Plans to Build a Fur Processing Factory
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Plans to Build a Fur Processing Factory
Description
Finished quality of fur products sold by Indians of inferior quality, proposal to build factory for processing furs.
year created
1798
month created
05
day created
15
author
sent from location
Fort Wilkinson
recipient
in collection
notable person/group
James McHenry
Edward Price
Indians
Indian Nation
Indian Territory
Native American
notable location
Fort Wilkinson
factory
notable item/thing
furs
hats
factory
manufactory
port
quality
workman
notable idea/issue
manufacturing fur
remit to Philadelphia
notable phrase
Agreeable to the recommendations of Colonel Hawkins I take the liberty of recommending the selling of a hat manufactory at this port we have frequently refuse fur from the Indians of inferior quality damaged
informed is a good workman
in the Indian territory the factory might be supplied
inimical to the Indians
document number
1798051540001
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (5 pages) | XFT17 (5 pages) | Collection: Correspondence (Letters Received, Letters Sent, and Accounts) of the Creek Factory, 1795-1814. (RG75) | Chronological |
| [view document] (2 pages) | XFT17a (2 pages) | Collection: Correspondence (Letters Received, Letters Sent, and Accounts) of the Creek Factory, 1795-1814. (RG75) | Chronological |
| [view document] (0 pages) | XFQ12 (0 pages) | Collection: Letters Sent by the Creek Factory (Letterbook of the Creek Trading House), 1795-1816. (RG75) (M4) | P: 134-135 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Edward Price | Fort Wilkinson | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |