James Minzies invoice

Title

James Minzies invoice

Identifier

MS1936.3.932
Folder 85

Original Format

Ink on paper

Text

[Recto]

12 pair cotten stockings at 6 or 7/ 2 of the largest seeye
for men. 1 blue parsien pitticot 1 do pink
10 yds pink & white shot fretstring
10 yds each white do & 10 do Garnet a blooming colour
apron ruffles & hand.hv thine. workd Muslin
20 yds each of white, blue, & pink ribbon
6 thine boarder'd double hand.hv
10 yds pritty thick Muslin for ruffles & handhvs
4 pair sattin shoe black 6 pair mites & 4 pair white Gloves
12 pair stuff shoes 6 of which bought at the wear-house
& the other made of good shining stuff
some cat gut some wires & 3 or 4 rements of flowrd gause
1 pair earings sete like daimonds with one drop 2 or 3
pair comman earings 600 black hair pins
12 pound rappee snuff no prefume. 2 or 3 snufe boxes paper
2 pair stays I dont mind the fashion if they are made
easy & full in the stomick
as much white pink & Garnet parsion as will go
round the bottoms of my Gounes
10 yd menenet Lace at 3 or 4/ as much joining as will + handhv
the above is all I shall want for myself the

[Verso]
other side for his Lordship which may be put in
a seprate bill but I thought you wd be the properes[t]
judge of the underneith commision & I sure you
& your sister will do what you can to buy them
in the cheepest way for me. I forgot to mention
6 net hoods & 2 menenet joyning ones
6 caps no other ribbons but pink white & blue

for his Lordship

2 pound sillk as many deffrent colours as possible
but the largest quantity dark blue
4 thousand white chaple needles all deffrent seeyes
2 pound line threed all diffrent suyus
2 pound 4d. 2 do 3d
4 pound deffrent colourd do
6 pound brown do
some small rements of cambrick for ruffles
6 pound pins 12 peace Tap deffrent breaths
half a dozn pen-knives 6 pair sessiers 3 larg 3
small 3 r 4 chisiles for cuting botten-wholes
12 dozn shirt bottens 32 yd prented cotton cheep 18d 20d   one pattern
12 dozn wastcot do 3 gouns deffrent pattions 2/6
6 bone combs We have a larg famely of children
12 yds of the broadest Cypres Gause
4 dozn Laces half & the or cotton for Stays

Citation

“James Minzies invoice,” John Norton & Sons Papers, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, accessed May 1, 2024, https://rocklibnorton.omeka.net/items/show/932.