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An Abridgment
of the Indian Affairs
(September 2, 1725)
Wraxall, Peter in: Harvard Historical
Studies, vol. XXI, pp. 159-160.
. . . The 2d September 1725. The Commissrs write the Govr the most exact List they could obtain of the Quantity of Bever & Furs wch have been brought to Albany by the Traders with the Far or Western Indians this last Spring and Sum- (page 160) mer.1 by wch List it appears. That- 52 Cannoes & near 100 Persons had been employed in Trade with the farr Indians many of wch Persons had made Two Trips & that above 788 Bundles of Skins had been brought to Albany. Besides wch the Commissrs say they are informed 43 Cannoes with farr Indians who by computation have brought 200 Bundles of Bever & Furs to Albany & Schenectady this last Summer.
And that from Canada has only come to Albany to
the above date of their Letter 176 Bundles of Bever & Deer Skins. . .
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1. The list is detailed, giving the names of individual traders and the number of skins obtained by each.- Ed.
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