On behalf of Meriwether Lewis, Philadelphia merchants Harvey & Worth sell over 1100 awls Israel Whelan, U.S. Army Purveyor of Public Supplies. The awls will be used mostly as gifts for the Native People that they will meet and eventually, to sew their own leather clothes.
Awls and Fishhooks
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Philada. 8th June 1803 Israel Whelen Esq. Purveyoir of Public Supplies Bot. of Harvey & Worth 1 groce Seat Awls 12/6 12 6 7 ” ” “ 15/ 5 5 0 5 17 6 $15. 67/100
Exd. B. M.[1]“Supplies from Private Vendors,” in Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed., ed. Donald Jackson (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978), … Continue reading
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| ↑1 | “Supplies from Private Vendors,” in Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed., ed. Donald Jackson (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978), 89. |
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