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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
I am told, Mr, Bibb, from Kentucky, who left here this morning for the Mines, has totten a very good Gigg for sale and had you not better pur·chase it of him? You will find it very convenient in this Country. I think you had best get away your Corn from this Village. It is not gaining in Quantity you may depend- Had you not better get some of your Hollow vVare out also? You are losing the Sale of it, appears to me-The 25 bars of Lead, I had deliver'd directly to Mr. Spencer, to whom it was to go, he gave the Teamster a Receipt for i~I have heard nothing from home, this four weeks- " 7 hat can be the reason I am at a loss to determine- I shall make arrangement to get my Family and Horace Austin and his Family to Pittsburgh there I calculate, you will meet the whole pa.rty and accompany them down the River-Give my love to the Fa~~- • T. PHELPS N. B. The Sqaws have done your skins, shall I sell them and at how much1
CHARLES ELLIOT!' TO :.MosEs AusnN
St. Genevieve Aue, ltth 1807 • . . I:>
Dr. Sm I send by Ralph those dressd Skins 44 in number all in one pack- age so that they cannot get lost- Also 35 Bear and wolf Skins- some of the Bear Skins I was under the necessity of putting under t~e corn to prevent its wasting- the corn which is loose in the wag- gon is 28 Bushels of ears good Measure- that in casks I did not think it necessary to Measure- and should Ralph use [any] on the road the quantity can be ascertained by measuring. The quantity of Lead deliYerd on your account from Lead depos- ited here by J Perkins is 659 lb for Francois J anies-that which was •borowed by Mr. Phelps-is returned- Exclusive of the corn deliv- erd Ralph for the mines, he has taken one Bushel of shelled corn for his horses here- [Added in a different hand:] 3 kettels 3 potts 3 Bake pans 2 Spiders with CoYers CH• ELIOIT [Rubric] Ralph has taken Eight Bushel Corn for his use £Addressed:] Mr. Moses Austin Mine a Burton pr Ralph
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