Browse Items (86 total)
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Order of Annie Christian to Captain James Asturgus, 11 June 1787
Request from Christian to Asturgus at Saltsburg for four bushels of salt from the troughs. -
Order of Annie Christian to Captain Asturgus, 7 August 1787
Request from Christian to Asturgus for eight bushels of garnered salt for Mr. Montfort. -
Order of Annie Christian to Captain James Asturgus, 20 August 1787
Request from Christian to Asturgus for salt to Captain Cowan; reverse note from Jonathan Cowan requests that Asturgus pay the salt forward to William Hall, November 12, 1787. -
Order of Annie Christian to Captain James Asturgus, 25 November 1787
Request from Christian to Asturgus to give Mrs. Lusk two old kettles that are out of use. -
Order of Annie Christian to Captain Asturgus, 13 November 1787
Request from Christian to Asturgus to borrow salt for Mr. Barbee, as the wagons have likely taken all of her salt from the salt house. -
Order of Annie Christian to Captain James Asturgus, 14 January 1788
Request from Christian to Asturgus requesting 21 bushels of salt that Mr. George Robinson is bringing to her, keeping one third for himself. -
Order of Annie Christian to Mrs. Hinch, undated
Christian orders Mrs. Hinch or Hinck to provide John Davis with 9 bushels of salt -
Order from Annie Christian to John Bellie, undated
Annie Christian requests 8 yards fine calico from Mr. Bellie by Mr. Fleming -
Order of Annie Christian to John Bellie with receipt, undated
Annie Christian requests black thread, mourning buckles, an black binding from Mr. [John] Bellie [merchant in Danville]; he responds that he is sending all but the thread and hopes to see Mr. Woolfolk. No date -
Order of Annie Christian to Charles Finley, 18 May 1786
Order for salt for Charles Finley. Note from Finley using salt for payment on reverse. -
Account of Annie Christian with Jacob Myers, 1787-1788
Account of goods purchased by Christian from Myers plus her rent, against salt obtained by Myers from Christian's saltworks, settling August 15, 1787. Goods include corn, flour, whiskey, ludestring, gauze, chopped rye, pork, beef, tallow, hay, and beef veal. -
Account of Richard Woolfolk with Annie Christian, 1786-1788
Account of wages due to Richard Woolfolk, with credits including cash, salt, shoes, and saddle bags, -
Order from Annie Christian to John Bellie, undated
Richard Woolfolk on behalf of Annie Christian requests Bellie to let William Goggin have a certain amount of goods from Bellie's store on the Christian account. -
Letter from William Christian to John Hinch, 25 January 1786
Christian sends a customer, Mr. Donne, to purchase salt from Saltsburg -
Letter from George Rogers Clark to Jonathan Clark, 11 May 1792
Letter from George Rogers Clark to his brother, Captain Jonathan Clark, discussing Indian troubles, war, and business affairs. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 2 March 1802
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from Louisville, reporting the party's arrival but also the unfortunate death of one of Jonathan's horses. He reports on a variety of land business, a school in their neighborhood starting, and beginning work on Jonathan's house. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 25 February 1804
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis reporting on his health, the land business back home, preparations for the Upper Louisiana Territory to be officially turned over to the United States, and interactions with Captain Amos Stoaddard, who is representing the U. S. in the ceremonies. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 21 July 1808
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis about business and missing family. He shortly will be traveling up the Missouri River with about 80 militia to build a fort [Fort Osage]. He has been much pestered by Native American affairs, and four of these American Indians being on trial for murder. He lists work that his enslaved people are doing and states that almost all of them have been "troublesome" and he has been "obliged" to whip most of them. Their behavior/attitudes have improved since. Julia asks that "old mama Clark" send her some dried garden herbs, especially thyme and sage, as none is to be gotten in St. Louis. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 22 August 1808
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis regarding land business. They are anxiously awaiting the arrival of John Hite Clark - and in a postscript reports he has just arrived.