Letter - Greenhood, Bohm & Co., Virginia City, Montana, December 5, 1878

A two-page handwritten letter from Greenhood, Bohm & Co., a wholesale and retail clothier, addressed to partner Ike (Isaac Greenhood) in Virginia City, Montana Territory. The letter discusses various business matters, including an illness that prevented the writer from attending to business, the potential future location of a new store based on railroad development, current retail business profits, and cigar sales. The writer notes that the business has made over $5000 this year. The letterhead features the business name "GREENHOOD, BOHM & CO." in an ornate, period-typical font, with listed addresses in Helena, Montana; 215 Sansome St., San Francisco, Cal.; and 152 Chambers St., New York.

Associated People/Businesses

• Isaac Greenhood (Partner)
• Ferdinand Bohm (Partner)
• Benjamin Greenhood
• unknown
• Ike (Greenhood, Isaac)

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Mercantile
• Clothing
• Liquor
• Retail trade
• Wholesale trade
• Business correspondence
• Montana
• Virginia City
• Helena
• San Francisco
• New York
• 19th Century
• Partnership
• Railroad development
• Tobacco
• Cigar sales

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 23, Folder 5