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Groceries and prices from 1870 71 records
A study of 1870 71 grocery costs from Red River routes shows items shipped to Shreveport Dowley’s Ferry and Fulton. Lists include sugar coffee flour whisky cheese condensed milk and other staples with per unit and total prices, plus a separate shipment from Jan 4 1871 detailing additional goods and costs in Shreveport and C M Hervey’s accounts.
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W. BE
Cox
Fulton
Mempstead
Mitler County
Wcross Hed River
Badlands
Obe Wilson’s
White
Cox Brothers
Hempstead
Red River
New Orleans
Shreveport
Dowley's Ferry
Calvin M. Hervey
Spring Hill
Hervey
Texas
W. Wo
Eagle Brand
H. B. Turner
C. M. Hervey
Chreveport
Latt Messrs, Booker & Shepperson
Mes
Lewisville
Ark
Matt Stells
W. F. Little
Arkansas River
C. M
Sucessor
Messrs. Brooks
Texarkana
Travis Wright
Hawkins
Pam