Trimble & Gookin

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1838

27 March

For 9 lbs Chloride of Lime at 31 1/4 cts per lb

$2.81

Signed Trimble & Gookin, at Tuscumbia, Alabama 29 March, 1838.
This chloride of Lime was purchased to be used for disinfecting purposes and preserving cleanliness and health in the Indian Boats whilst emigratin.

Signed Edw Deas, Lt. & Disb. Agent & conductor of party of Cherokees

Source: RG217, General Accounting Office, Treasury Department, Second Auditor, Indian Accounts, 1817-1922, Edward Deas File