Financial ephemera (1 of 2), 1817

This file contains bills, receipts, and other financial ephemera belonging to Samuel B. Morris. Most of the documents pertain to the purchase and sale of trade goods and include bills and receipts for weighing and measuring goods, freight, wharfage, cooperage, repairing and outfitting ships, and advertising the arrival of ships and goods in William McCorkle's Philadelphia Mercantile Advertiser. Trade goods enumerated include (but are not limited to) cotton, cheese, hops, lead, copper, and tea. There is a bill from Peter Lohra for legal services, including issuing power of attorney and protesting the nonacceptance and nonpayment of a bill of exchange. Finally, there are bills and receipts for household goods and groceries including potatoes, apples, coffee, letter paper, sugar, and wine and spirits.