UMO Inventory fun
Feb 2, 2014 20:02:29 GMT -7
Post by Rod on Feb 2, 2014 20:02:29 GMT -7
Well, I hit the jackpot with reel 15 of the Chouteau papers----I'm only about 1/3 of the way through and have already come across the 1829 inventories of Fort Clark, Fort Floyd, and Fort Tecumseh, and the invoice for goods purchased in New York for the Western Department. Among the usual stuff, here are some interesting things, plus some oddities:
3 Deerskin Hunting shirts $2.20 ea.
3 pr. Deerskin Pantaloons $1.80 ea.
--Ft. Clark
12 Large sealskins
4 Leopard skins
---Western Dept. invoice
Peafowl feathers
Louse trap combs
100 prs mocassins
Leather capots (possibly the same as the deersking hunting shirts above)
5 1/4 doz. Wool socks
1 3/4 doz. Lambswool hose (no reason to have cold feet!)
NW guns, Barnett
" " Adams
" " Adams N.Y.
" " Henry
" " Collier & Powell
Iron wire
Brass wire
Kettles--Tin, Sheet iron, Brass, Copper, Copper with covers
Scalping knives--London, Warranted, Green handle
Wilson Butcher knives--#26, #30, #31, #32, #34 (evidentally Wilson used a number system to order different knives)
Single & Double blade pen knives
Spanish dirk knives (this is an interesting one that I haven't seen elsewhere)
Dutch pipes
Mackinack pipes(this is different, usually they just list clay pipes)
Green spectacles
Plated spears(shiny!)
Cast iron bake oven
---Fort Tecumseh inventory
A few pages later is the estate of old Auguste Chouteau, which is pretty interesting as well. He left 50 slaves worth $12,250--sort of a chilling account to read ---it includes their names and who their mothers were, ages ranged from 100 (!) to just a few months old. Auguste evidentally liked Napoleon, he had 4 engravings of him, although he also had 6 engravings of Lord Nelson, 1 of Washington, and a bust of Voltaire. He had a very extensive library, which included the works of Voltaire, 3 volumes of Roman history, books on English history, Napoleon's campaigns, several volumes on hydraulics, A set of Capt. Cook's Voyages, books by Descarte and Rousseau. For fiction, he had Robinson Crusoe and Tom Jones. It's quite the listing of what St. Louis' most prominent citizen owned.
Rod
3 Deerskin Hunting shirts $2.20 ea.
3 pr. Deerskin Pantaloons $1.80 ea.
--Ft. Clark
12 Large sealskins
4 Leopard skins
---Western Dept. invoice
Peafowl feathers
Louse trap combs
100 prs mocassins
Leather capots (possibly the same as the deersking hunting shirts above)
5 1/4 doz. Wool socks
1 3/4 doz. Lambswool hose (no reason to have cold feet!)
NW guns, Barnett
" " Adams
" " Adams N.Y.
" " Henry
" " Collier & Powell
Iron wire
Brass wire
Kettles--Tin, Sheet iron, Brass, Copper, Copper with covers
Scalping knives--London, Warranted, Green handle
Wilson Butcher knives--#26, #30, #31, #32, #34 (evidentally Wilson used a number system to order different knives)
Single & Double blade pen knives
Spanish dirk knives (this is an interesting one that I haven't seen elsewhere)
Dutch pipes
Mackinack pipes(this is different, usually they just list clay pipes)
Green spectacles
Plated spears(shiny!)
Cast iron bake oven
---Fort Tecumseh inventory
A few pages later is the estate of old Auguste Chouteau, which is pretty interesting as well. He left 50 slaves worth $12,250--sort of a chilling account to read ---it includes their names and who their mothers were, ages ranged from 100 (!) to just a few months old. Auguste evidentally liked Napoleon, he had 4 engravings of him, although he also had 6 engravings of Lord Nelson, 1 of Washington, and a bust of Voltaire. He had a very extensive library, which included the works of Voltaire, 3 volumes of Roman history, books on English history, Napoleon's campaigns, several volumes on hydraulics, A set of Capt. Cook's Voyages, books by Descarte and Rousseau. For fiction, he had Robinson Crusoe and Tom Jones. It's quite the listing of what St. Louis' most prominent citizen owned.
Rod
