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Esterbrook # 606 Ledger


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Description in the 1883 Esterbrook Catalog

"#606 The Ledger Pen – Bronze – Much liked by bookkeepers. A fine elastic pen.

#606 GP The Ledger Pen – Gold – Same as above. Gold plated

#606, TC The Ledger Pen – Black – Same as above. Tar coated"

Description in Esterbrook Pens and What They Will Do

"Bronze, Tar-coated, gold-plated. Fine point. A good pen for accountants."
 


Reference:  The existence of this pen is confirmed or surmised by the following:

Listed in the Illustrated Price List of the Esterbrook Steel Pen Company, January 1, 1876; archives of Hadley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware;  contributed by Andrew Midkiff

Listed  in the Trade Price List of the Esterbrook Steel Pen Company (The American Stationer, September 4, 1879) (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff)

Listed in the Cameron Amberg & Co Stationery Catalog #85, Chicago, May 1918, p 67 & 68. (Contributed by Andrew Midkiff)

Listed in the 1883 Esterbrook Catalog

Listed in Esterbrook Pens and What They Will Do



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