Box 1

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Letter with decorative letterhead from J.J. Lockwood, agent for the Hydraulic Press Brick Company, to H. W. Eliot (12 February 1883)

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3 stock certificates for the Hydraulic-Press Brick Company from 1889 (2) and 1962.

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4 letters addressed to Elisha Riggs in New York from various St. Louis merchants, business agents, and attorneys about banking, financial, and legal matters in 1842:

J.W. Owings (8 June 1842)

J.B. Crockett (5 August 1842)

Clark Eck (18 October 1842)

Leonard Corning (18 October 1842)

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This collection contains 4 business letters from 1842 sent to Elisha Riggs, a prominent businessman and banker in New York known for founding the Riggs National Bank. The letters are sent from local St. Louis merchants, business agents, and attorneys communicating with Riggs on matters related to banking, credit, and business in the local area.

Scope and Contents The collection contains over 80 letters, telegrams, bills and invoices from 1915-1917—primarily between the Ginocchio-Jones Fruit Company, a local Missouri produce company, and the George F. Johnston Company, a grape producer in California. The records provide insight into the day-to-day business exchanges concerning the quality and distribution of produce over long distances. Notable are the telegrams and railway documents, which reveal how the development of certain communication and...

Scope and Contents The Brick Industry Collection contains booklets, photographs, certificates, and correspondence that provide insight on the manufacturing, distribution, and sale of bricks from the 1880s into the early 20th century. Many of the materials are from the local Hydraulic-Press Brick Company of St. Louis, a prominent business founded in 1868 and later owned by Henry W. Eliot, T.S. Eliot’s father. The company is known for its use and development of the hydraulic press, which allowed for the mass...