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Itemized receipt from Oregon Bulb Farms to Beatrix Farrand, September 5, 1944

 
Accession number C4:Oregon Bulb Farms 1944.09.05
Alternative title Itemized receipt from Oregon Bulb Farms to Beatrix Farrand, September 5, 1944 for 2 cases of Narcissus bulbs sent to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C.
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1944
Work types
correspondence
invoices
receipts (financial records)

Description

Itemized receipt from Oregon Bulb Farms to Beatrix Farrand for 2 cases of Narcissus bulbs sent to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. One case was "marked for Mrs. Bliss" and the other was "marked for Harvard" probably to indicate who would pay for which bulbs.

Beatrix Farrand listed a purchase from the Oregon Bulb Farms for $49.39 for Narcissus bulbs on her 1944 half-yearly statement, July 1, 1944 - December 31, 1944 given to Harvard University - Dumbarton Oaks.

Bulbs to be shipped by rail via Wm. Jones Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Written in pencil: "Pd, BMS."

Cost included 2% discount.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Narcissus bulbs
bulbs (plants)
Flowers
shipping
Railroad travel
Wm. J. Jones & Co.
Bliss, Mildred, 1879-1969
Harvard University
Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
Bryce, James
receipts (financial records)
invoices
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number C4:Oregon Bulb Farms 1944.09.05
Alternative title Itemized receipt from Oregon Bulb Farms to Beatrix Farrand, September 5, 1944 for 2 cases of Narcissus bulbs sent to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C.
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1944
Work types
correspondence
invoices
receipts (financial records)

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