Huntsville, Alabama receipts, 1916-1917
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3700
Scope and Contents
The collection contains two receipts from Huntsville, Alabama, for groceries in 1916 and 1917. The receipts are possibly for the same person, but because the receipt from W.L. Wall Grocery Co. is made out to J.W. Smith (dated 17 February 1916) and the receipt from F.& O. Gudenrath Wholesale Groceries and Produce is made out to John Smith (dated 13 June 1917), it would be impossible to verify.
Dates
- 1916-1917
Biographical / Historical
A grocer is a bulk seller of food. Beginning as early as the 14th century, a grocer (or "purveyor") was a dealer in comestible dry goods such as spices, peppers, sugar, and (later) cocoa, tea and coffee. These items were bought in bulk, hence the term grocer from the French "grossier" meaning wholesaler, this term derived from Medieval Latin "grossarius" [1] from which we also derive the word gross (meaning a quantity of twelve dozen, or 144).
Extent
0.05 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Two receipts from Huntsville, Alabama, for groceries in 1916 and 1917
Provenance
Anne Bourne (CCIS), 2013
General
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Processed by
Martha Bace, 2013
- Title
- Guide to the Huntsville, Alabama receipts, 1916-1917
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- February 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository