The value of some trading goods in Made Beaver at York Factory 1788

"Arrow Barb --- ? as 1 Beaver
Awl Blades --- 12 as 1 Beav.

Bayonets --- 2 as 1 Beav.
Baize --- yd 1 as 1 Beav.
Beads
... Barley Corn --- 1 lb as 6 Beav.
... fine --- 1/2 as 1 Beav.
... of all other sorts --- 3/4 as 1 Beav.
Bugles --- as 1 Beav.
Bills Hawk --- pr? 6 as 1 Beav.
Binding Worstead --- yd 18 as 1 Beav.
Blankets
... large --- No. 1 as 6 Beav.
... Pointed --- ea. point as 1 Beav.
Bracelets --- Pr 2 as 1 Beav.
Boxes
... Barrel --- No. 4 as 1 Beav.
... Tobacco --- 2 as 1 Beav.
Brandy --- Gal. 1 as 4 Beav.
Buttons --- Doz. 12 as 1 Beav.

Chizzels Ice --- No. 2 as 1 Beav.
Cloth of every sort --- yd 1 as 2 Beav.
Combs --- No. 2 as 1 Beav.
Cutlafses --- No. 1 as 3 Beav.
Collars --- 2 as 1 Beav.
Cotton Printed --- yd 1 as 1 Beav.
Cannisters Tin of
... 4 lbs --- 1 as 2 Beav.
... 3 lbs --- ? as 1 1/2 Beav.
... 2 lbs --- ? as 1 Beav.
... 1 lb --- ? as 1/2 Beav.

Duffels --- yd 1 as 1 1/2 Beav.

Feathers Color'd --- No. 2 as 1 Beav.
Files --- 1 as 1 Beav.
Flannel --- yd 1 as 1 Beav.
Flints --- No. 20 as 1 Beav.

Gartering --- yd 18 as 1 Beav.
Glafses
... Burning & Looking --- No. 2 as 1 Beav.
Gun Powder --- lb 1 1/2 as 1 Beav.
Guns of
... 4 feet --- No. 1 as 12 Beav.
... 3 1/2 feet --- 1 as 11 Beav.
... 3 feet --- 1 as 10 Beav.

Handkerchiefs --- No. 1 as 1 1/2 Beav.
Hatchetts --- No. 2 as 1 Beav.
Hats
... Laced --- 1 as 4 Beav.
... Plain --- 1 as 2 Beav.
Hooks fish of sizes --- No. 20 as 1 Beav.
Horns Powder --- 2 as 1 Beav.
Kettles Brafs --- lb? 1 as 1 Beav.
Knives of sorts --- No. 8 as 1 Beav.

Lace Orrice --- yds 18 as 1 Beav.
Lines Net --- No. 2 as 1 Beav.

Needles --- No. 12 as 1 Beav.

Pistols --- 1 as 4 Beav.
Pumps --- pr? 1 as 1 Beav.
Potts Tin --- No. 2 as 1 Beav.

Razors --- 2 as 1 Beav.
Rings --- 6 as 1 Beav.
Rundlets of
... 2 & 3 Quarts --- No 2 as 1 Beav.
... 4 & 6 Do. --- No. 1 as 1 Beav.
... 8 Do. --- No. 1 as 1 1/2 Beav.

Sashes --- 2 as 1 Beav.
Scifsors --- pr 2 as 1 Beav.
Scrapers --- No. 2 as 1 Beav.
Shirts
... Cotton --- No. 1 as 2 Beav.
... Ruffled --- No. 1 as 1 1/2 Beav.
... of all other sorts --- 1 as 1 Beav.
Serge Embos'd --- yd 1 as 1 1/2 Beav.
Shoes --- pr 1 as 1 Beav.
Spoons --- No. 4 as 1 Beav.
Shot Lead --- lb 5 as 1 Beav.
Steels fire --- No. 6 as 1 Beav.
Sword blades --- 2 as 1 Beav.
Stockings
... yarn --- pr 2 as 1 Beav.
... Worstead --- 1 as 1 1/4? Beav.

Thimbles --- No. 6 as 1 Beav.
Thread --- lb? 1 as 2 Beav.
Twine ---- Ska 1 as 1 Beav.
Tobacco of all kinds --- lb 1 1/2 as 1 Beav.
Trunks
... Large --- No. 1 as 2 Beav.
... Middling -- No. 1 as 1 Beav.
... Small --- No. 1 as 1 Beav.

Vermillion --- lb 1 as 10 2/3 Beav.

Water's Strong --- Gal. 1 as 4 Beav.

SLOPS
Buttons Sleeve --- pr? 12 as 1 Beav.
Buckles Shoe --- pr 2 as 1 Beav.
Breeches --- pr? 1 as 2 Beav.
Coats Great Blue --- No. 1 as 8 Beav.
Drawers --- pr 1 as 1 Beav.
Handkerchiefs
... Silk --- No. 1 as 2 Beav.
... ? ---- No. 1 as 1 Beav.
Trowsers Duck --- pr 1? as 1 1/2 Beav.
Sugar Loaf --- lb 3 as 1 Beav.
Rum --- Gal 1 as 4 Beav.
WaistCoats Red Serge --- No. 1 as 6 Beav."


Furs Traded 1788 York Factory

"3588 Whole Parchment Beaver
2307 Half -- do. --- do.-- [do. = ditto]
1824 lbs? Coat Beaver
276 lbs? Scrap do.
56 Prime QuickQhatches
3 Cub do.
560 Buck Deer
750 Doe - do.
40 Fawn do.
18 Moose Parch't
4510 Rabbets
47 Red foxes
5 Do. Damg'd
15 White Foxes
6 Earchithinue? do.
24 Color'd Foxes
4 Old Bears
3 Cub -- do.
638 Prime Cats
171 Damg'd, Stage & Cub do.
174 Prime Otters
98 Ord'y -- do.
2 CubCoat? do.
90 Musquashes
4 Wejacks
60 Jackashes
2 Hares
1650 Prime Martins
1400 Ord'y -- do.
158 Damg'd & Stage do.
92 lbs Castorum
24 Prime Wolves
19 Damg'd - do."


" Beaver being the chief commodity traded is therefore made the Standard whereby all Furrs Commodities dealt for in Trade are valued."

"The Comparative."[in 1788 at York Factory]

"Parchment Moose --- 1 Skin as 2 Beaver.
Old Bears ---- 1 Skin as 3 Beaver
Cub do. ---- 1 as 1 Beaver
Quiquahatches --- 1 as 2
Cub do. --- 1 as 1
Prime Wolves --- 1 as 2
Damaged do. --- 1 as 1
Old Cased? Cats --- 1 as 2
Split & Cub do. --- 1 as 1
Foxes
.. Black --- 1 as 1
.. Grizzle -- 1 as 3
.. Colour'd -- 1 as 2
.. Red --- 1 as 1
.. Small --- 1 as 1/2
.. Brown --- 1 as 1/2
.. White --- 1 as 1/2
Weenusks? --- 1 as 1/2
Otters
.. Prime --- 1 as 2
.. Ordinary --- 1 as 1
.. Damaged --- 1 as 1
Weejacks --- 1 as 1/2
Doe Deer -- 1 as 1/2
Buck Deer -- 1 as 1
Martins
.. Prime --- 2 as 1
.. Ordinary --- 3 as 1
.. Damg'd & Stage -- 4 as 1
Jackashes --- 3 as 1
Musquashes --- 6 as 1
Rabbit Skins --- 8 as 1
Castorum --- lb 2 as 1 Beaver."


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