Price List from the Post Sutler
Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory
(August 31st, 1865)
Aracous, per ounce ............................... $0.05
Blacking, per box ......................$0.12 to $0.25
Blouses, flannel ....................... $6.50 to $18.00
Book, memorandum ........................ $0.25 to $1.50
Boots, cavalry (Graham) ............... $12.00 to $18.00
Boots, common (pegged) ................. $5.00 to $12.00
Boots, fine (Service) ................. $12.00 to $18.00
Brushes, button .................................. $0.50
Brushes, clothes ........................ $1.25 to $2.50
Brushes, hair ........................... $0.75 to $4.00
Brushes, nail ........................... $0.75 to $1.50
Brushes, shaving ........................ $0.25 to $1.25
Brushes, shoe ........................... $0.50 to $1.25
Buckles, pants ... ............................... $0.05
Buttons, pants (per bag) ....................... $0.12
Buttons, shirt (per bag) .............. $0.12 to $0.25
Canned Fruits, assorted ................. $1.50 to $2.00
Canned Meats, assorted ........................... $2.00
Canvas, per yard ................................. $0.75
Catsup, oyster ................................... $1.75
Catsup, walnut ................................... $1.00
Chalk, per pound ................................. $0.30
Chewing Tobacco, Golden Leafe, per plug .......... $1.00
Chewing Tobacco, May Apple, per plug ........... $0.12
Chewing Tobacco, Natural Leafe, per plug.......... $1.00
Chewing Tobacco, Peerless, per plug .............. $0.50
Chewing Tobacco, Press Leafe, per plug ........... $1.25
Cigars, each .............................$0.12 to $0.25
Clay Pipes ....................................... $0.12
Cloth, Cotton Velvet, per yard .......... $1.50 to $2.25
Cloth, Black Velvet, per yard ........... $0.50 to $2.00
Club Sauce ....................................... $1.00
Codfish, per pound ............................... $0.75
Coffee Pots ............................. $1.00 to $3.50
Combs ................................... $0.25 to $1.00
Cotton hose, brown ............... ...... $0.50 to $1.00
Cotton hose, white ...................... $0.50 to $1.00
Cravats .......................................... $0.25
Dish Pans ............................... $0.50 to $4.50
Emory Stone, per ounce ........................... $0.05
Envelopes, per pack ..................... $0.25 to $0.50
Fish Hooks ......................................$0.12
Fish Lines ....................................... $0.50
Fish, dried ...................................... $2.00
Gauntlets, buckskin .............................. $5.00
Gloves, Berlin ................................... $0.50
Gloves, buckskin ........................ $2.00 to $4.00
Gloves, cloth ........................... $2.50 to $3.50
Gum Shellac, per ounce ......................... $0.12
Handkerchiefs, cotton ................... $0,50 to $1.00
Handkerchiefs, linen (Gents') ............$0.50 to $1.50
Hats, military ...... ................... $5.00 to $7.00
Ink, black ....................................... $0.25
Ink, indelible, per bottle ....................... $1.00
Jamaica Ginger, per bottle ........................$1.00
Knives and Forks ........................ $0.50 to $0.75
Knives, pocket .......................... $1.00 to $5.00
Lead Pencils ...........................$0.12 to $0.25
Lemon Sugar, per can ............................. $1.50
Mackerel, each ....................................$0.50
Matches, per box ................................. $0.25
Mustard, French .................................. $0.75
Mustard, per can ........................ $0.25 to $0.50
Mustard, per pound ............................... $1.50
Needles, per paper ............................... $0.25
Nuts, per pound .................................. $0.75
Oysters, per can ........................ $1.00 to $1.50
Paper, foolscap, per quire ....................... $0.75
Paper, letter, per quire ................ $0.50 to $0.75
Paper, note, per quire ........................... $0.50
Pen Holders ........................... $0.12 to $0.50
Pens, steel, per gross ........................... $4.25
Pickles, per bottle .............................. $1.25
Pipe Stems, Cherry ...................... $0.50 to $1.25
Pipes, wooden ............................$0.50 to $1.50
Pocket Books, leather ................... $2.50 to $5.00
Pomade .................................. $0.50 to $2.50
Preserves, assorted .............................. $2.00
Razor Strops ............................ $0.75 to $1.50
Razors .................................. $2.00 to $3.00
Scissors ................................ $0.25 to $1.50
Shaving Cream, per cake .......................... $1.50
Shears .................................. $1.75 to $2.25
Shirts, calico ................................... $2.00
Shirts, denim .................................... $2.00
Shirts, hickory .................................. $2.00
Shirts, pattern ......................... $2.50 to $8.00
Shirts, white (Service) ................. $4.00 to $6.00
Shoes, common (pegged) .................. $3.00 to $6.00
Shoes, fine ............................. $4.00 to $8.00
Slippers, calf .......... ........................ $3.00
Slippers, carpet ................................. $2.50
Smoking Tobacco, per pound ....................... $1.50
Soap, per cake .......................... $0.25 to $1.00
Starch, per pound ................................ $0.50
Suspenders ....................................... $2.00
Sweet Oil, per bottle ...........................$0.37
Thread, cotton, per spool ........................ $0.25
Tin Cups ................................ $0.12 to $0.50
Toothbrushes...... . .............. ..... $0.50 to $1.25
Towels .................................. $0.50 to $1.75
Turpentine, per bottle ......................... $0.37
Undershirts ............................. $2.50 to $6.00
Wallets ....................... ......... $0.50 to $3.00
Wash Basins ............................. $0.75 to $1.50
Worcestershire Sauce ............................. $1.00
Yeast Powder, per box ............................ $0.50
These prices are derived from the Headquarters Records of Fort Sumner
(National Archives Publication M1512, Microfilm Rolls 1-5). The spelling
of some items has been corrected.
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