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From: Papers of the St. Louis Fur Trade, Reel 7 Vol. Y, p. 86, from American Fur Company Ledger Books, Chouteau Family Collection, Missouri Historical Society, St Louis, MO.
(Extended pricing data omitted)


Invoice of merchandise shipped on board S.B. Diana C.M. Halstead Master bound for the upper Missouri River and consigned for account and risk of upper Missouri outfit 1835 under mark in the margin

-Viz-

U.M.O. Union

30 pair/3 pt Sky Blue blankets
30 pair/3 pt Hudson Bay blankets
30 pair/3 pt Green blankets
148 pair/3 pt white blankets
5 pair/2 1/2 pt white blankets
1 pair/2 1/2 pt white blankets
64 pair/2 1/2 pt white blankets
50 pair/l 1/2 pt white blankets
50 pair/l pt white blankets
10 ps saved list indigo blue cloth
5 ps blk list scarlet cloth
3 ps saved list green cloth
5 ps bleached shirting
2 ps sheeting
4 ps sheeting
5 blue cotton bandanas
60 scarlet cloth chiefs coats
3 bottle green frock coats
3 olive green frock coats
200 red flannel shirts
12 Marsailles vests
170 fancy calico shirts
100 dom cotton shirts
100 cotton check shirts
3 dz mens woolen caps
12 pr. Kip shoes
4 dz white wool hats
12 1/2 dz red cock feathers
5 1/2 @ silver and gold fringe
60 @ lace
10 setts large wampum moons
3 setts large wampum moons
7 setts small wampum moons
571 hair pipes 3001 inches
1 ream cap paper
1 ream letter paper
12/1 1/2 quire leather back blank books
1 C Quills
1 dz lead pencils
20 @ small rough horse bells
150 @ large rough horse bells
5 Gro yellow bullet buttons
12 Gro gun worms
20 Gro Indian Awls
1 dz best pad locks
50 dz Bright oval fire steels
3 dz iron tablespoons
3 dz iron teaspoons
3 screw plates
24 bunches black barly corn heads
25 bunches red barly corn heads
1115 1/2 lb blue pound beads
758 lb chalk white beads
80 lb black white beads
205 lb yellow - 285 pound
256 lb ruby white beads
150 lb deep blue pound beads in bunches of 2 lb each
358 lb black pound beads
100 N.W. guns 30 to 42 inches
2 pr Octagon Brass barrel pistols
10 pr plain iron barrel pistols
1 pr super twist barrel pistols
50 battle axes
20 gro hunters clay pipes
12 dz patent blk ears ea B
2 packs tinned rivets 1"
2 packs tinned rivets 1 1/2"
1 pack tinned rivets 2"
2 copper soldering irons
25 @ tin ( ? ) best solder
2 @ refined borax
567 lb iron wire
10 boxes tin plates 1 C
2 boxes tin plates 1 X
1 box tin plates DX
10 nests sheet iron kettles
12 sheet iron kettles
79 S Green Coffee
107 Loaf Sugar
15 Cathy boxes Y. H Tea
32 @ Verdigris
1 Frail [?] 32@ Raisins
1 hlf. Basket Sweet oil
200 Powder Horns
12 Boxes Soap
386@ Oakum
6 Kegs Pitch
30 Barrels Flour
4 Barrels Crackers
4 Barrels Pilot Bread
4 Barrels Navy  Bread
10 Boxes havana Sugar
6 Bags Coffee
4 Boxes Raisins
10 Bags Shot
1 dz Trunk Locks
10 Augers
6 Boxes rod Iron
1 Violin Bow
2 Coil Manilla rope
4 Baril Molasses
4 Kegs Span Brown [?] in oil
6 Quires Emory Paper
5 Kegs N.W. twist tobacco
6 Kegs 8 twist to pound tobacco
2 Kegs 2 twist to pound tobacco
1 Kegs 1 twist to pound tobacco
10 Kegs 6 twist to pound tobacco
87 Ligs Sead [?]
4 [?] Seal Skin Trunks

-- The following for Ft. Clarke -
1 box brown havana sugar
1 bag coffee
2 barrels flour
60 half barrels gun powder F
18 dz patent black ears
20 Indian medals representive J.J. Astor on one
side and peace and friendship on the reverse
weighing 37H oz of fine silver.
3 barrels alcohol 90 gals.
167 gls. alcohol
116 gls. alcohol
30 iron bound canteens
30 wooden kegs
12 bales cloth
10 gun cases 75 lbs 8 boxes at 100
3 boxes
10 casks of 25 and 1 barrel at 25
1 cask from A & Burds

[total cost for all the above including interest, packing,
drayage,
etc. $12,002.43 due 1 July 1836]

Invoice of mdze shipped on Steam Boat Diana C.A. Halstead Master bound for the Upper Missouri River and Consigned to Messr Laidlaw and Lamont for acct and risk of upper Missouri Outfit 1835 and under mark as in the margain

- viz -

U.M.O. Pierre

30 pr 3pt Scarlet blankets
30 pr 3pt green blankets
58 pr 3pt white blankets
93 pr 3pt white blankets
30 pr 3 1/2pt Com. white blankets
46 pr 2 1/2pt best white blankets
40 pr 2 1/2pt best white blankets
64 pr blankets
1 wrapper
15 1 1/2 PB blankets
5 1 PB blanket
1 ps white flannel
4 table covers blue
4 ps salempin [?]
2 ps black silk hankerchiefs
2 ps cotton flag hankerchiefs
20 ribbons assorted colors
1 blue frock coat
5 green of olive coat
40 scarlet chiefs coats
50 Red flannel shirts
1/2 doz.  Ladies Moroco heel pumps
1/2 doz.  Ladies Walking Shoes
12 pr mens Kip Brogans
12 pr mens thick Brogans
2 dz fine Ivory Combs
1 dz. dressing combs
48 Crambo Combs
24 Crambo Combs
19 1/2 @ Sturgeon Twine
3 bundles Fish Lines
1 dz.  Ladies Cotton Stockings
3 setts Silver Gorgets
32 setts large Wampum moons
18 setts large Wampum moons
1 ream (first ?) Lined fools cap paper
1 ream plane fools cap paper
8 blank books
9 1 1/2 Quire blank books
2/12 dz. red ink powder
5/12 dz. sealing wax
1/2 M white chapel needles
12 dz bright oval fire steels
1 dz boxes oval fire steels
1/2 dz. best pad locks
2 dz assorted Gimblets
4 dz beaver trap chains
1 dz Flat Bastard files 14"
2 dz Flat Bastard files 12"
1 dz. 1/2 round bastard files 10"
1 dz. 1/2 round bastard files 14"
1 dz. 1/2 round bastard files 8"
2 dz. Flat bastard files 10"
3 dz. Flat bastard files 8"
9 dz. Flat bastard files 6 & 7"
10 dz. Pitsaw files
1 dz. rat tail files 7"
1 dz. rat tail files 5 1/2"
1 dz Wood Rasps Files 10"
50 dz.  Wilson Butcher Knives #2634
50 dz.  Wilson Butcher Knives 7 in.
47 Gro orange coat buttons
54 Gro finger rings
10 Gro Indian Awls
415 lb. Chalk white pound beads
50 lb. Brass wire No. 6
50 lb. Iron wire No. 15
60 Battle Axes
3 cases of Vermillion
92 @ Verdegris
20 lb. open brass kettles
10 nests sheet Iron kettles
5 1/4 dz. cover tin kettles
6 dz covered tin kettles
4 boxes Y.H. tea
5 loaves ( ? ) sugar
2 bags shot
50 powder horns
20 brass mounted swords
2 boxes shaving soap
4 boxes com soap
1 barrel rice
1 coil manillia rope
4 bales oakum
2 barrels water crackers
2 barrels each navy  pilot bread
1/2 barrels molasses Keg 50 15 gls
5 dz. wooden bowls 16 each bowl
4 lbs. (spelter?) solder
2 bags shot
1 hlf barrel mackreal
? bottle pepper sauce
2 boxes rasins
2 boxes cod fish
2 dz thimbles box 25
1 dz ( ? ) plates
1 large blue cup & saucer 2 setts
1 Lexington mustard
2 lb refined borax
1/2 dz. lime juice
2 oz nut megs
2 oz cloves
1/4 oz. ( ? )
1/2 dz. ground ginger
1 gal blue grass seed
2 dz sudlitz powders
4 dz Lucifer matches
boxes --
7 kegs 6 twist to pound tobacco
2 kegs 2 twist to pound tobacco
1 keg 1 twist to pound tobacco
5 kegs 8 twist to pound tobacco
7 boxes brown havana sugar
2 faggots 13 bars rolld iron
18 bars assorted iron
5 sacks Grod Al Salt
1 barrel rosin
3 kegs pitch
1 box cavandish tobacco
10 barrel pork
6 bags coffee
1 barrel bacon hams
1 book for mens acct.
40 barrels flour
11 bales cloth
3 boxes at 100 and 6 box at 50
4 boxes at 25
2 boxes from Andrew & Burd
2 casks from Andrew & Burd
3 casks from Andrew & Burd

[Total cost for all the above including interest packing &
Drayage $6319.39 due 1 July 1836.]