Net cash price list. Cooley, Farwell & Co. importers of fancy goods, and wholesale dealers in American woolens & cottons
[Chicago: 1863]. Quarto bifolium (approx. 10½" x 8½"), the first page with a cut of the firm's 5-storey building at 42-46 Wabash Ave., and a list of woolen and cotton goods with prices supplied in manuscript (carried over to p. 3); page 2 with a printed letter to prospective customers (in this case, John Williams & Co.), page 4 with a full-page advertisement. Central fold neatly and professionally reinforced; generally very good. John Williams & Co. was a Springfield mercantile company whose most famous customer was Abraham Lincoln. He was recorded as a customer in the store registers (at the Illinois State Historical Library) from May 27, 1857 to December 24, 1860. The Chicago dry-goods firm of Falwell & Co. was once one of the leading enterprises in the United States, and remained so until well into the 20th century. One of Falwell's associates was the young Marshall Field (1834-1906) who became a partner in the firm in 1862, with his name appearing here on the masthead. Small World Department: Marshall Field died from a case of pneumonia contracted after playing golf on New Year's Day with his nephew, his secretary, and Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln. Not in Ante-Fire Imprints; not in OCLC. Item #58413
Price: $325.00
