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Enclosure: [Account of Peltries Exported from Canada], [15 August 1795]

[Enclosure]21
Account of Peltries exported from Canada in 1786 & 1787

1786 1787
Beaverskins 116,509 139,509
Martinskins 58,132 68,132
Otters Do 26,330 26,330.
Minks Do 9,951 17,951
Fishers Do 5,813 5,813
Foxes Do 6,213 8,913
Bears Do 22,108 17,108
Deers Do 126,000 102,656
Racoons Do 108,346 140,346
Cats cased Do 3,026 5,426
Do. open Do 2,925 1,825.
Elks do Do 7,515 9,815.
Wolves Do 12,987 9,687
Carcajoux Do 503 653
Tygers Do 77 27
Seals Do 157 125
Muskrats Do 202,456 240,456
Drest deerskins 5,488 lbs. 1,788 lbs.
Castorum 1,454 lbs. 1,454 lbs.

21This enclosure is not in H’s handwriting. In addition, the MS has a third column of figures which has no date and which was added at some later time. This third column does not appear in the newspaper.

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