Mouns Jones Indian Trader in James Logan's Ledgers

IMG 1: James Logan's early 18th century accounting ledger sheets at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania include detailed accounts of trading imported goods with the Native Americans in exchange for furs to be shipped to England and continental Europe.. This sheet records goods delivered, such as clay pipes, Tobacco, and "Stroudwater Matchcoats" , a type of woolen cloak from the Stroud Valley of England, much favored by Indian leaders as gifts of friendship at Peace and Treaty Councils. IMG 2: Mouns Jones account entries in 1721 and 1723, in joint venture with Anthony Sadowski, another resident of the Amity settlement in the Manatawny backcountry, for goods sold to them and to Mouns Jones's son Jonas. Both partners were charged Indian Trader License fees at various times in Logan's Ledgers. IMG 3: 1717 account page with an early reference to a "Conestogoe Waggon", possibly named for its primary use for delivery of goods, imports and furs, to and from that Germanic settlement on the Susquehanna River. Some Mennonite settlers in the region called - and some still call- this wagon an "Anglische Waggebox", or English Box Wagon, suggesting that it was an adaptation of the 17th century English "Wain" type of freight and crop wagon. From internet: Old English wægn "wheeled vehicle, wagon, cart," from Proto-Germanic *wagna, from PIE *wogh-no-, suffixed form of root *wegh- "to go, move, transport in a vehicle" (source also of Latin vehiculum). A doublet of wagon. IMG 4: 1714 List of "Returns to England", consisting of furs acquired in the "Indian Trade" and packed in branded chests as ship-board cargo, not goods rejected and destined for the "Returns Counter" at an English import house. IMG 8: Account including cash paid for a "Negro" boy and girl, apparently confirming that James Logan and his associates were dealing in the slave trade as well as in barter for Indian Trade goods and domestic commodities. IMG 9: 1718 sheet of purchases on credit by Jones and Sadowski, including "Garliz" [a type of fabric from Europe], Cutlery Ware, Tobacco Boxes, Weeding Hoes, Powder, Bells, Combs, Small Arms, Jews Harps, Lead, and an expensive item called "Leather Cas'd [framed] Looking Glasses." Larry Ward, 2023