Invoice of goods purchased by Capt. James OHara at the Spanish Arkanzes on the River Mississippi : for acco.t of the United States of America, [Arkansas Post], 1778

Invoice of goods purchased by Capt. James OHara at the Spanish Arkanzes on the River Mississippi : for acco.t of the United States of America, [Arkansas Post], 1778

James O'Hara D.S., [s.l.], June 23, 1778

[S.l.] 1778

[2] p. ; 31 cm. (fol.)

MSS L1991.1.429

For background, see "Arkansa Post in the American Revolution", chapter 10 in Roger E. Coleman's work for the National Park Service History of the Post. It identifies Captain Balthasar de Villiers as commandant from September, 1776 through the period when France joined the Americans against the British during the Revolution.|This James O'Hara is likely the same man who was commissioned captain of a company of volunteers. He outfitted them himself and furnished the boats with which they reached their assigned post on the frontier Kanawba, which they garrisoned and provisioned until the year 1779. -- see the website of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps|Total amount of invoice: $1729.30 1/2.|Prices in dollars listed for commodities such as chick [i.e., ticking?], linen, blankets, ruffled shirts, striped cotton, colored linen, red collonel, blue & red stroud (material to make blankets, especially for trade with the American Indians), and white thread.|Amounts are listed in yards and converted to ells|Though O'Hara is known primarily for his carrying supplies to Ft. Pitt, he also carried provisions and dispatches to Arkansas Post on the Arkansas River. His birth and death dates taken from the D.A.R. Index.|Digitized image available.

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