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Prices of Goods Sold
to Indians
(c. February 5, 1762)
Croghan, George, Capt. in: B. M., Add.
Mss. 21646, f. 39, D and in Stevens et
all., The Papers of Col. Henry
Bouquet, Series 21646,
1941, p. 26.
p. 26.
(c. February 5, 1761)
CAPT. GEORGE CROGHAN: PRICES OF GOODS SOLD TO INDIANS
[B. M., Add. MSS. 21646, f. 39, D.]
An Account of the Prices of Goods as
agreed upon
to be sold to the Indians at Sanduskee
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Strouds |
4 Bucks |
1 Fall Buck a Buck |
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Match Coats |
3 Bucks |
2 Does a Buck |
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Blanketts |
4 ditto |
2 Spr[ing] Bucks a Buck |
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1 Pint Powder |
1 ditto |
1 large Buck Beaver a Buck |
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4 Bars Lead |
1 ditto |
2 Doe Beavers a Buck |
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1 plain Shirt |
2 ditto |
6 Raccoons a Buck |
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1 Rufled ditto |
4 ditto |
4 Foxes a Buck |
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1 pair Stockings |
1 ditto |
2 Fishers a Buck |
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100 Wampum |
1 ditto |
2 Otters a Buck |
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2 [Cutteaus] |
1 ditto |
3 Summer Bucks for 2 Bucks |
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6 Fathom Gartering |
1 ditto |
3 Summer Does for a Buck |
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2 Fathom Ribbon |
1 ditto |
Parchment &
Drest Leather to |
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1" Vermillion |
6 ditto |
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4 small Knives |
1 ditto |
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1 Fathom Callicoe |
3 ditto |
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1 large flag Handkerchief |
1 Buck 1 Doe |
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1 Fathom Callemanco |
2 Bucks |
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Kittles (Brass) |
from 1 to 10 Bucks |
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Tin Kittles |
from 1 Doe to 3 Bucks |
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Arm Bands |
Half Moons |
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Wrist Bands |
Gorgets |
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hair Plates |
Trinkets |
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These with all other kind of Silver Ware according to Weight & fashion. |
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1 Worsted Cap single |
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1 Doe |
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1 double ditto |
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1 Buck |
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Embossed flannel |
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2 Bucks a fathom |
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Looking Glasses |
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according to their size and Goodness |
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Threads |
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according to their finess |
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[Endorsed in Col. Bouquet's handwriting] Prices fixed by Mr Croghan for Indian Goods at Detroit.
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