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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | May 24, 18xx |
| From City | Boston |
| From State | MA |
| To City | Houston |
| To State | TX |
| Addressee | T. W. House |
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| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Lot 134 5c orange brown, 2 copies, both margins to just touching with defects, fine appearing, the right stamp with Double transfer of bottom frame line and lower part of left frame line. Tied by red circular grids with accompanying red Boston and PAID postmarks, to Houston Texas, BPA Cert (1961)
H R Harmer sale 2418 July 19, 1977
Information from the Thomas J Alexander Papers, American Philatelic Research Library (ARPL), Bellefonte Pa courtesy of Tara Murray & her staff.
Alexander listed as 5/24/xx
Thomas William House (1814-1880) was born in England. He came to New York in 1835 and spent a year working as a baker. Discovered by the proprietor of the St. Charles Hotel, he was induced to move to New Orleans and take charge of the bakery of that famous establishment. In 1838 the firm of House and Loveridge, bakers and confectioners, opened in Houston, Texas. The next year House formed a partnership with Charles Shearn, who was later chief justice of Harris County. In 1840 House married his partner's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Shearn; and it was in this year that he began accepting bank deposits. Alone in business for a time, he produced and sold the first ice cream in Houston. He restricted his confections to one side of the store and filled the other with dry goods, developing an extensive wholesale trade with the interior.
H R Harmer sale 2418 July 19, 1977
Information from the Thomas J Alexander Papers, American Philatelic Research Library (ARPL), Bellefonte Pa courtesy of Tara Murray & her staff.
Alexander listed as 5/24/xx
Thomas William House (1814-1880) was born in England. He came to New York in 1835 and spent a year working as a baker. Discovered by the proprietor of the St. Charles Hotel, he was induced to move to New Orleans and take charge of the bakery of that famous establishment. In 1838 the firm of House and Loveridge, bakers and confectioners, opened in Houston, Texas. The next year House formed a partnership with Charles Shearn, who was later chief justice of Harris County. In 1840 House married his partner's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Shearn; and it was in this year that he began accepting bank deposits. Alone in business for a time, he produced and sold the first ice cream in Houston. He restricted his confections to one side of the store and filled the other with dry goods, developing an extensive wholesale trade with the interior.
