This letter dated May 26, 1900 was issued by the American Linseed Oil Company of Cleveland, Ohio, a major participant in the industrial processing of flaxseed products at the turn of the twentieth century.
Linseed oil was an essential industrial commodity during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, widely used in paint production, varnishes, printing inks, and various manufacturing applications. Large processing firms emerged in major industrial cities such as Cleveland to refine flaxseed into linseed oil and byproducts like oil cake used for livestock feed. Corporate correspondence from these firms reflects the expanding network of suppliers, distributors, and commercial clients tied to the rapidly growing American manufacturing economy.
The document features the printed letterhead of the American Linseed Oil Company with the line All Our Products Guaranteed to Be of the Highest Order across the top. Beneath the company name appear product references to linseed oil, oil cake, and meal, along with office and works addresses in Cleveland. The typed letter acknowledges receipt of payment totaling 117.35 toward an earlier invoice, with the communication directed to H. T. Foster and Company in Verlin, New York. Fold lines and period business formatting illustrate the practical structure of early twentieth-century commercial correspondence.
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