Invoice

Handwritten bill of goods, recording expenses accrued during the War of 1812. The bill reads:

The United States, Dr. Benoit Chapoton
1813, April 20 -To 2 barrels cider taken by the Indians $25.00
May 2 - 1 do. vinegar $10.00
Aug 20 - 1 horse taken by the Indians $75.00
Aug 30 - 1 mare with her calf $50, 1 horse 3 years old $40.00, 100 bushels of apples $100.00, 1 field of oats containing 50 bushels $50.00
Oct 5 - 15 bushels of corn $30, 50 do. apples taken by the Am. troops $50.00
Oct 28 - 30 do. potatoes taken in my cellar by the American troops $30.00
Nov 20 - 12 hens $6.00, 1 gun/chiefpiece $5.00. $471.00
Detroit, March 23, 1824.

"Richard Chapoton," is handwritten on the verso.