Goods to be Purchased for the Choctaws & Other Tribes
Document 1800Orders from the War Department to purchase goods to the value of one thousand dollars to be sent as a present to the Choctaw Nation of Indians with the same for the Wyandots and Delawares. To be purchased are the designated goods suitable for the annuities for the listed tribes of Indians for the year 1800.
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Orders from the War Department
May 20th 1800. Ordered by letter to purchase goods to the Value of One Thousand dollars to be sent as a present to the Choctaw Nation of Indians (same as Wyandots & Delawares) —
20th Ordered by letter to purchase the following List of Goods suitable for the Annuities for the undermentioned Indians for the year One Thousand eight hundred —
Wyandots and Delawares, each as follows.
6 pieces . . . 2¾ point Blankets 20 Blankets each . . . 180
5 pieces . . . 3 point ditto . . . . th 4£ each . . . 96
200 th Small Brass Kettles . . . . . . . . . . 100
300 th Rifle powder . . . . . . . . . . . 34
India battrees to the amount of eighty dollars . . . . 80
Flannels to the Amount of forty dollars . . . . . 40
Coarse threads 10:10 half colored, and half white to amount of 10
One Thousand white Chapel Needles No 2 1 3 . . . 2
Coarse Straking bay mamoodas or Garralas to the amount of . 40
Munsees
3 pieces . . . 3 point Blankets 18 Blankets in each . . . 96
200 th Small Brass Kettles . . . . . . . . . . 100
300 th . . . Rifle powder . . . . . . . . . 34
India battrees to the Amount of eighty dollars . . . . 80
Flannels to the Amount of Forty dollars . . . . . 40
Coarse threads 10:10 half colored, half white to amount of 10
One Thousand white Chapel Needles No 2 1 3 . . . 2
Coarse Straking bay mamoodas or Garralas to the amount of . 60
Chippewas
Sixty one . . 2¾ point Blankets . . . . . . . 91.50
3 pieces . . 3 point Blankets . . . . . . . . 96
200 th . . Small Brass Kettles . . . . . . . . 100
300 th . . . Rifle powder . . . . . . . . . 34
India battrees to the amount of Eighty [undecipherable] . . 80
Flannels to the amount of forty dollars . . . . . 40
Coarse threads 10:10 half colored half white to amount of . 10
One thousand white half Chapel Needles . . . . . 2
Coarse straking bay mamoodas or Garralas to amount of . . 60
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Orders from the War Department to purchase goods to the value of one thousand dollars to be sent as a present to the Choctaw Nation of Indians with the same for the Wyandots and Delawares. To be purchased are the designated goods suitable for the annuities for the listed tribes of Indians for the year 1800.
Date
05/20/1800
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1800052090001
Page start
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Notable persons
John Harris
Indians
Choctaw
Wyandot
Delaware
Cherokee
Ottawas
Chippewas
Ottawa
Cherokees
Notable items
annuities
gifts
dollars
goods
brass
kettles
rifle
powder
blanket
brittania
cloth
gum arab

