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Itemized receipt from Hosea Waterer for Beatrix Farrand, September 30, 1942

 
Accession number C2:Waterer 1942.09.30
Alternative title Itemized receipt from Hosea Waterer for Beatrix Farrand for bulbs and seeds sold and sent to James Bryce, September 30, 1942
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1942
Work types
receipts (financial records)
invoices
correspondence

Description

Itemized receipt for Beatrix Farrand for seeds and bulbs sold and sent to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. Beatrix Farrand included purchase as part of her expense report, July 1, 1942 to December 31, 1942 to Dumbarton Oaks, C2:1942.07.01B.

Includes original and carbon copy of receipt, both stamped "Paid" by check with date, 10/23/42 and initials, MC.

Carbon copy shows typewritten discount of 20%; original has discount calculations in pencil.

"B.F" written in pencil, probably to indicate that Beatrix Farrand ordered the seed and the original receipt goes to her.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

receipts (financial records)
invoices
Seeds
bulbs (plants)
Flowers
Iris (genus)
Anemone (genus)
Gladiolus
Pansies
Snapdragons
Gypsophila
Nemesia
Heliophila
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
Bryce, James
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C., DC