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Post by armando on Apr 6, 2022 7:04:07 GMT -7
I’m hoping you guys might be able to help. I’m trying to find an online (ie searchable) link to a copy of the Original ledgers of Baynton Wharton and Morgan.
I’ve been able to find them on microfiche at some libraries around the country, but not online.
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Post by spence on Apr 6, 2022 18:58:55 GMT -7
I have never seen anything about their being available online, armando. That has no bearing on whether they actually are, of course.
An idea which might be helpful. Mark Baker's book Sons of a Trackless Forest has many pages of invoices of goods shipped by Baynton, Wharton and Morgan to their outpost in Kaskaskia. I've spent a fair deal of time going over them and have found them extremely educational. Baker includes other things of interest, too, equally educational. An example:
June 23, 1768
James and Drinker delivered to Baynton, Wharton and Morgan the following items:
“10 Chests each containing 30 French guns with neat blue & Gilt Barrels & List cases is 300 Guns (at 32 shillings a piece)
"4 Brass Bullet Moulds in Chest No, 3 to run 30 bullets at once in each (moulds at 55 shillings a piece)”
Spence
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Post by armando on Apr 7, 2022 6:18:50 GMT -7
I have never seen anything about their being available online, armando. That has no bearing on whether they actually are, of course. An idea which might be helpful. Mark Baker's book Sons of a Trackless Forest has many pages of invoices of goods shipped by Baynton, Wharton and Morgan to their outpost in Kaskaskia. I've spent a fair deal of time going over them and have found them extremely educational. Baker includes other things of interest, too, equally educational. An example: June 23, 1768 James and Drinker delivered to Baynton, Wharton and Morgan the following items: “10 Chests each containing 30 French guns with neat blue & Gilt Barrels & List cases is 300 Guns (at 32 shillings a piece) "4 Brass Bullet Moulds in Chest No, 3 to run 30 bullets at once in each (moulds at 55 shillings a piece)” Spence Indeed Spence I know Baker has it well documented in his book but I don’t have the $400 to drop on Sons right now. 😃 Those citations you mention are EXACTLY the stuff I’m looking for. |
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Post by spence on Apr 7, 2022 19:47:35 GMT -7
Armando, you might be interested in this short article about Baynton, Wharton and Morgan which offers a different point of view of the firm, not often mentioned. I often notice that when researching topics I'm interested in their histories converge, and that can help in understanding the big picture. This firm and their outpost at Kaskaskia, overseen by George Morgan, and the goods shipped down the Ohio to them, James Smith of Black Boys fame and the Black Boys rebellion all do that. This article is a good example. smithrebellion1765.com/?page_id=95Spence |
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