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HISTORIC FURNISHING STUDY

APPENDIX B:
PURCHASES AND INVENTORY FOR FORT HARKER, 1867-78

Eating utensils purchased by officers at Fort Harker, Kansas, from the post sutler in the period 1867-68*

Plates
Cups
Saucers
Sauce plates
Soup plates
Dessert dishes
Deep dishes
Vegetable dishes
Sugar bowl
Cream pitcher
Bowls
Gravy bowl
Butter dish
Pickle dish
Egg cups
Tureens
Chafing dish
Water pitcher
Molasses pitcher
Vinegar cruet
Caster
Goblets
Tumblers
Knives
Forks
Teaspoons
Carving knife and fork

*Post Sutler's Journal, Fort Harker, Kansas, November 14, 1867-November 30, 1868, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas.

Kitchen utensils purchased from the post sutler by officers at Fort Harker, Kansas, in the period 1867-68*

Frying pans
Sauce pans
Stew pans
Tin pins
Coffee pots
Tea pots
Coffee mills

*Post Sutler's Journal, Fort Harker, Kansas, November 14, 1867-November 30, 1868, Kansas Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas.

Items found in the kitchen or on shelves, which were purchased from the post sutler by officers at Fort Harker, Kansas, in the period 1867-68*

Bottles of olives
Bottles of molasses
London sauce
Worchester sauce

Cans of blueberries
Cans of peaches
Cans of pickles
Cans of oysters
Cans of lobsters
Cans of sardines
Cans of salmon
Cans of condensed milks
Cans of jelly
Cans of asparagus

Almonds
Pecans

Ginger
Mustard
Nutmeg
Allspice
Sweet majorum
Thyme
Summery savory
Cinnamon
Vanilla extract
Lemon extract
Lemon sugar
Maple sugar
Chocolate
Sweet oil

Eggs
Butter
Crackers
Onions
Cheese
Flour
Yeast powder
Salad oil
Macaroni
Ginger snaps
Tea (black and green)
Coffee beans
Tacks
Toothpicks
Bottle of Seltzer

Potatoes
Turnips
Sweet potatoes
Apples
Prunes
Raisins
Currants
Figs
Lemons

*Post Sutler's Journal, Fort Harker, Kansas, November 14, 1867-November 30, 1868, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas.

Kitchen items taken from the Fort Larned post sutler's price lists of December 1865 and May 1866*

Cans of peaches
Cans of strawberries
Cans of blackberries
Cans of whortle berries
Cans of pineapples
Cans of cherries
Cans of honey
Cans of peas
Cans of tomatoes
Cans of beans
Cans of roast turkey
Cans of oysters
Cans of salmon
Cans of lobsters
Cans of sardines
Cans of condensed milk

Cans of Colby's mustard
Cans of French mustard

Bottles of golden syrup
Bottles of sugarhouse syrup
Bottles of chow chow
Bottles of pickles

Cream of tartar
Crushed sugar
Brown sugar
Coffee
Ginger snaps
Sweet oil

*USDI, NPS, "Historic Furnishing Study: Historical and Archeological Data, Fort Larned," by Albright and Scott, pp. 171, 173-175.



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