Military Stores Invoice of Goods
Document 1799Letter covering an invoice of military stores being shipped to Fort Wilkinson in Georgia for trading with the Southern Indians. The letter discusses the amounts the agents are to charge for the goods.
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[Endorsement: Nov — 1799 / letters from Mr. [undecipherable] Harris / [Keeper Mily Stors?] / [undecipherable] 9th July 1799 [undecipherable] / acknowledges the receipt of [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Washington — / [undecipherable]]
Philada 9th July 1799 —
Mr. Edward Wright.
Sir,
I enclose you Invoices of Goods shipped on board the Schooner Sea Flower [undecipherable] consigned to [undecipherable] Brown [undecipherable] for Savannah — addressed to Mr. Joseph Clay, Agent for the Factory at that place, amounting [undecipherable] to Fifteen thousand three hundred and Seventy four dollars and nineteen 1/2 cents, which I hope will arrive safely to hand. — In shipping the Bales marked U.S. [G?] Factory from [undecipherable], I found them incorrectly numbered, there being duplicates of numbers from 9 to 15, however [undecipherable], a little attention will [undecipherable] set you right as to the prices of the contents. They are all [undecipherable] first apportionment, the price of the [undecipherable] numbered prices, the others can be averaged. [undecipherable] on a minute calculation that the [undecipherable] Factory has from [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] having [undecipherable] part of its capital — of this [undecipherable] consequence [undecipherable] selling
[undecipherable] too low an advance. [undecipherable] This evil must now be remedied, by laying on a higher one. I therefore [undecipherable], on consultation with the Secretary of War, conclude, that after you have averaged the charges on the several packages in proportion to their value, that an advance from 50 to [undecipherable] p[er] C[en]t will not be too little to insure the [undecipherable] unimpaired during the contingencies arising to the establishment. Viz — on all the woolen & linen of every description, 50 p[er] C[en]t ought to be [undecipherable] advance. On [undecipherable] species of Goods — the advance ought to be 62 1/2 p[er] C[en]t on all hard wares & Cutlery — the advance should be 75 p[er] C[en]t at least. However [undecipherable], you will be able to form a better Judgment of what advance the several [undecipherable] Goods will [undecipherable] bear when you are made acquainted with the demand. [undecipherable] the true current [undecipherable] In fine [undecipherable], Economy is the object, as far as [undecipherable] consistent with the interest of the establishment. I recommend [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] when Goods are [undecipherable] to carry them to
the Indians themselves — a much higher advance ought to be laid on. — Mr. Joseph Clay, [undecipherable] Savannah is appointed the Agent to receive, pack & forward the [undecipherable] Goods &c belonging to the Factory. — Should you sell Goods for cash, or furnish [undecipherable] any for any other department besides the Indian trade, it will be best to remit Bills drawn in [undecipherable] favor, and by you endorsed immediately to me, for negotiation — via the War Office, with a duplicate of every such Letter enclosing a Bill, to the Secretary of War. —
For further information I refer you to my [undecipherable] Official Letter to Mr. [undecipherable] of the 10th ultimo — [undecipherable] has in a measure anticipated the List of Goods wanting for the use of the Factory, and I hope the [undecipherable] will be found satisfactory. — I am [undecipherable].
your most Obedt Sert.
[undecipherable] Harris
Keeper Mily Stor[es]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter covering an invoice of military stores being shipped to Fort Wilkinson in Georgia for trading with the Southern Indians. The letter discusses the amounts the agents are to charge for the goods.
Date
07/09/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Wilkinson, Georgia
Document number
1799070928001
Notable persons
Edward Wright
factor
John Harris
Keeper of military stores
David Man
master
Mr. Joseph Clay
agent
Secretary of War
Indians
Mr. Price
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort Wilkinson
Georgia
Savannah
Georgia Factory
London
War Office
Notable items
invoice of goods
schooner Sea Flower
factory
charges
shipping
bales
duplicates of numbers
prices
contents
consultation
value
behind hand
capital
selling at advance
charges
advance
pay
contingencies
woolen
linen
calicoes
hand wares
cutlery
goods
packs
economy
cash
department
Indian trade
bill
negotiation
duplicate
shipment
list of goods wanted
military stores

