Description: [OPPENHEIMER CIGAR / TOBACCO TRADE CARD, WITH ACCOUNTING RECORDS AND LETTER; CONNECTICUT TOBACCO-GROWING] MAJOR TOBACCO DEALER TRADE CARD: M. OPPENHEIMER, DEALER IN LEAF TOBACCO, NO. 18 AVENUE B, NEW YORK, Entrance in Second Street, on reverse handwritten “Residence, 160 Avenue B., 2nd floor”, 4” x 2-1/2”; with 4 items: (1) 6” x 3-1/4” envelope with Oppenheimer return address and pencil note “Tobacco”, (2) 5-3/4” x 7-3/4” handwritten letter dated August 2, 1884 to “Friend Oppenheimer: Dear Sir” opening with, “Enclosed please find bill and shipping receipt for the two cases leaf” with note on back by M. Oppenheimer “true copy of original letter”, (3) 7-1/2” x 5-1/2” handwritten bill dated August 2, 1884, for 2 cases leaf tobacco from Charles S. Hawes in Norwalk, Connecticut, with note on back by M. Oppenheimer “true copy of original letter”, (4) five 7-3/4” x 12-1/2” handwritten ledger-like pages dated Nov. 29, 1883, accounting record for orders of many cases of Havana seeds and cases of tobaccos for fillers, binders, and wrappers for making cigars /// NOTES: M.Oppenheimer was one four dealers making up the Consolidated Cigar Co. with warehouses in North Shippen, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; “CHARLES S. HAWES, PACKER AND DEALER IN Fine Connecticut Seed” appears in a 1870’s issue of the trade periodical “The Tobacco Leaf: Organ of the Tobacco Trade of the United States”; all items relate to the Connecticut tobacco trade which has historically had a significant place in the international cigar market and continues to /// CONDITION: all items well-preserved, minimal wear, folds as kept in envelope, small holes in folds of larger, ledger-like pages.
Price: 150 USD
Location: Southport, Connecticut
End Time: 2024-02-24T14:09:15.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Handmade: Yes
Modified Item: No
