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R. Boehmer & Co.: letter book.
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1 v.
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R. Boehmer & Co. was a fuel business in Berlin (now Kitchener, Ontario) founded by Reinhardt Boehmer, who originally began selling limestone to the building trades in 1875 and later sold coal, wood, and other fuels and equipment. The Boehmer family remained in ownership of the company until 1965. In 1973 the business was sold to the St. Lawrence Cement Co.
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This letter book contains copies of business letters from R. Boehmer & Co. dating from 1900-1908, with 824 leaves filled in. Some pages contain more than one letter. The correspondence deals primarily with orders for coal.
Insertions: several pieces of ephemera are present, including a blank bank draft from Merchant's Bank of Canada, Berlin, some ms. draft advertisements, notes, and a statement April 4, 1916.