Price List of Peltries
Document 1799Discusses 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.
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Type
Letter Signed
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.
Date
04/24/1799
Author
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1799042428001
Notable persons
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 locations
Oconee
Georgia
Philadelphia
Savannah
Notable items
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