Trade Goods. George Morgan's memorandum 1770.

18^th 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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