willoughbyforme
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- Nov 20, 2020
I couldn't find any better place to post this, so hope it's okay. I just received a Merrill, Thomas & Co. customer order and payment received. Please anyone who has better cursive experience and abbreviations of materials & goods sold. Looking for thoughts on Freeman's first and middle name initials, couple of abbreviated materials, I figured out "Received 'Pay't'" for payment, then no clue who X.X. Merrill is. J(ames).H. Merrill or his eldest son William (not sure middle name) would be the only two I think could have been signator. William was born in 1842, and second son Charles was born in 1846. William was mentioned as involved in the company in an 1864 newspaper article/write-up of their new manufactory at North & Belvidere. Can't be initials for his wife Martha Ann, and his dad Jeremiah, who passed in 1856, couldn't be the one either. Middle initial looks like an S. Any help much appreciated. What's Fair Lawn Powder? Thanks, Eric.