Price List of Peltries

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Price List of Peltries

Description

Discusses prices for furs purchased from the Creeks, the proper care of the furs before shipment, and the proper method of packing them for shipment. Asks for a list of goods needed by the Factory.

year created

1799

month created

04

day created

24

sent from location

Philadelphia
Oconee, Georgia

in image

notable person/group

Edward Wright
John Harris
keeper of military stores
factor for the United States
Secretary for the Department of War
James McHenry
Indians
late factor
Mr. Joseph Clay
merchant
Mr. Price

notable location

Oconee
Georgia
Philadelphia
Savannah

notable item/thing

price current
peltries
purchases
rate
expense of transactions
profit
advance
factory goods
price
factory
invoiced
number, weight, and price
beaver
furs
skins
pelt
sale
deer skins
shanks
pates
price per pound
vermin
expense of transportation
account
warm season
skin house
airing and beating
worms
shade
sun
coarser skins
bear
wrapping
strong cords
bale
whiskey
spirits
route
defect
modes of conveyance
dry
free from damp
summer
list of the goods

document number

1799042428001

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) XFU07 (4 pages) Collection: Correspondence (Letters Received, Letters Sent, and Accounts) of the Creek Factory, 1795-1814. (RG75) Chronological
[view document] (3 pages) XFU07a (3 pages) Collection: Correspondence (Letters Received, Letters Sent, and Accounts) of the Creek Factory, 1795-1814. (RG75) Chronological

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Harris Philadelphia [n/a]
Author Edward Wright Oconee, Georgia [n/a]