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 Daniel R. Southard and D. Starr, 18 June 1819
This letter between Daniel R. Southard and his business partner, D. Starr, document problems faced by merchants during the Panic of 1819. -
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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. -
Letter from J. Berstroud & Son to John W. Hunt, 6 January 1817
Discusses the Steamboat "Washington" arriving with dry goods. -
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. -
Account with Mrs. Sarah Oldham Meriwether and George Wood Meriwether, 1815
Sarah Oldham Meriwether's account with George Wood Meriwether, shows her purchases for the year 1815, including the "Balance of Butlers account." -
Account with Mrs. Sarah Oldham Meriwether and Thomas Kelly, 1819
Sarah Oldham Meriwether's account with Thomas Kelly, including shoes made and purchased for her enslaved persons, which are named in the account. -
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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. -
Bill for Annie Christian from Robert Parker, 25 June 1788
Bill from Lexington merchant Robert Parker to Mrs. Annie Christian for purple calico, light ground chintz, brocaded tiffney, fustian, coarse linen, essence of Bergamot, and Peruvian bark. Note indicates that some items are not yet in. -
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 -
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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. -
Order from Annie Christian to John Bellie, undated
Annie Christian requests 8 yards fine calico from Mr. Bellie by Mr. Fleming -
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.