The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 56, July 1952 - April, 1953 Page: 551
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APPENDIX
AN ESTIMATE OF THE EXPENCES attending the conveyance of
50 Families, each consisting of a Man, his Wife and two Children,
from Liverpool to New Orleans, thence by steam-boats to Natch-
itoches, and thence to Wavell's Grant, on the Red River, in Texas.
Conveyance and Expences of 50 families from Liverpool to
New Orleans, each consisting of a man, his wife and two
children, 250 Dollars, or 50 Sterling, in Dollars 12,500
Ditto, ditto, by steam-boat from New Orleans to
Natchitoches, 15 Dollars per family ................... 750
Ditto, ditto, from Natchitoches to the Settlement,
15 Dollars per ditto ................................. 750
Dollars ........ 14,000
Provisions for the first eight months after the arrival of the
family in the Settlement, loo Dollars ................. 5,000
Utensils and advances, say 12o Dollars .................... 6,ooo
Dollars ........ 25,000
Or 5,ooo, or per family 1oo Sterling.
Note.-A Man and his Wife constitute a family, with reference to the
terms of the Grant.
William and Samuel Graves, Printers
Sherbourn Lane. London.551
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