Instructions for the New Factor at Fort Wilkinson
Document 1799McHenry's instructions to Wright, the new factor of the Indian Trading House near Fort Wilkinson on the Oconee River. It includes matters such as setting prices and accepting credit.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
McHenry's instructions to Wright, the new factor of the Indian Trading House near Fort Wilkinson on the Oconee River. It includes matters such as setting prices and accepting credit.
Date
03/27/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Repository
Document number
1799032700255
Page start
31
Notable persons
Edward Wright
James McHenry
President of the United States
Edward Price
factor
Lieutenant Colonel Gaither
magistrate
Indians
traders
John Harris
storekeeper
Department of War
commanding officer
guards
Creek Nation
Superintendent of Indian Affairs
surgeon
Price
Notable locations
War Department
Indian Store
Fort Wilkinson
Philadelphia
Savannah
frontiers
Georgia
Notable items
appointment
books
papers
goods
effects
property
factory
inventory
prices
public sale
money
peltry
returns
credit
supplies
Indian trade
hospital stores
returns
public stores
rum
forms
cattle
agriculture
grain
hoses
beef
trading house
Indian goods
oath
public expense