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1846 antique THOMAS ADAMS hartford ct MARBLE MFGR GRAVE STONE RECEIPT MONUMENT
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Original 1846 printed and handwritten receipt/invoice from Thomas Adams Marble Manufactory, located near the North Burying Ground, Hartford, Connecticut. Measures approximately 4-3/8 x 7.75 inches.
The receipt is made out to Mrs. Mary Ann Pitkin and is dated Hartford, Dec. 1846. It documents the purchase of one statuary monument priced at $145.00, with additional charges noted for iron stone and a payment entry. The receipt was later acknowledged as paid on April 30, 1847, and bears the original signature of Thomas Adams.
The decorative printed letterhead features four engraved classical medallions and advertises:
- Thomas Adams, Marble Manufactory
- Near the North Burying Ground
- Hartford, Connecticut
- \"American and Foreign Marble Monuments of Every Description Made to Order.\"
A wonderful early Connecticut business document relating to the monument and gravestone trade, cemetery history, memorial art, and 19th-century marble manufacturing. Excellent genealogy item for the Pitkin family
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
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