Order for Whiskey from William McFarland to Orange Johnson

Description

This is an order from William McFarland to Orange Johnson for one gallon of whiskey.

Orange Johnson (b. February 7, 1790 - d. November 28, 1876), was a comb maker by trade from Connecticut. Johnson migrated to Ohio in 1814, attracted to the Worthington Manufacturing Company, friends and family.

Nothing else is known about William McFarland.

Basic details

Order for Whiskey from William McFarland to Orange Johnson is a manuscript, with genre letter and correspondence.

The language is English.

Its dimensions are 7.75 in. x 3.13 in.

It was created August 25, 1824.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

Orange Johnson is the addressee.

William McFarland is the author.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Subjects

It features the person Orange Johnson.

It covers the topics Orange Johnson House and history.

It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs0991.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 2012.0005.84.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on May 30, 2017. It was last updated November 5, 2025.

Copyright

No Copyright - United States

Order for Whiskey from William McFarland to Orange Johnson from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Order for Whiskey from William McFarland to Orange Johnson. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.