93, 95 & 97 North Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 8, 1881
        Billhead for Dodge, Gilbert & Co., iron and steel, No. 45 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass., dated January 24, 1880
        Billhead for Alonzo Josselyn, manufacturer of iron castings of every description, corner Tremont and Ruggles Streets, Boston Highlands, Mass., dated April 10, 1868
        Billhead for William H. Low, Dr., manufacturer of all kinds of iron work for buildings, No. 7 Province Court, Boston, Mass., dated June 1, 1879
        Billhead for E.B. Badger & Son, Dr., coppersmiths and galvanized iron workers, 63 & 65 Pitts Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 31, 1882
        Billhead for the Providence Tool Co., iron manufacturer, Providence, Rhode Island, dated April 6, 1860
        Billhead for Joshua Dean, Dr., iron founder, East Bridgewater, Mass., dated December 22, 1884
        Billhead for John Fandel, sheet iron and tin ware manufacturer, No. 113 West Canton Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 3, 1876
        Billhead for Pratt & Inman, iron and steel, 15-17 Washington Square, Worcester, Mass., dated June 18, 1898
        Billhead for Wetherell Brothers, agents, 31 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 11, 1884
        Letterhead for Goldberg & Rathman, dealers in new and old metals and rubber, 289-293 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 26, 1906
        Billhead for the Dover Stamping Company, Nos. 86, 88, 90 & 92 North Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 13, 1883
        Letterhead for the Waterbury Brass Co., Waterbury, Connecticut, dated November 9, 1860
        Shapes of rolled iron for buildings, bridges and ships,The Passaic Rolling Mill Co., Paterson, New Jersey, July 1877
        Letterhead for the U.T. Hungerford Brass & Copper Co. of Boston, sheets, rolls, wire, Boston, Mass., dated January 20, 1920
        Business card for W. Graham Law, artist, decorator, metal craftsman, 87 Glendale Avenue, Brockton, Mass., 1940
        Billhead, James Davis, brass and copper, Boston, Mass., dated August 17, 1818 (current record)
        Billhead to Hicks & Badger, coppersmiths, Nos. 63 & 65 Pitts Street, Boston, Mass., 1878
        Billhead for Hicks & Badger, coppersmiths, Nos. 49 & 51, Pitts Street, Boston, Mass., 1874
        Billhead for Boston Nickel Plating Co., 13 & 15 Bowker Street, Boston, Mass., 1879
        Wheel chart advertisement, Apollo Metal Works, 66th Place & South Oak Park Avenue, Chicago, Ill.

Description

The customer purchased brass andirons from James Davis. Davis' foundry merged with Paul Revere's business to form the Revere Copper Company.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
brass (alloy)
copper alloy
founders (craftsmen)
andirons
billheads

Physical Descrption

1 billhead

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.077.01.01.034

Credit Line

Purchase, December 27, 2012.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Davis, James, 1777-1862 (Publisher)

Material Type

billheads

Other People

Revere, Paul, 1735-1818

Other Organizations

Revere Copper Company

Subjects

Brass founders

Description Level

Item

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