1863 Signed Singer Document
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and "the Folding Top" as one Folding top, IMO
(love this kind of stuff :-) )
173/162??? where's that?
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Well, I.M. Singer was a polygamist with four wives. Here is some more on the fellow and his company with a pic of the guy. http://www.auspostalhistory.com/articles/1338.php
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So, here is the current "translation" (English to English hehe) The Underlined Italics portions are still up for debate
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New York Jany 17/63
173 [/b](written over 162)
Missiers I.M. Singer & Co NY.
Please send P.B. Goodsell Esqr
of the "Boston Traveller" Boston, Mass, one Folding
Top Family Sewing machine as a gift and charge it to
advertising account
Wayne Lowe
Written vertically over the document is:
Accepted
I.M. Singer & Co
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Some research so far:
Boston Traveller
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Evening_Traveller
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022244/
P.B. Goodsell, Esq.
Lots of references to documents printed BY P.B. Goodsell (as the printer/publisher)
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New York Jany 17/63
173 [/b](written over 162)
Missiers I.M. Singer & Co NY.
Please send P.B. Goodsell Esqr
of the "Boston Traveller" Boston, Mass, one Folding
Top Family Sewing machine as a gift and charge it to
advertising account
Wayne Lowe
Written vertically over the document is:
Accepted
I.M. Singer & Co
--------------------------------------------------------------
Some research so far:
Boston Traveller
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Evening_Traveller
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022244/
P.B. Goodsell, Esq.
Lots of references to documents printed BY P.B. Goodsell (as the printer/publisher)
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