Receipt for George and Charles Merriam from the Publisher and Stationer Samuel Bowles & Co

Springfield, Massachusetts: Samuel Bowles & Co, 1868. Very good. Toned, minor short tears and letter creasing.. Billhead for the publisher and stationer Samuel Bowles & Co., with a long receipt of goods paid for by "G. & C. Merriam"-- i.e, George and Charles Merriam, publishers of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Items included on this receipt include a wide variety of material including business cards, a binding for a bible, "Lettering [for] 1 dictionary", and "Electro", which presumably refers to some kind of electrotyping service. Engraved billhead (14" by 8.5"), lined, verso blank, finished in contemporary ink. Includes a revenue stamp at the foot to show that Bowles has paid taxes on the purchased goods, where required. Samuel Bowles & Co. provided services as "Publishers, Printers, Electrotypers, Bookbinders, Bookmakers, Blank Book and Photograph Album Manufacturers" in Springfield, Massachusetts.