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H. B. Claflin and Company : Original Billhead - H. B. Claflin and Company, New York

Original billhead on blue paper with printed text and handwriting in black ink. Datelined June 15, 1866 in New York. 8 1/4" x 7." Billhead is very clean and intact overall. Paper has a few horizontal and vertical fold lines. Glue repair on a closed tear measuring about 2 1/2" from the top. The handwritten portions include the name of the buyer, the item(s) purchased, and the price of the item(s). Several items were purchased and are written on four lines. The printed text reads, "[Buyer name] Bought of H. B. Claflin & Co., Importers and Dealers in Foreign & Domestic Dry Goods, Laces, White Goods, Hosiery, Yankee Notions & Boots & Shoes, Salesman [salesman name], Church, Worth & West Broadway." "Yankee Notion Department," is printed at top. Yankee notions refer to small hardware, sewing supplies, and accessories. They got their name from the traveling salesmen named "Yankee Peddlers" who usually sold them directly to customers. It is likely that this billhead was part of such a transaction. H. B. Claflin & Company was co-founded by Horace Claflin in 1843. It was a wholesaler of dry goods that did business with manufacturers and retailers. In 1890, the company became incorporated under a slightly different name, H. B. Claflin Company. This company and H. B. Claflin & Co. were very successful in their time. However, H. B. Claflin Co. eventually closed in 1914. The buyer was P. W. Dudley & Company in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. P. Whitin & Sons was a cotton manufacturing company in Northbridge, Massachusetts. Paul Whitin (1767-1831) was a pioneering businessman and blacksmith who helped establish the Northbridge Cotton Manufacturing Company in 1809. The Whitinsville village of Northbridge is named after him. Paul and his relatives founded another cotton manufacturing company in 1815 called Whitin & Fletchers. Paul gained sole ownership of Whitin & Fletchers in 1826, and together with his sons Paul, Jr. and John, renamed the company P. Whitin & Sons. After the passing of their father in 1831, Paul, Jr. and John bought the Northbridge Manufacturing Company. Paul's two other younger sons, Charles and James, would later join P. Whitin & Sons. In 1864, the four brothers dissolved P. Whitin & Sons and sold the company store to their cousin, Paul Whitin Dudley, which was renamed P. W. Dudley & Company. Paul, Jr., John, Charles, and James went on to form their own companies. P. Whitin & Sons had also manufactured cotton machinery. James had invented a cotton picker machine that outperformed previous models. This invention helped propel his business, Whitin Machine Works (WMW), into prominence as one of the world's largest textile machinery companies. WMW, or "The Shop" as known to locals, was a mainstay in Whitinsville until 1966 when it was sold to White Consolidated Industries (WCI; formerly White Sewing Machine Company). In 1986, WCI was acquired by Electrolux, which operates to this day as a leading appliance manufacturer.. Ephemera. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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