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Thursday, 3 January 2013

Trade Goods. George Morgan's memorandum 1770.


18th Century Trade Goods. George Morgan’s Memorandom. 1770
Goods I  have taken out of  the Store & put on board my boat. Viz
2 ps.lo Duck
2 Remnts. d[itt]o. 4% yds.
1 lb. Scan [skein] twine
15 Knives
7 Cotton Norman Han[dkerchie]fs
2 Pr. Boots
4 pr. plain Womens Shoes
3 pr. gold laced do.
1 pr. silver do. do.
5 Tobacco Boxes
24  pr. Sleeve Buttons
1 gro. Fish Hooks
3 Closet Locks
4 pr. Shoe Buckles
1 pr. Knee do.
7 pr. Womens Cotton Stockgs.
7 pr. do. Shoes that came from Carlisle
10 ps. Ribbond
7 Remnts. computd. to be 8 ps. do.
9 ps. Silk Ferrit
6 Remnts. computd. to be 3 ps. do.
3 lb. White thread
70 lb. pepper
3 Keggs of  Powder
15 ps. Stroud
2 1 Silver hair plates
6 do. large ambands
40 do. narrow do.
54 do. wrist bands
11 gorgetsll
11 shells
23 doz. rings
74 pr. Sleeve Buttons
3 1 Hair Pipes
*The list Morgan mentions is on a separate page in
the "Memorandums" and is set up here line for line as
in the original.
18  112 yds. Blue StroydI2
1 ps.  do.  do. 4 yds. cut
17  112 yds. Scarlet Stroud
18  114 yds embossed Flannel
lnPieces. A "piece" was a unit of  measu
proximately twelve yards in length. Jacobs,
"Medals worn around the neck. Ibid.,  p.
12Coarse woolen  cloth, frequently  trade
Indians for use as clothing and blankets. Ibi
26 large Crosses
70 Small do.
72  Nose Crosses
105 Doz. & 3 Broaches
2 1 doz. & 10 hair do.
6 pr. Show Buckles
4 Knee ditto
1450 Black Wampum
11 pr. womens worsted stockings
5 lb. White Thread
2 Nests Gilt Trunks
Box  26 Bottles Mustard
12 ps. Check Hankerchiefs
8 lb. Coloured Thread
4 pr. womens thread mitts
2 114 lb. Coloured Thread
1 114 lb. White Thread
1 lb. Sealing Wax
39 Small Check Hank

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