An invoice of goods used for trade with Indians
Document 1792A return of merchandise forwarded from Philadelphia by Colonel Clement Biddle for Indian purposes.
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Return of Merchandize forwarded from Philadelphia by Colonel Clement Biddle for Indian purposes, and now in charge of the Quarter master general at Fort Washington
[undecipherable: probable reading 18th Oct: 1790]
48 peices blue Strouding
4 peices black ditto
3 peices dark Col'd broad cloth
3[undecipherable] Scarlet ditto
24 yards blue Strouding
10 ¾ yards dark col'd broad cloth
186 ruffle Shirts
53 coats for Indian chiefs
50 hatts for ditto
134 ½ yards [undecipherable: probable reading Linsey]
1 Box pipes
12 oz Vermillion
3650 black wampum
1600 white ditto
20 dozen knives
20 dozen Scissors
72 Brass kettles
98 Corn hoes
4 Gross quality binding
20 pieces Linnen
30 pieces Calicoes
50 pieces ribbon
10[undecipherable] oz fine Thread
2000 common needles (assorted)
13 pieces 3 Point blankets
5 ..... 3 ..... d°. d°. looser
10 ..... 2½ ..... d°. d°. d°
4 ..... 2 ..... d°. d°. d°
4 ..... 1½ ..... d°. d°. d°
4 ..... 1 ..... d°. d°. d°
22 ½° Point blankets in bales
1 d°. duffled ditto d°
52 blankets in a bale
17½ yards red Strouding
496 lb Cut Tobacco
Additional Indian Goods received from Major General St Clair being the remains of those forwarded to him Some time ago
193 Linen Shirts
92 Calicoe ditto,
140 old hats.
21 old bridles
28 hatchets
10 rifle gun locks
5 Powder horns
1 bundle gartening
1 y°. cloth for breech Clouts
1 y°. black & blue flannel
62 Small blankets
7 largss ditto [much torn]
190 flints
4 oz black wampum
4 oz. nuns thread
4 oz Sewing Silk
18 yards blue half thirde
43 yards white ditto
10 yards Scarlet broad cloth
1 y°. red Strouding
10 yards ditto
2 y°. quality binding
5 Cutteau knives
11½ dozen Combs
26⅓ dozen Small looking glasses
21 Steels.
1 ½ y°d blue Strouding
(Signed)
Samt Hodgdon
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Copy —
[undecipherable: probable reading W. Dillsaggohm]
[undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
A return of merchandise forwarded from Philadelphia by Colonel Clement Biddle for Indian purposes.
Date
02/10/1792
Author
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1792021028001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Clement Biddle
John Stagg
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort Washington

