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From American Fur Co. Papers. Vol. Y, Z. Missouri Historical Society

Invoice of Sundry Merchandise furnished Rocky Mountain Outfit 1837 under charge of Fontenelle, Fitzpatrick & Co.

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date     qty     units  description                       price   Sterling      New York   Fixed

1/15/1837     1/2Gro    Roller Buckles for Harness          $1.25                   $0.105
1/15/1837   1           Dressed Elk Skin                    $1.00                                  1.00
2/10/1837  32    prs    3 pt White Blankets               20/       32
  "        18      "    3 pt White Blankets                 $8.00                 $144.000
  "        15      "    3 pt Scarlet Blankets               $8.00                 $120.000
  "        15      "    3 pt. Green Blankets              22/       16  10
  "        10      "    3 pt. Blue Blankets                 $7.00                  $70.000
  "        20      "    2 1/2 pt. White Blankets            $5.00                 $100.000
  "         8 1/2  "    2 pt. White Blankets              13/6       5  14    9
  "        10      "    1 pt White Blanket                7/6        3  15    0
  "         2    ps     Scarlet Cloth 41 yds              5/2       10  11   10
  "         5      "    Scarlet Cloth  94 1/2 yds.        4/        18  18
  "         1           Saved List Green Cloth 21 yds     5/         5   5
  "         8           "     "     Blue " 158 yds        3/6       27  13
  "         2           Grey "  "   "  42 3/4 yds           $1.44                  $61.460
  "         4           Super fine blue "  26 3/4 yds     7/10      10   5  7.5
  "         2           Scarlet Flannel   104 yds           $0.35                  $36.400
  "         1           Dark blue Sattinett 34 yds           82.5                  $29.050
  "         1           Dark Steel Mix --- 24 1/2 yds       $0.65                  $15.925
  "         2           French Calico  56 1/2 yds           $0.35                  $19.775
  "         2           Scarlet  Calico     54 1/2          $0.28                  $15.260
  "         2           Fancy Calico 19 3/4                $0.205                   $4.050
  "         4           Fancy Calico   31  yds              $0.20                   $6.200
  "         4           Fancy Calico  32 1/4 yds            $0.23                   $7.420
  "         4           Fancy Calico     81 1/2 yds         $0.21                  $17.110
  "         2           Fancy Calico    65 yds             $0.225                  $14.620
  "         2           Blk Silk Hdkfs                     $10.00                  $20.000
  "         3           Bandannas                           $5.50                  $16.500
  "         1           Pongie     "                        $5.50                   $5.500
  "         1    dz     Red Cotton Hdkf   1  7/12           $2.00                   $3.170
  "         1    dz     Red Cotton Hdkf   1 1/6             $3.00                   $3.500
  "         1    dz     Blue Cotton Hdkf  11/12             $2.25                   $2.060
  "         1    dz     Turkey Red Hdkf  1                  $3.50                   $3.500
  "         2           French Chintz Shawls  1 dz          $6.50                   $6.500
  "         2           Fancy  do  "  30 shawls             $0.30                   $9.000
  "       200           Fancy Calico Shirts                1.1250                                225.00
  "       200           Red Flannel Shirts                   1.50                                300.00
  "       100    prs    Sattinett Pantaloons                $2.50                 $250.000
  "         5    prs    Sattinett Pantaloons                $3.50                  $17.500
  "        25           Duck Trousers                       $0.70                  $17.500
  
                        CARRY FORWARD                              130  13  2.5 $1,016.105       526.00
  
" 30 Blue Blanket Capots 8.00 240.00 " 41 Green Blanket Capots $7.00 $287.000 " 6 dz Woolen Half Hose $3.25 $19.500 " 2 dz Black wool hats $7.50 $15.000 " 1 1/4dz White wool hats $9.00 $11.250 " 1 ps Scarlet Melton[?] 60/8 3 8 " 1 " White " 54/6 2 14 6 " 2 " Cotton Check 73 3/4 yds $0.15 $11.060 " 50 papers Hawk Bells $0.375 $18.750 " 7 doz Crambo Combs $0.56 $3.920 " 3 doz Crambo Combs $0.25 $0.750 " 2 Fine Ivory Tooth Combs $1.25 $2.500 " 10 Paper Covered Looking Glass $0.25 $2.500 " 10 lb all Colours Thread 2/2 1 1 8 " 100 " White Pound Beads $0.35 $35.000 " 25 " Blue Pound Beads $0.35 $8.750 " 25 " Black Pound Beads $0.30 $7.500 " 15 " Assorted Colors Pound Beads $0.30 $4.500 " 11 1/2" Carnelian fine Beads $1.00 $11.500 " 100 doz Snake Beads 3/4 60 blue green 40 $0.20 $20.000 " 190 doz assorted color cut glass beads $0.25 $47.500 " 10 BunchesMock Garnets $0.60 $6.000 " 48 " Sead Beads $0.25 $12.000 " 5 Gro. Indian Awls 3/3 16 3 " 2 " Gun Worms 1/11 3 10 " 3 " Orange Coat Buttons $1.625 $4.880 " 2 doz Shop Scissors $2.00 $4.000 " 1 doz Woman's Scissors $1.75 $1.750 " 84 doz W. Scalping Knives 4/10 20 6 " 17 doz Wilson's Butcher Knives 3/10 3 5 2 " 10 doz W. Cartouche knives 3/2 1 11 8 " 6 doz W. Cartouche knives $1.375 $8.250 " 6 doz Green Bone hand'l knives 5/7 1 13 6 " 1 doz Handsaw Files $1.06 $1.060 " 1 doz Cross Cut Saw Files $1.13 $1.130 " 1 doz 8 in half round files $1.50 $1.500 " 1 doz 6 in flat files $1.13 $1.130 " 1/2doz 12 in half round files $3.50 $1.750 " 2 m Gun Flints 8/4 16 8 " 3 m Rifle Flints 8/ 1 4 " 1/2doz Goggles $7.00 $3.500 " 400 Fish Hooks $0.50 $2.000 " 3 Bundles Lines $0.25 $0.750 CARRY FORWARD 162 110 53.5 $1,572.785
2/11/1837 2 cards spurs 1.75 & 2.75 $4.500 1/2ream Fool's Cap Paper 5.50 2.75 50 Best Quills $1.00 $0.500 1/6doz Blk Ink Powder $1.00 $0.170 50 @ Vermillion 1.08 $54.000 1 doz Red Cock feathers 2.50 $2.500 66 half axes 0.75 49.5 25 Tomahawks 0.375 9.38 15 Am. do. $0.75 $11.250 6 Felling Axes $1.50 $9.000 36 N. W. Guns best quality $4.50 $162.000 5 Am. Rifles steel mounted 19 $95.000 10 Hawkens Rifles 24 $240.000 1504 @ Small bar lead 0.07 105.28 1000 " Powder 0.29 290 1350 @ Plug Tobacco 0.125 168.75 620 " small finest tobacco 0.125 77.5 525 @ Coffee 0.1575 82.68 1500 " Brown Havanna Sugar 0.125 187.5 25 " Black Pepper 0.12 3 4 boxes Raisins 4 16 1 barrel Dry'd Apples 4.5 4.5 1 " " Peaches 3 bush 3 9 150 @ Rice 0.06 9 2 barrelsSuper fine Flour 9.5 19 2 1/2doz Bed Cords 1.75 4.38 5 ps Riband No 4 0.6 $3.000 4 " " No 3 0.4 $1.600 2 Blank Books 0.375 $0.750 1 " 0.25 $0.250 2 Bank Books 0.25 $0.500 6 nests sheet iron Kettles 185 1/2 g 0.28 51.94 4 " Tin Kettles 7 28 6 Sheet Iron kettles 46 0.28 12.88 3 Tin kettles 2.25 6.75 3 doz Tin cups 0.56 1.69 4 doz Assorted sizes Tin pans 2.5 10 Drayage of tin & sheet iron 0.25 5 doz Com. Snaffle Bridles 6.5 32.5 4 1/6doz Stirrup Leather 5 20.83 8 1/3doz Leather Sursingle 7.5 62.5 15 Leather Powder Bags 3 45 50 prs Horse shoes 0.7 35 CARRY FORWARD $585.020 1345.56
2/10/1837 50 prs Mule Shoes 0.7 $35.000 20 prs Rings for Cart Harness 1 $20.000 20 " Iron Pins for Cart Harness fiting 0.75 $15.000 1 doz Manilla Bed Cords 2 $2.000 1 Blank Book for men's acct 0.5 $0.500 1 1/2 Sturgem Twine 0.43 $0.640 1600 Horse shoe nails 13p 0.35 $4.550 25 Saddles for cart harness 2 $50.000 6 Indian Skin Lodges for Baling 6 $36.000 20 Parfleches 0.5 $10.000 16 Horse Carts Complete 34.3 $548.800 8 Boxes Y. H. Tea 6 lbs ea 0.65 $31.200 321 Gal Alcohol 1.25 401.25 32 10 Gall Kegs Iron Bound 2.5 80 10 prs 3 pt White Blankets 19/4 9 13 4 1 Box Best Cavendish Tobacco 161p 0.45 72.45 1/2doz Felling Axes 19 $9.500 0 doz Carpenters Hatchets 6 $0.500 1/6doz Drawing knives 8.5 $1.410 1/3doz Grubbing Hoes 14 $4.670 0 doz Hand Saw 13.5 $1.130 1/2doz Spades 11.5 $5.750 1 coil Manilla Cordage 100 p 0.16 $16.000 5 @ harness[?] nails 0.16 0.8 3 sides Harness Leather 32 p 0.3 9.6 20 pr Harness for collars per doz 8 13.33 1 doz Horse Collars 12 12 1 1/2doz Blind Bridles 12 18 1 gro 2" Roller Buckles 2.5 2.5 Box for packing 1.5 The following for Laramie ----------viz 4/11/1837 10 pr 3 pt White Blankets 19/4 9 13 4 5 pr 3 pt Green Blankets 22/ 5 10 5 pr 3 pt Scarlet Blankets 8 $40.000 10 pr 2 1/2 pt White Blankets 13/6 6 15 5 pr 2 pt White Blankets 8/10 2 4 2 2 pcs Saved Lint Blue Cloth 34 3/4 yds 3/8 6 7 5 2 " Scarlet saved lint Cloth 39 yds 1.67 $65.130 2 Salompin [?] 33 3/4 yds 0.24 $8.100 1 Fancy Calico 30 1/2 yds 0.125 $3.810 1 Red Ground Calico 30 0.22 $6.600 1 White " " 34 3/4yds 0.2 $6.950 1 Blue " " 30 1/2yds 0.13 $3.960 1 Blk Silk Hdkfs 10 $10.000 FORWARD 37 62 15 $215.850 1332.78
4/11/1837 1 ps Turkey Red Hdkfs 1 doz 3 $3.000 1 Blue hdkfs 1 doz 1.5 $1.500 1 Red Flannel 48 yds 0.33 $15.840 1 Check " 36 yds 0.14 $5.040 1 Red Plaid Domestick 43 0.17 $7.310 10 Blanket Capots 6.75 $67.500 20 Red Flannel Shirts 1.5 30 20 Cotton Check " 0.875 17.5 20 Plaid Domestick " 0.875 17.5 20 Calico ---- " 1.125 22.5 12 doz Scalping Knives 4/10 2 18 3 " Wilson Butcher " 4/11 14 9 6 " Cartouche " 3/ 18 1/2m Rifle Flints 8/ 4 40 doz Cut Glass Beads 0.25 $10.000 15 BunchesWhite Barley Beads 0.75 $11.250 20 @ Blue Pound Beads 0.35 $7.000 20 " Chalk White " " $7.000 10 " Vermillion 1.1 $11.000 16 prs Satinette pantaloons 2.5 $40.000 4 prs Super " " 3 $12.000 1 Doz Red Cock Feathers 2.5 $2.500 1 Bag Coffee 164 @ 0.155 25.42 1 Box Brown Havanna Sugar 414@ 0.125 51.75 300 " Good Tobacco 0.125 37.5 75 1/2Galls. Alcohol 1.55 117.03 12 N W Guns 4.5 $54.000 6 @ Young Hyson Tea 0.65 $3.900 2 @ All Colored Thread 34371 5 1 box 250@ small bar lead 0.7 175 2 Kegs 100@ Dupont Gun Powder 0.29 29 1 Lodge for Packing 6 6 for the Rocky Mountains 1 Barrel Tar 6 6 5/6doz Tin Pans 4 3.33 2 Hammers for shoeing horses 0.5 1 212 17 5.5 2632.49 3903.71 Advance on Sterling [?] 212 17 5.5 L125 14 11 or 1892.2 Advance in New York Goods 20% $526.490 3131.98 Advance on$3803.71 fixed goods 10 % 380.37 April 19 1837 9235.26 Amount Carried Forward
1 Cloth Tent fix 16 The following Articles furnished at Kansas Post ------viz-------- 4/1/1837 493 Bacon 49.30 - 15 Bushl Corn Meal 7.50 fix $50.800 Nails & Gimbles .37 2 Powder 15 Shot .63 $2.000 1 doz Spoons - 1 Skillet 1.25 1 Bowl .50 $2.250 4 Bushels Corn 1.00 20# Salt .60 1 Sifter 1.25 $2.850 4/13/1837 6 Sursingles 4.50 4# Shot .50 1 lb Powder .50 $5.500 Paid Guide $2 Ferriage $2 Provisions 3.25 $7.250 4/21/1837 20 lb Bacon $4 - 2 Bush Meal $1 14 whip 8$ $13.000 1 Bbl Pork $15 1 Skillet $1.25 F?? $1.25 $17.500 4/24/1837 1# Biscuits $7- 6 Bush Corn- $1.50 $8.500 4/25/1837 11# Bacon $1.10 Corn Meal .25 $1.350 Paid for Trap? Chains $9.75 3 Bush Corn .75 $10.500 1 Pr Stirrups .50 1 Sirsingle .75 Ferriage $2 $3.250 4/29/1837 Paid Guide to go to Geraud $6.000 Paid for Ferriage $1.250 4/30/1837 Paid for Do. Lariere & Co. HC $1.250 Provisions for Hands going to Geraud $1.750 5/5/1837 20 Bed Cords $5- 14 Whip Lashes 3.50 $8.500 2 1/2# Thread $3.75 6 Yds. Linen 1.20 $4.950 1 Chisel 25 169 Yds Bed Tick 33.80 $34.500 5/12/1837 2 Horse Collars $4.50 2# Salt .75 $5.250 Paid for Powder Horns $8.000 1 Iron Saddle $1 1 Bl Bridle 1.75 $2.750 1 Bay $5.25 - 1 Dress Skin .50 1 kettle $2 $7.750 1 Saddle $6.00 - 10 Bushl meal $5 2 Augrers .50 $11.500 Paid Philibert for Smith work $12.000 Sundries to men including advances to Oliver ?? Sent Drips $618.920 1 Sack Screw? $8.000 Paid a guide for going to the Kansas Agency with Cark[?] $11.000 5/14/1837 Paid Hands for Driving Surplus Mules from Kansas to Shawnees $6.000 1200 lbs Bacon $120 22 Bush Meal $11 $131.000 10 Bush Corn 2.50 8 Bed Cords 2.00 $4.500 Paid for hauling carts over State Line $16.000 Paid for Harness Leather $11.750 Paid for Horse Collars $9.000 34 Sheep $18 = 1 otter $15 = 15 Deer Skins 2.25 $35.250 5/25/1837 Advances to men at Kansas Trading house ?? sent -- $12.750 Paid Warren for Smith Work $15.750 1175.67 FORWARD $10,426.930