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Salesman's Letter to Col William Earle, Esq - Sail Makers Needles - Providence, RI, 1858

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Salesman's Letter addressed to William Earle, Esq., dated Boston January 25/58.


"Dear Sir ~


I have on hand three bales - 24 inch parcelling like sample enclosing which we shall be happy to sell you @ 10% p____ in 6 months or 5% ___ for cash


_______

Yours ever respectfully

Sprague Tappan (?)

_______"



William Earle was born in 1808 and was a ship chandler in Providence, RI. In 1838, he took over the business of William R. Bowers & Co. and from that point on he acquired a number of vessels for coastal and trans-Atlantic trade. Earle died in 1878.


William Earle House

320 South Main Street

Providence, RI 02906


Col William Earle, Esq.


Birth: 16 Apr 1808

Father: Oliver Earle (8 Jun 1770 - 5 Jul 1824)

Mother: Sarah "Sally" Waterman Arnold (21 Sep 1781 - 12 Jun 1845)

Spouse: Mary Alice Chandler (24 Feb 1813 - 8 May 1897)

Marriage:

Death: 5 Jul 1878

Burial: North Burial Ground, Providence, RI

Memorial ID: 69910272


SIZE

7.75" x 9.75"


NEEDLES


W. Smith and Sons

Redditch, England

Sail Makers Needles

Needles #17.5


CONDITION

Foxing and crease lines to letter. Needle packet in mint condition.

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