"Sacred
to the memory of
the Hon. Pliny Hillyer*
who died May 11th 1826
aged 77 years"
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*Pliny was born 12 May 1748 Simsbury, son of Captain James and Mary Eno (Humphrey) Hiller.
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*The first general merchandise store in Granby Center was probably owned by Pliny Hillyer in the 1770s. By the 1790s Hillyer took Jeptha Curtiss as his partner in running the store and they together did an astonishing volume of business in a wide range of goods. As well as being licensed "spirits" dealers, they sold glass, wool cards, silverware, hats, gloves, clothe, buttons, kitchen utensils and gadgets, sheet lead, china tea sets, chamber pots, wine glasses, "Irish linen," tools, hardware, coffee, tea, spices, tobacco and to service Granby's boom, nails by the cask. To acquire these items, they sent agent to Hartford, Boston and New York, carrying wagon loads of rye, corn, wool, cider brandy, beef, pork and cheese which local farmers brought to them in exchange for their new standard of living.
From Hillyer's papers it is also apparent he acted as a pawn broker, loaning out money and holding as collateral such things as a saddle for $9.86. Furthermore, his store seems to have served as a local clearing house for IOUs farmers passed among each other in place of currency.
(Source: The History of General Stores in Granby, Ken Kuhl)
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to the memory of
the Hon. Pliny Hillyer*
who died May 11th 1826
aged 77 years"
______________________________________
*Pliny was born 12 May 1748 Simsbury, son of Captain James and Mary Eno (Humphrey) Hiller.
______________________________________
*The first general merchandise store in Granby Center was probably owned by Pliny Hillyer in the 1770s. By the 1790s Hillyer took Jeptha Curtiss as his partner in running the store and they together did an astonishing volume of business in a wide range of goods. As well as being licensed "spirits" dealers, they sold glass, wool cards, silverware, hats, gloves, clothe, buttons, kitchen utensils and gadgets, sheet lead, china tea sets, chamber pots, wine glasses, "Irish linen," tools, hardware, coffee, tea, spices, tobacco and to service Granby's boom, nails by the cask. To acquire these items, they sent agent to Hartford, Boston and New York, carrying wagon loads of rye, corn, wool, cider brandy, beef, pork and cheese which local farmers brought to them in exchange for their new standard of living.
From Hillyer's papers it is also apparent he acted as a pawn broker, loaning out money and holding as collateral such things as a saddle for $9.86. Furthermore, his store seems to have served as a local clearing house for IOUs farmers passed among each other in place of currency.
(Source: The History of General Stores in Granby, Ken Kuhl)
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"Sacred
to the memory of
the Hon. Pliny Hillyer*
who died May 11th 1826
aged 77 years"
______________________________________
*Pliny was born 12 May 1748 Simsbury, son of Captain James and Mary Eno (Humphrey) Hiller.
______________________________________
*The first general merchandise store in Granby Center was probably owned by Pliny Hillyer in the 1770s. By the 1790s Hillyer took Jeptha Curtiss as his partner in running the store and they together did an astonishing volume of business in a wide range of goods. As well as being licensed "spirits" dealers, they sold glass, wool cards, silverware, hats, gloves, clothe, buttons, kitchen utensils and gadgets, sheet lead, china tea sets, chamber pots, wine glasses, "Irish linen," tools, hardware, coffee, tea, spices, tobacco and to service Granby's boom, nails by the cask. To acquire these items, they sent agent to Hartford, Boston and New York, carrying wagon loads of rye, corn, wool, cider brandy, beef, pork and cheese which local farmers brought to them in exchange for their new standard of living.
From Hillyer's papers it is also apparent he acted as a pawn broker, loaning out money and holding as collateral such things as a saddle for $9.86. Furthermore, his store seems to have served as a local clearing house for IOUs farmers passed among each other in place of currency.
(Source: The History of General Stores in Granby, Ken Kuhl)
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to the memory of
the Hon. Pliny Hillyer*
who died May 11th 1826
aged 77 years"
______________________________________
*Pliny was born 12 May 1748 Simsbury, son of Captain James and Mary Eno (Humphrey) Hiller.
______________________________________
*The first general merchandise store in Granby Center was probably owned by Pliny Hillyer in the 1770s. By the 1790s Hillyer took Jeptha Curtiss as his partner in running the store and they together did an astonishing volume of business in a wide range of goods. As well as being licensed "spirits" dealers, they sold glass, wool cards, silverware, hats, gloves, clothe, buttons, kitchen utensils and gadgets, sheet lead, china tea sets, chamber pots, wine glasses, "Irish linen," tools, hardware, coffee, tea, spices, tobacco and to service Granby's boom, nails by the cask. To acquire these items, they sent agent to Hartford, Boston and New York, carrying wagon loads of rye, corn, wool, cider brandy, beef, pork and cheese which local farmers brought to them in exchange for their new standard of living.
From Hillyer's papers it is also apparent he acted as a pawn broker, loaning out money and holding as collateral such things as a saddle for $9.86. Furthermore, his store seems to have served as a local clearing house for IOUs farmers passed among each other in place of currency.
(Source: The History of General Stores in Granby, Ken Kuhl)
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