Day-by-Day / May 23, 1803

May 23, 1803

Rings and brooches

On behalf of Meriwether Lewis, Israel Whelan, purveyor of public supplies, buys rings and brooches to be used as gifts for Indians. The merchant is Samuel Williamson whose shop is on South Front Street in Philadelphia.

Rings and other Indian Gifts

small brass rings and other metal Indian trade goods

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Philada. May 23rd 1803
Israel Whelen, Esqr. Bought of S. Williamson
  Drs. Cts.
Five hundred broaches 62. 7
Seventy two rings 6. —
  $68 7[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

Samuel Williamson was a gold and silver smith working on South Front Street.

Related: Outfitting the Expedition | Lewis in Philadelphia

 

Notes

Notes
↑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), 87.

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