"Foreign and Domestic Fruit, Wood and Willow Ware, Bird Cages of All Descriptions and Styles, Pickles, Preserves, Olive Oil, Sardines, English and French Mustards, Castile Soap, Choice Havana and Principe Cigars."
The collection includes billheads, letterheads, calendars, paper bags and boxes, trade cards and other forms of printed matter documenting Hartford businesses, including banks, insurance companies, and stores, from the mid-nineteenth century through the present day.
"Cutlery, Steel, Nails, and Shovels, also, Agents for the Sale of Domestic Hardware, Brass Wire, Sheet Brass, Malleable Iron, Collins Axes, Miscellaneous Tools, &c. &c."
"Bestor's Golden Quill Stub Pens, made of the finest Silver Steel, having a Golden finish…." Two copies printed on different colored cardstock"Good Luck to all who Trade with E. S. Bill, Agt." 2 copies.
"Books and Stationery, Toys and Fancy Good, Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery, Circulating Library, Employment Office…. Collars, Cuffs and Gents Furnishing Goods, and other articles too numerous to mention."