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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