Rapalje/Rapalji (George) notebook [manuscript]
Online resources: Collection description | Link to Electronic Resource Scope and content: This trader's notebook (April 9, 1788 - April 1, 1797) of George Rapalji, of the Natchez District, contains accounts, miscellaneous notes, and Choctaw vocabulary words. The entries, written in both forward and reverse directions contain customer names, some of which are Choctaw. With each name is a list of items purchased or traded as well as amounts owed and paid. Of particular interest are the pages containing Choctaw words and phrases with their English equivalents (pages 10, 43-76). Rapalji traded such items as thread, knives, gunpowder, salt, sugar, coffee, tobacco, and animal skins. He also dealt in livestock, as evidenced by the livestock inventories (pages 14 and 28). Rapalji also recorded memoranda of events; recipes; home remedies; and geographic notes regarding the Mobile and Tombecbe(sic) [Tombigbee] rivers. Of note is the list of inhabitants on the Big Black River, which includes the years they settled in the area (pages 19-23).| Item type | Current location | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| Online | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Electronic Archives | Online Electronic Resource | Z/0580.000/SF | Not for loan | Link to Electronic Resource | 111026 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0580.000/SF/Folder 1 | Available | B98185 |
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This trader's notebook (April 9, 1788 - April 1, 1797) of George Rapalji, of the Natchez District, contains accounts, miscellaneous notes, and Choctaw vocabulary words. The entries, written in both forward and reverse directions contain customer names, some of which are Choctaw. With each name is a list of items purchased or traded as well as amounts owed and paid. Of particular interest are the pages containing Choctaw words and phrases with their English equivalents (pages 10, 43-76). Rapalji traded such items as thread, knives, gunpowder, salt, sugar, coffee, tobacco, and animal skins. He also dealt in livestock, as evidenced by the livestock inventories (pages 14 and 28). Rapalji also recorded memoranda of events; recipes; home remedies; and geographic notes regarding the Mobile and Tombecbe(sic) [Tombigbee] rivers. Of note is the list of inhabitants on the Big Black River, which includes the years they settled in the area (pages 19-23).
Cite as: Z/0580.000: Rapalje/Rapalji (George) Notebook.
Zoomify JPEG files, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, [2013]. Notebook pages scanned as TIFF files then converted to Zoomify JPEG files.
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