Subject: Provisions

This is an advertising booklet and price list for Scharff, Bernheimer & Co., a wholesale grocery firm located at 704 & 706 N. Second Street, St. Louis, Missouri, dated June 24, 1885. The booklet, also titled "Southern Grocer Supplement," details their offerings including Flour, Provisions, Grain, Groceries, Bagging Wagons, and Commission services. It features extensive price lists for various types of flour (e.g., "Blanche," "New Process Roller"), sugar-cured hams, pure leaf lard, bacon, dry salt meats, barreled meats, beef, and steel barb fencing. The cover exhibits highly ornate Victorian-style lettering, decorative borders, geometric patterns, and small illustrations of barrels and wheat stalks. Inside pages include an illustration of the Scharff, Bernheimer & Co. building and a steamboat, indicative of their trade, particularly with New Orleans. Several brand logos and decorative elements are used throughout. 3.

Billhead from A. Cahn & Co., dealers in groceries, provisions, liquors, and other items, located at Front Street, Portland, Oregon. Dated June 17, 1864. The bill lists the transaction made with H. Failing. The billhead lists a transaction value of $25.77 and a note indicating that it was paid. The billhead is printed on lined paper and includes a handwritten note at the bottom.

Invoice from A. Cahn & Co., dealers in groceries, provisions, liquors, and other items, located on Front Street, Portland, Oregon. Dated August 31, 1864. The bill lists an item purchased by H. Failing, likely a purchase of “German Meatche”, for which the price is listed as 600 cents. The billhead displays ornate Victorian-style lettering and features the business's name, address, and a decorative border.

An invoice from B. Feldmann & Co., dealers in fine family groceries and provisions, located at No. 350 King Street, between Society and George, in Charleston, SC. Dated August 19, 1889, the billhead is addressed to M. Simmons, Milly & Co., detailing a transaction for $1.00. The item features ornate Victorian-style typography for the business name and services, and a decorative border on the left side lists a wide range of grocery products available, including hams, bacon, coffee, tea, sugar, and various liquors. The document also states, "BILLS NOT PAID IN THIRTY DAYS, WILL BE CHARGED INTEREST."

Invoice from Chas. Mayn & Co., dealers in staple and fancy groceries, provisions, liquors, tobacco, cigars, mining tools, and other goods. Dated June 1, 1874. The invoice is made out to Davis & Wallace and details various purchases, likely including tobacco, possibly brooms, and/or shoes, with corresponding price and quantity information. The billhead has a printed header, ornate lettering, and clear details of the business address and transaction. The header lists the business name and a short list of goods sold. The billhead also mentions A. Kleinschmidt.

Invoice from Goldstein Bro's, wholesale and retail dealers in groceries, provisions, tobacco, clothing, boots, hats, and furnishing goods. Located at Corner Main and Virginia Streets, Austin, Nevada. Dated January 18, 1869. The bill lists an item purchased by M. S. M. Co, likely a quantity of Rye, with a price listed. The billhead has ornate lettering and notes in script. It also states “TERMS, CASH...PAYABLE IN U. S. GOLD COIN”.

Billhead from Greenboum & Co., a general store offering a variety of goods including dry goods, fancy goods, groceries, liquors, provisions, furniture, boots, shoes, hardware, crockery, lumber, oils, paints, and general merchandise. The business was located in Soledad, California. The billhead is dated May 1, 1882. The buyer is J. T. Porter. It includes a list of items purchased and their prices. An associated business listed is J.A. Goldwater, possibly a supplier of goods or a partner in the business.

This billhead from H. Levi & Co., Importers and Dealers in Groceries, Provisions, Liquors, and other goods, records a transaction with J. Feder & Bro. in San Francisco on October 20, 1865. The invoice lists various items including candies, soaps, raisins, hot pepper, and "Catcheys" (likely a type of preserve or sauce), totaling $155.25. The billhead specifies payment terms, noting that "All reclamations for damage or deficiency must be made within five days after receipt of goods" and "after 30 days two per cent, interest will be charged." A prominent red stamp indicates that payment is "PAYABLE IN U.S. GOLD COIN AT PAR, OR ITS EQUIVALENT." The document features ornate Victorian-style script for the date and buyer's name, contrasting with the bold, block-letter company logo of H. Levi & Co. and its detailed description of goods. **3.

A billhead, likely an invoice, from J. Glassman, a wholesale and retail dealer in provisions, groceries, liquors, grain, flour, and other goods in Georgetown, California. The business operated out of a “Fire-Proof Brick Building” on Main Street. The billhead lists a variety of items purchased by Mr. Drillon, possibly for a mining operation, such as rice, flour, coffee, tea, sugar, and various other goods. The billhead is dated July 16, 1867. The billhead has a framed header section, ornate lettering, and includes handwritten details of the transactions and a final total of the bill. The billhead is in excellent condition.

Billhead - Circa 1860's...Simon Rice, Grocer...229 Penn Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was one of the first permanent Jewish settlers in Scranton, Pennsylvania and very active in all Jewish affairs. Simon Rice was a German-born Jewish merchant who became one of Scranton, Pennsylvania's most successful wholesale grocers during the late 19th century. Born in Germany on April 22, 1842, Rice immigrated to the United States as a young man and married Fannie Levy in 1863. He arrived in Scranton during the 1860s, a pivotal time when the city was experiencing a massive post-Civil War economic boom fueled by anthracite coal mining, iron manufacturing, and expanding railroad networks.Rice capitalized on this rapid industrial growth by establishing his mercantile enterprise, Simon Rice & Bro., at 229 Penn Avenue. Located in what was then the primary retail and trading corridor of downtown Scranton, the business quickly evolved from a neighborhood retail grocery into a massive regional wholesale grocery and provisions warehouse. The firm grew to become one of the largest food supply operations in Lackawanna County, distribution networks that handled immense quantities of canned goods, flour, and dried provisions to feed the region's rapidly growing immigrant labor force. Beyond his commercial success, Simon Rice's Jewish identity is thoroughly documented through his extensive leadership, civic involvement, and philanthropic records in Pennsylvania and Ohio. During the 1860s and 1870s, he served as a key figure in organizing Scranton's early German-Jewish immigrant community. His family heavily supported the establishment and growth of Anshe Chesed (later known as Temple Hesed), which was Scranton's very first Jewish congregation. While the synagogue was originally founded with Orthodox traditions, Rice and other community leaders helped align it with the American Reform Movement by 1880. Rice's legacy is also preserved today in the University of Pennsylvania's Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica, which holds original 19th-century trade cards from his Penn Avenue grocery business.Upon his death on August 4, 1901, Rice made national headlines for an extraordinary act of religious philanthropy. Having amassed a fortune valued near one million dollars—an immense sum for the era—his final will structured a massive trust for educational and religious purposes. As reported on the front page of The New York Times, Rice stipulated that one-third of his entire estate be given directly to the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati. This historic bequest provided monumental financial support to North America's first Jewish seminary, permanently cementing Rice's role as a major benefactor in the development of American Reform Judaism.

Billhead from Dreyer & Isaac, wholesale and retail dealers in groceries and provisions, located in Thomasville, Georgia. The billhead advertises a large stock of family flour, tobacco, and liquors. It also states that the highest market prices are paid for all kinds of country produce. Dated January 17, 1872.

Billhead advertising "Staple and Fancy Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Etc." located at Ant & Quitman Street. The billhead is dated August 1, 1891. The billhead is part of the Ms. Coll. 1410 collection.

A one-page financial record detailing payment for provisions supplied to the Continental Army. Dated January 7, 1782, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The document indicates payment of 161 ¼ pounds to Henry Durand for provisions, authorized by a resolution of the Pennsylvania Assembly dated April 8, 1782. The payment was directed to David Rittenhouse, the Treasurer, and receipt was acknowledged by Aaron Levy. The verso is docketed 'Henry Durand Jan 7, 1784, 161/4/4 Pounds'.

Commercial letter written by Samuel Zuckermann, a wholesale grocer and provision dealer in Mineola, Wood County, Texas, to W.S. Herndon in Tyler, Texas, on May 20, 1878. The letter contains commercial content and reflects Zuckermann's business activities.

A one-page letter (8 1/4 x 7 in.; 211 x 178 mm) written in New York on January 15, 1729/30, by William Bradford Jr. to Johann David Wolf. Bradford instructs Wolf to contact Mr. Abrah Sandford and Mr. Gomez in Barbados to inquire about rum shipment and the delivery of money in exchange for flower and bread. The letter contains a chart on the verso in an unidentified hand. The document is signed by William Bradford Jr. and shows some signs of age, including folds and pin-sized holes. Bradford was the grandson of William Bradford, the official printer of the First Continental Congress.

A handwritten statement of account detailing the debt of Lieutenant Bristol to M. G. Rosenthal, a sutler for the 147th New York Regiment. The document, dated March 1, 1865, itemizes various provisions purchased between November 18, 1864, and January 14, 1865. The listed items include quantities of milk, apples, raisins, a bag, butter, and matches, totaling $8.55. The document is handwritten on lined paper, presenting a functional and unadorned style typical of military camp records from the period.