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Retail trade

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Stephen Elder bill for Joseph Smith, Jr.

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233290870]
Identifier: Vault MSS 435
Scope and Contents

Handwritten bill from Stephen Elder to Joseph Smith, first president of the Mormon Church, for goods sold to Smith in March-July 1840, apparently for sale in Joseph Smith's store. The manuscript includes three entries for tobacco. The item was filed against Smith's estate on 27 May 1846, with a total of $2.89 interest added to the bill.

Dates: 1840-1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Stephen Elder bill for Joseph Smith, Jr.

David and Ira P. Hale papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7614
Scope and Contents

Collection includes the originals, photocopies, and digital scans of a ledger used by David Hale and two notebooks used by Ira P. Hale. Also includes a photocopy and a typescript of a letter from Lorenzo D. Wasson, Emma Smith, and a third author to David Hale. The handwriting may be from Joseph Smith, but it is unsigned. Original documents date from 1827 to 1888.

Dates: 1827-1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / David and Ira P. Hale papers

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