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Title |
Receipt for services by Whitcher & Sheldon work on Washington Tower, October 29th, 1853. |
Date |
1853 Oct 29 |
Scope & Content |
Handwritten receipt for services rendered by granite contractors Whitcher & Sheldon on Washington Tower. The Building Committee of the Tower of Mount Auburn paid $7,000 in installments between October 29th and November 12th of 1853. The document is approximately half of a letter-sized page and written on both sides. The verso contains the agreement with Whitcher & Shelden signed by committee members Jacob Bigelow and Mace Tisdale; the recto contains a dated list of payments made with Whitcher & Sheldon's signature (company name) at bottom. |
Object Name |
Invoice |
Physical characteristics |
Fragile document - see scan in M:Historical Collections\Archives\Business records\Petition re conservatory 1855 |
Collection |
Washington Tower |
Catalog Number |
2021.006.009 |
Search Terms |
Washington Tower Granite Committee |
People |
Bigelow, Jacob (1787-1879) Whitcher, Joseph B. Sheldon, Oliver E. Tisdale, Mace Bond, George William |