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Letter to George Foster and Sons from Thomas McCosh

Description
Creators
McCosh, Thomas, Author
George Foster and Sons
, Recipient
Media Type
Text
Item Type
Documents
Description
This item is a letter sent from Thomas McCosh, a Paris merchant, to George Foster and Sons on January 9, 1902. Mr. McCosh writes that one of his clients had gone out of business and that he will hopefully be able to pick 'Oriental salmon' for another client.
Notes
George Foster and Sons was a Wholesale Grocery business initially located at 143 Colborne Street before relocating to a larger building at 251 Colborne Street on the historic South Side of Brantford.
Date of Original
January 9, 1902
Subject(s)
Correspondence
People
Businesses
Wholesale trade
Letter
Corporate Name(s)
George Foster and Sons
Local identifier
985.86.32.029.001
Collection
Brant Museum and Archives Collection
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Brantford
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.1334 Longitude: -80.26636
  • Paris
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.2 Longitude: -80.38333
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Recommended Citation
Letter to George Foster and Sons from Thomas McCosh, January 9, 1902. Brant Museum and Archives Collection. Item No. 985.86.31.017.002.
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Full Text

British Exchange Hotel

Thomas Tilt, Proprietor

Goderich, Ont., 9th January, 1902

Mess Geo Foster and Sons

Brantford

Gentlemen,

Herewith enclosed please

find orders. G.C. [Gipling] has sold own

his business here and the new prime

is now [impossible]. I could do nothing

with them they had just ordered after

[thing] they wanted on Monday. PS Dean

paid me amt of one [illegible]. What

about Oriental salmon, Dean ordered

four cases but has had no word of them.

Be good enough [what] one know if you

[call] them soon, I will send in [morning]

and statement of collections on Saturday morning.

I remain

Yours truly

Th. McCosh

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