- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Invoice of merchandize [sic] forwarded to that part of the Cherokee Nation removed to the River Arkansa[s], 1813 [?] Mar. 13, Arkansa[s] River / [signed by] Talontiskee ... [et al.]
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 70, document pa0030.
- Date of Original:
- 1811-12-00
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Relocation
- Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- receipts (financial records)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Receipt for goods totalling 629.50, bought and delivered by the United States to the Cherokees who removed to the Arkansas River area. Most of the goods were received on March 13, (1813 ?), and the receipt was signed by Talontiskee, Kannetoo, Kalawakskee, Wahachee, Oolanahhee and Horace Wallis.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- pa0030
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0030
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0030#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0030/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Penelope Johnson Allen, Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
B.
Invoice of merchandize forwarded to that part of the Cherokee nation removed to the River Arkansa in charge of Samuel Riley an Interpreter in the Cherokee Agency
1811
December 128 yards of best Callico [Calico] at 75.00 96 00
294 do. [dozen] Common at 50 " 147 00
422
302
120 yds [added text (appears to be different ink and hand): missing ] at 50 " 14 50
10 pairs mens Shoes at 175 " 17 50
6 Common [unclear text: Carb ] Bridles at 150 " 9 00
12 Best plated bitts [unclear text: do. [ditto] ] at 6 $ 72 00
[added text (appears to be different ink and hand): 3/4 doz miss. [dozen missing] ] 1 Doze [Dozen] best patterns fine Merseilles [Marseilles] at 250 [added text (appears to be different ink and hand): 3 [unclear text: gr ] missg [missing] ] 6 [unclear text: Groce ] Buttons at 6 $ 36 00
2 Saddles best at 24 $ 48 00
[added text (appears to be different ink and hand): Missing ] 1/2 lbs sewing silk at 4 00
[added text (appears to be different ink and hand): 1/2 doz mg [dozen missing] ] 1 Doz: [Dozen] Pins 4 1/2 lbs at 3 00
1 Horse Collar at 2 00
2 Sides Leather at 350. [added text (appears to be different ink and hand): 1 Missing ] 4 Beaver traps at 4 $ 16 00
[added text (appears to be different ink and hand): 11 yds mg [missing] ] 22 yards Brown Velvet at 175 [added text: [unclear text: eh [each] ] ] 38 50
$ 629 50
Received of Return J Meigs by the hands of Jno. [John] Ross: Samuel Riley an Interpreter in the Cherokee Agency the articles of merchandize stated in the above Invoice amounting to Six hundred & twenty nine dollars & fifty cents which we gratefully acknowledge to have recieved [received] as a testimony of the continued care of our Father the President of the United States for the Cherokees removed to this Country. [added text: & that he holds us fast by the hand. ] dated at the
Page: [2]
Arkansa River the
13th day of March 1813.
[illegible text]
[Signed] Horace Wallis
[Signed] Talontiskee his X mark
[Signed] Kannetoo his X mark
[Signed] Kalawahskee his X mark
[Signed] Wahachee his X mark
[Signed] Oolanahhee his X mark
B
Invoice & receipts for merchandize to be delivered to the Cherokee Chiefs on the Arkansa River being a present from the U. States
$629.50