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Letter to George Foster & Sons from F.B. Waugh

Description
Creators
Waugh, F.B., Author
George Foster and Sons
, Recipient
Media Type
Text
Item Type
Documents
Description
This item is a letter sent from F.B. Waugh, a merchant from St. George, to George Foster and Sons on an unknown day and month in 1904. Mr. Waugh requests an order for a number of different items. These goods include pork, gold dust, tobacco, barley, corn starch, vanilla, spices, tapioca, rice, peas, and salt.
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.

No month is recorded on this letter.
Date of Original
1904
Subject(s)
Correspondence
Businesses
Wholesale trade
Letter
Personal Name(s)
Waugh, F.B.
Corporate Name(s)
George Foster and Sons
Local identifier
985.86.123.019.002
Collection
Brant Museum and Archives Collection
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Brantford
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.1330241820458 Longitude: -80.2758013757324
  • St. George
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.2501 Longitude: -80.24966
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 & Sons from F.B. Waugh, 1904. Brant Museum and Archives Collection. Item No. 985.86.123.019.002.
Contact
Brant Museum and Archives Collection
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Website:
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Full Text

1904

St George 11th

Please send

1 kg pork [Pearline]

1 " gold dust

1 caddy stag tobacco

10 pot barley

1 case corn starch [challenge]

1 kg vanilla

1 lb ground all spice

10 lb [tapioca]

2 kg cakes [that are] milled pine [for soup]

[and new gorgeous] make [illegible] all

of you have it with send [illegible]

1 box 64 [ford] blue

100 lb cheap rice

1 case peas

1 kg 54 salt sacks

F.B. Waugh

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