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Post by Robert Braun on Jun 28, 2002 21:31:49 GMT -5
Invoice of merchandise shipped on the Steam Boat Diana, C. A. Halstead Master, bound for the Upper Missouri River and Consigned to Messr Laidlaw and Lamont for the account and risk of the Upper Missouri Outfit, 1835.
U.M.O. Pierre
4 boxes Y.H. tea
5 loaves ( ? ) sugar
2 boxes shaving soap
4 boxes com soap
1 barrel rice
4 bales oakum
2 barrels water crackers
2 barrels each navy pilot bread [that's hard bread folks!]
1/2 barrels molasses
Keg 50 15 gls
1 hlf barrel mackreal
? bottle pepper sauce
2 boxes raisins
2 boxes cod fish
1 Lexington mustard
2 lb refined borax
1/2 dz. lime juice
2 oz nut megs
2 oz cloves
1/2 dz. ground ginger
1 gal blue grass seed (for a Factor)
7 kegs 6 twist to pound tobacco
2 kegs 2 twist to pound tobacco
1 keg 1 twist to pound tobacco [that's a big twist!]
5 kegs 8 twist to pound tobacco
7 boxes brown Havana sugar
5 sacks Grod Al Salt
1 box cavandish tobacco
10 barrel pork
6 bags coffee
1 barrel bacon hams
40 barrels flour
(Source: http://www.clarkandsons.com)
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Post by Greg Carter on Jun 29, 2002 23:24:44 GMT -5
Bob,
This makes quite the case for good examples of available goods. I think, as a reenactor, that it also makes an excellent reference to some of the provender available to the militia. You agree?
GMC
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Post by Robert Braun on Jun 30, 2002 10:42:59 GMT -5
I agree in part. The inventory provides a clue to the availability of goods to people on the edges of the frontier.
As for food available to the militia, it is my opinion that much/most food came as a result of government issue. Most of this was indexed to the established government allowances.
While we can make a case for a militiaman carrying say his own quid of tobacco, I think we would have a real challenge proving the presence of raisins, codfish, pepper sauce, or Lexington mustard in the wallet of the average militia volunteer in the wilds of the Michigan Territory.
We have a challenge with basic items like coffee!
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Post by Greg Carter on Jun 30, 2002 11:13:45 GMT -5
Bob,
You have a good point. In my posting I should have clarified that I did not mean to include all of the listed items as available for the militia.
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Post by Greg Carter on Jun 30, 2002 11:16:06 GMT -5
Clark & Sons is an interesting site too.
GMC
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Post by Greg Carter on Jul 7, 2002 18:56:08 GMT -5
Just curious- what exactly is a sugar loaf?
GMC
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Post by Cliff Krainik on Jul 7, 2002 20:52:33 GMT -5
All About Sugar The History of Sugar Production "The history of sugar consumption was shaped by cultural preferences, and various forms evolved to satisfy particular regional desires. In the first centuries of European sugar consumption, cane sugar was not an undifferentiated commodity like refined white sugar today. Sugar was sold mostly both by the loaf and the pound, and ranged from dark reddish-brown to white in color." www.floridacrystals.com/products/aboutsugar/ |
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Post by Greg Carter on Jul 7, 2002 21:20:20 GMT -5
Cliff,
Thanks for clearing that up! I do appreciate it.
GMC
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Post by Greg Carter on Jul 7, 2002 21:33:41 GMT -5
Bob,
I found something comparative-
This is a request from a gentleman conducting a fur trading operation in the Washinton/Oregon area, circa November 8th, 1833. The request is for his associate to obtain certain goods in New York and have them shipped by sea south, then up the Mississippi to St. Louis. He clearly states that after purchasing dry goods in New York all other items should be purchased at St. Louis. He is unspecific about many quantities, unfortunately:
Baling for sundries purchased in St. Louis
50 Pack Saddles and 50 Riding do.
Hobbles and Halters for 100 animals
Shoeing for 100 animals
Corn and sundry for horses
saddle blankets
buffalo hides for blankets
pack covers
ammunition
100 animals [he discusses both mules and horses later]
Guns
In an additional letter six months later he further requests the following supplies:
50 Pack Saddles and 50 riding do.
Halters and Hobbles for 65 animals
buffalo hides for blankets
Provisions
Pack covers
Ammunition
Guns
65 animals [again unspecific]
He makes repeated remarks as to the quality and price of horses and mules purchased in St. Louis compared to New York, inferring several times that better horses can be acquired in St. Louis for a better price. I know this is not very specific, but it seemed somewhat comparable.
GMC
source: The Correspondence and Journals of Captain Nathanial J. Wyeth, 1831-6 (1899), reprinted as:
The Journals of Captain Nathaniel J. Wyeth's Expeditions to the Oregon Fur Country, 1831-1836 (1984)
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