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Bradford Kennedy & Sons were the successors to Kennedy, Spaulding & Company, wholesale Hardware merchants. The business occupied a handsomely ornate stone building at 32 Clinton Street. That building is no longer existing, and Bradford Kennedy & Sons has long been out of business. It's a handsome letterhead, featuring a nice engraved depiction of the Kennedy, 5 story Spaulding Building, which had a large eagle with outspread wings adorning the very tip top of the building. A horse-drawn closed carriage and a single horse open carriage are depicted in front of the building. '****************************************** The invoice, measuring 8 1/2" x 6 3/16", filled out by hand in ink, and dated June 30, 1892, lists a couple dozen Wood Rakes; 1/2 dozen Snaths (Handles for scythes); a mounted Grindstone; and a tin box 14 x 20. The total for all this was $15.38. ******************************************* Bradford Kennedy & Sons, obviously wished to save money by using a stamp on the already existing letterheads. It is likely that a new letterhead was in the works. The invoice was made out to L. J. Macy of Pulaski, New York. L. J Macy, who lived in Sandy Creek, NY, owned and operated a hardware store in Pulaski, NY. He also was the head of The Macy Insurance Agency, specializing in Fire and Marine insurance. Macy was very active in the community and was a member of several fraternal organizations, including the Masons and the Odd Fellows. Col. Macy was, for a while, the head of the New York Division of the Sons of Veterans. ******************************************* CONDITION - VERY GOOD - The invoice was folded three times, likely for insertion in a mailing envelope, else the document is clean, having only modest signs of handling. The back is blank and clean. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1720
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