Browse Items (24 total)
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Two invoices for the accounts of Audubon and Rozier, 1 April 1810
Includes an 1 April 1810 account between Ann Maupin and Audubon & Rozier with a note from William C. Galt that Audubon would not deduct the cost of a pair of shoes. The second account from 1 April 1810 is with Beall for clothing. Both accounts are written by John J. Audubon and signed by both Audubon and Rozier. -
Letter from J. Berstroud & Son to John W. Hunt, 6 January 1817
Discusses the Steamboat "Washington" arriving with dry goods. -
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Order of Annie Christian to John Bellie, 4 February 1786
Request from Christian to send her textiles for curtains, other materials, and ribbons. -
Order of Annie Christian to John Bellie, 28 February 1786
Request from Christian to send her his "best coffee." Note sent by Titus, likely an enslaved man. -
Order of Annie Christian to John Bellie, 23 January 1787
Request from Christian to let William Trigg have two yards of black silk on her account at Bellie's store. -
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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 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 Clark to Jonathan Clark, 5 October 1808
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis relating news about the fort [Fort Osage] he has built up the Missouri and a treaty he negotiated with the Osage nation. He is overwhelmed with official business. He very much wants to engage in mercantile business with John Hite Clark. He reviews possible opportunities in St. Louis for John Sullivan who is there. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, ca. 1 March 1809
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis informing him he has invested in the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company, is acting as an agent for the government's Native American trade factory system, and the trouble he is having with several of his enslaved persons and the punishment he is meting out. Julia requests seeds be sent to her because the rats have eaten all of hers. He keeps no copies of the letters he writes to him. -
Letter from William Clark to Edmund Clark, 15 April 1809
Clark writes his brother Edmund from St. Louis reporting general news regarding the town and some of its inhabitants. He comments on the status of their nephews Benjamin O'Fallon, there with him in St. Louis, and his brother, John O'Fallon, in school in Lexington, Kentucky. He updates Edmund regarding the status of their interest in the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company and their planned mercantile business venture, and on Native American affairs both up the Missouri and the Mississippi. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, ca. 1 March 1811
William Clark writes to his brother Jonathan from St. Louis about his business affairs and their prospects. Refers him to John Luttig, his store manager who delivered this letter, for more details. -
Letter from William Clark to Jonathan Clark, 30 August 1811
Clark writes his brother Jonathan from St. Louis about the land he wants to sell in Clark County, Indiana, and the state of his finances involving his mercantile pursuits and land. Mentions the whereabouts and health of various Clark family members, including M. Lewis who is sick with worms. -
Letter from William Clark to Edmund Clark and John Hite Clark, 1 March 1811
William Clark writes to Edmund Clark and John Hite Clark in their capacity as Louisville merchants, listing aticles for the Indian trade he wants for his store. -
Tobacco invoice, ca. 1818
An invoice of 160 hogsheads of tobacco purchased by John Corlis and shipped to New Orleans in three boats, the Juno, Independence, and Miriam. -
Letter from George Foote to his father, 23 April 1812
Letter discussing travels from New Orleans, steamboat usage, land purchases, cotton prices, natural disasters, and crops. -
Articles of copartnership between John J. Jacob and Thomas Prather, 26 August 1806
Articles of copartnership between John J. Jacob and Thomas Prather to conduct a mercantile business at Shephersville, Kentucky.