W. E. Barrett & Company Agricultural Implements & Machines Billhead

An original 1883 bill head from W. E. Barrett and Company, 43 & 44 Canal Street, Providence Rhode Island. The company were Manufacturers of and Dealers in Agricultural Implements and Machines, Wooden Ware, Garden, Field and Flower Seeds. Manufacturers of Meads Patent Conical Plows. 5 x 9 inches. Dated Apr 9, 1883 Mr. D. Sherman Jon 10 Bu E Rose Potatoes 110 $11.00, 4 Bags E Rose Potatoes 15 $.60 $11.60. A notation at the bottom "Beauties in a day or two" W.E. Barrett, one of the oldest seed houses in New England, was founded in 1848, by Robert N. Burdick and W. E. Barrett. In 1866, Mr. Burdick retired, and was succeeded by Amos Fuller and George W. Williams, under the firm-style of W. E. Barrett & Co. In 1874, the business of this house (which had previously been confined to farming-tools and seeds), was enlarged by the purchase of the wooden-ware establishment of C. E. Gorham, No. 42 Canal Street, and the firm now occupy the two buildings for the transaction of their immense business. and had to move shop to make way for the East Side Tunnel. A great piece of Agricultural History, Rhode Island ephemera, and genealogy. Condition: Stain to centet, light edge wear, dust soiling and creases. See photos. ebbxE