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Itemized receipt from Sutton & Sons to Beatrix Farrand, January 10, 1942

 
Accession number C2:Sutton & Sons 1942.01.10
Alternative title Itemized receipt from Sutton and Sons, Ltd. to Beatrix Farrand, January 10, 1942 for flower seeds sent to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C.
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1942
Work types
invoices
correspondence
receipts (financial records)

Description

Itemized receipt from Sutton & Sons, Ltd. to Beatrix Farrand for packages of flower seeds for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens.

Letterhead includes "Royal Seed Establishment, Reading, England" and refers to Sutton & Sons, Ltd. seed company as the supplier of seeds to the Royal household in England.

Seeds sent to James Bryce at Dumbarton Oaks.

Includes duplicate and carbon copy.

Duplicate receipt marked with a stamp as paid, March 18, 1942.

Carbon copy includes 10% discount for seeds with attached label showing date paid as March 18/1942, but duplicate receipt has discount penciled on and stamped as paid, March 18/[19]42.

A conversion of the cost for seeds from 14 pounds, 6 shillings and 9 pence to 58 dollars and 22 cents penciled on both duplicate receipt and carbon.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Seeds
Flowers
invoices
Bryce, James
Dumbarton Oaks
Parcel post
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
receipts (financial records)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number C2:Sutton & Sons 1942.01.10
Alternative title Itemized receipt from Sutton and Sons, Ltd. to Beatrix Farrand, January 10, 1942 for flower seeds sent to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C.
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1942
Work types
invoices
correspondence
receipts (financial records)