Partly Printed Receipt dated Febr 2nd, 1853 and signed by Thomas Dalton acknowledging payment of $10 for or by Boston Committee for Schools to Allen & Co, 74 State Street [Boston] for Printings and Paper."

Dalton, Thomas, 1794-1883

Published by Boston, 1853

About this Item

Personal check-sized Allen & Co. receipt on pale blue paper. Approximately 17 x 7 cm. Brief notation on back. We believe that the signatory on this receipt was Thomas Dalton, 1794-1883, an African American free born in Gloucester, Mass. who lived most of his life in Boston. Dalton and his second wife Lucy were active in various local and regional educational organizations. Wikipedia lists the Massachusetts General Colored Association, New England Anti-Slavery Society, Boston Mutual Lyceum and the Infant School Association. We have assumed that this receipt is for one of these or a similar organization. We found nothing online specifically identified as Boston Committee for Schools. The Boston City Directory for 1853 lists a Thomas Dalton as residing at 29 South Russell which was the same address for the Thomas Dalton who appears in the Boston City Directories Colored Section in the 1840s when Boston City Directories segregated African Americans into a separate section after the main alphabetical listing of residents. Our document appears ot be written in the same hand as the Dalton signature. We found no Dalton documents online with which we could compare handwriting or signature.

Seller Inventory # 95144

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Partly Printed Receipt dated Febr 2nd, 1853 and signed by Thomas Dalton acknowledging payment of $10 for or by Boston Committee for Schools to Allen & Co, 74 State Street [Boston] for Printings and Paper."
• Publisher: Boston
• Publication Date: 1853
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education
  • African Americana