Trade Items
kNown to have been at Ross
Listed below are many trade items that were brought into the Ross Colony for trade with company employees as well as with the residents of Spanish or Mexican California. These items came from far, far away. The American or British trade ships brought goods from China and other ports; the Russian ships brought goods from Russia and trade with Spanish and Mexican missions. These lists were compiled by the use of two books, written by Kirill Khelbnikov The Khlebnikov Archives and Colonial Russian America, 1817-1832. Khelbnikov was a Russian American Company Agent, who counted and listed in great detail company business, for which we are grateful.
Tempered saws, saws -big, saws -small,
reaping blades, blades,
drills, big drills,
files -flat
chisels
plowshares for California
spades, Spanish(hoe)
iron shovels
axes
scales, weights -various
resin and pitch
tar and pitch
turpentine
paint - green and white
Metals
iron - general,
treated, palatinate, semi-platinated, sheets
copper - general, sheet
tin - general, sheets
door hardware
door locks of iron and brass
bronze keys
wire -tin, iron
nails, various sizes, copper, iron
flue dampers
Items - miscellaneous
glass, sheets
window panels
rope, various sizes
jute rope, twine,
logline out of white flax
cable rope
Glass beads
hand bells
gun powder
ammunition -lead balls
lead grapeshot
shot, various sizes
lead
rifles made in St. Petersburg
sabers, various types
rifles, English and French
flints
cartridge pouches
crystal
glassware of medium quality
table china
yellow crockery
tureens
small coffee pot - China
Big white platter
China tea sets
plates, tea service
spoons - made of metal and pewter
pewter - decanters, table plates, dishes, teapots, platters,
plates, ware
iron - kettles (various sizes)
cast iron kettles
pans,
cast iron utensils
copper coffee pot, chocolate pot, ware, funnels, teapots, utensils, drinking cups
tinware, chocolate pot, pitchers, funnels, oil lamp chimney
Brass samovar
Household items
wax candles, various sizes
sperm candles (made from sperm whale oil)
candles from California (tallow)
sealing wax
soaps - general, kazan, California tallow,
blankets - Frieze, English Large, English Medium, Large and small American, flannel
tablecloth
bedspread general, percale (fine woven cotton), Canton cloth
sewing supplies
needles, various sizes
buttons, various sizes
scissors
penknife (used for mending quill pens)
razors
razorblades
combs - various, made of bone, and horn
mirrors, various sizes
lanterns
bottles
medicine cabinet
chalk
canton - armchairs
paintings
table clocks
material for decorating a carriage
Paper, Books, Pencils
reams of paper - English
paper - florets
Books from China - plain white
Notebooks with covers of China(tissue) paper
pencils
nautical calendars for 1825
books of navigation