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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.

Tags Invoice; merchants; New Orleans; steamboats; tobacco
Steamboat broadside

Broadside about steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, including the rates of passage and freight. Broadside also lists the rules of the vessel, such as "no lying down with shoes or boots on the birth or you'll be fined 1.5 dollars."

Tags broadside; Mississippi River; Ohio River; steamboats
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.

Tags cotton; Letters; merchants; steamboats; weather
Letter from J. Berstroud & Son to John W. Hunt, 6 January 1817

Discusses the Steamboat "Washington" arriving with dry goods.

Tags commerce; merchants; steamboats; trade