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Itemized receipt from Sutton & Sons to Beatrix Farrand, January 4, 1943

 
Accession number C3:Sutton & Sons 1943.01.04
Alternative title Itemized receipt from Sutton & Sons to Beatrix Farrand, January 4, 1943 for 52 packets of flower seeds sent to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C.
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1943
Work types
receipts (financial records)
invoices
correspondence

Description

Itemized receipt from Sutton & Sons to Beatrix Farrand for 52 packets of flower seeds sent to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C.

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.

Carbon copy of receipt has handwritten signature in ink.

"Paid $17.78 (including charge for air-mail letter to England) to Chase National Bank, by check No. 1478 drawn on Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company."

Cost includes discount of 10%.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

receipts (financial records)
invoices
Seeds
Flowers
Bryce, James
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company
Chase National Bank of the City of New York
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number C3:Sutton & Sons 1943.01.04
Alternative title Itemized receipt from Sutton & Sons to Beatrix Farrand, January 4, 1943 for 52 packets of flower seeds sent to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C.
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1943
Work types
receipts (financial records)
invoices
correspondence