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
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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.
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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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