Information Sheet

 

 

R         Morris, Albert G.

1137                Papers, 1898-1903.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

These are merchants’ receipts to Albert G. Morris and his business partners, J. W. Toliver and Elmer Lindley, at Dadeville in Dade County, Missouri.  Morris, Toliver, and Lindley were proprietors of a hardware, implements, and undertaking firm.

 

In 1893 Albert G. Morris was the first graduate of the Dadeville Academy.  In 1896, in partnership with J. W. Toliver, he bought a hardware store in Dadeville.  Soon thereafter Elmer Lindley joined the firm, but by 1900 Toliver had left the partnership.  Albert G. Morris died on 29 January 1908.

 

This collection consists of seven receipts printed on corporate letterheads for purchases made by Morris and his partners from the following firms:

 

28 June 1898              Alexander & Son                  Neosho, Mo.

                                    Neosho Chill Plow Works, 715 Mill St.

                                    Rec’d of “Toliver & Morris”

 

8 December 1898      L. B. Tarr                                Greenfield, Mo.

                                    Staple and Fancy Groceries

                                    Rec’d of “Albert Morris”

 

10 January 1899        S. H. Butler                            Golden City, Mo.

                                    Harness and Saddles

                                    Rec’d of “Morris & Toliver”

 

3 November 1899      Freeman Foundry & Machine Works               Joplin, Mo.

                                    Steam Hoisters, Engines, and Boilers

                                    Rec’d of “Morris, Toliver & Lindley”

 

28 September 1900   The Enterprise, W. A. Martin, prop.                 Liberal, Mo.

                                    Printers and Stationers

                                    Rec’d of “Morris & Lindley”

 

29 September 1900   J. A. Brim                               Walnut Grove, Mo.

                                    Groceries, Cutlery, Tinware, ...

                                    Rec’d of “Morris & L.”

 

4 August 1903          J. M. Butcher                        Walnut Grove, Mo.

                                    Hardware, Groceries, Buggies, ...

                                    Rec’d of “Morris & Lindley”

 

 


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