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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 20 December, 1903. Mr. Waugh writes in an order for numerous items he intends to sell. Such goods include rice, granulated sugar, yellow sugar, tea, salt, tomatoes, sardines, salmon, tobacco, icing sugar, corn beef and smoked beef among others.
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
20 December 1903
Subject(s)
Personal Name(s)
Waugh, F.B.
Corporate Name(s)
George Foster and Sons
Local identifier
985.86.101.006.001.003
Collection
Brant Museum and Archives Collection
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.1330241820458 Longitude: -80.2761446984863
  • Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.2443482123565 Longitude: -80.2537798730469
Copyright Statement
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Recommended Citation
Letter to George Foster & Sons from F.B. Waugh, December 20, 1903. Brant Museum and Archives Collection. Item No. 985.86.101.006.001.003.
Contact
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Full Text

1903

St. George, Ont., January 27

Please send me

10 lbs rice sell at 74 [retail]

1 Bbl Acadia granulated sugar

1 Bbl Bright yellow "

10 lbs [jar] tea to sell of 25 retail

10 " black " " " " " "

1 kg [pears]

1 " 54 salt sacks retail

1 case tomatoes

1 kg [mustard sardines] to sell at 10c retail

2 " cheap [sardines] to sell at 5 c retail

1 case maple leaf [salmon]

1-6 lb Box of [Haud] tobacco

10 Briar tobacco

1 kg Borrows to sell at 25c retail

1 " " " " " 30c "

[more]

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1/2 kg real ford W. [boards] to sell at 25 or 30 retail

1/2 kg corn beef to sell at 15c retail

1/2 " [smoked] " " " " " "

10 lbs icing sugar

F.B. Waugh

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