{"product_id":"hunter-co-s-special-circular-to-agents-dealers-peddlers-and-all-who-wish-to-make-money","title":"Hunter \u0026 Co.'s Special Circular to Agents, Dealers, Peddlers, And all who wish to Make Money","description":"\u003cp\u003eHunter \u0026amp; Co., Hinsdale, NH, ca. 1869. Single broadsheet, 9.75 x 5.75 inches. With original postal cover featuring Hunter \u0026amp; Co.'s all-over stamped designs, a 3-cent stamp, and two wavy name stamps of Governeur J. Tompkins. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnvelope torn along the edge, leaving about 1\/4\" loss to the promotional preamble on the back, else VG; T\u003c\/span\u003ehe letter is addressed to G. J. Thompson \u003cspan\u003eof Salt Point, Dutchess Co., New York, but we presume it to been for Tompkins (1856-1939), whose\u003c\/span\u003e personal correspondence is preserved at the University of Michigan, though he would have been a teenager at this time and does not have a particularly notable biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHunter \u0026amp; Company, Publishers and Booksellers, established 1860, motto, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"No Entertainment so cheap as reading. No pleasure so lasting.\"  OCLC show books with the firm's imprint from around 1865-1871, but variety wholesaling was a major part of their operation--cheap books, stationery and albums, as well as small novelties like a magic comb, watches, and even a \u003c\/span\u003eMorgan \u0026amp; Clapp single-shot pistol. They s\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eold directly to sales agents on a cash basis, rather than commission on sales or subscriptions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe circular heavily promotes \u003cem\u003eMedical Common Sense\u003c\/em\u003e and fountain pen. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[circulars for sales agents]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46420701511830,"sku":"Q2416","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-61_886bf940-3c13-4c84-bcd3-4436168386a0.jpg?v=1781215983","url":"https:\/\/alsobooksbooks.com\/products\/hunter-co-s-special-circular-to-agents-dealers-peddlers-and-all-who-wish-to-make-money","provider":"Haec City \/ Also Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}