"The contractor's delay in finishing our new home at 1914 Third Avenue, has forced us to include in this sale brand new furniture intended for NEW STORE! You Save Now!" In addition to bedroom suites, dining room suite, and living room suites, sale...
Advertisement seeking two hundred slave men to work at the Bibb Iron Works; for every ten men hired, "One Woman will be received." Room, board, and clothing will be provided for all workers.
At the time the letter was written, Bemiss was serving as medical director of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, and Cross was an army surgeon. In the letter Bemiss, acting on the orders of General Hood, commands Cross to dismantle the hospital...
Caller owes for room, board, and services (such as hired servants and "Horseskeeping") and for the wine and whiskey he purchased. A note at the bottom of the bill confirms that the payment was received.
Expenses include food, supplies, and pack horses; room and board; ferriage; and labor and services (for example, washing and shoeing horses, or "Cherokee man to show the Cherokee line"). Transcripts are included.
Flier discussing the procedure for taking new patients to Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa. It also mentions the cost of room and board; items that are permitted ("sufficiency of comfortable clothing" and "remembrances from home") and prohibited...
For his work Wilson is to receive $6 each month ("payable in Green Backs") plus room and board. He will have the "privilege of raising chickens and a garden for his own use," but he will not be allowed to sell any poultry or produce. The contract...
In addition to bedroom suites, dining room suite, and living room suites, sale items include gas ranges, coal ranges, phonograph record players, and chifferobes.
In addition to bedroom suites, dining room suite, and living room suites, sale items include ranges (ovens and stoves), phonograph record players, and lamps.
In the letter Frank describes the combat he has seen, including an attack by "suicide Jap plans" not long after his unit landed in the Philippines. He then discusses his efforts to provide recreation for his fellow soldiers: "I am glad I am here,...
Specific items for sale include: large record players, chifferobes, refrigerators, strollers ("Lloyd's Sulkies"), gas ranges (oven & stove); mattresses, and living room and dining room furniture.
The author of the letter addresses Hall's apparent complaints about the new military organization of the university. He explains that new system is expected to reduce expenses, and he discusses specific areas where cost is reduced or unchanged...
2011-07-06
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