. The river St. John, its physical features, legends and history, from 1604 to 1784. 308 THE RIVER. CHAPTER XV. Indians and the Fur Trade — Rum Freely Used — Store Prices at PortlandPoint —A Contrast—St. John in 1764 and 1910 — Atherton atSt. Annes — Fishing — Lime Burning — A Slave — First Saw Mill —•List of the Companys Effects. N their business at Portland Point Simonds andand White kept four sets of accounts : one forthe Indian trade, a second for their businesswith the white inhabitants, a third for thatwith their own employees, and a fourth forthat with the writer of this bo
. The river St. John, its physical features, legends and history, from 1604 to 1784. 308 THE RIVER. CHAPTER XV. Indians and the Fur Trade — Rum Freely Used — Store Prices at PortlandPoint —A Contrast—St. John in 1764 and 1910 — Atherton atSt. Annes — Fishing — Lime Burning — A Slave — First Saw Mill —•List of the Companys Effects. N their business at Portland Point Simonds andand White kept four sets of accounts : one forthe Indian trade, a second for their businesswith the white inhabitants, a third for thatwith their own employees, and a fourth forthat with the writer of this book now has in his collection ofhistorical papers a considerable number of accountbooks in a very fair state of preservation, containing inpart the transactions of the company during the yearsthat they were in business in St. Johh. One of these, abook of nearly 100 pages ordinary foolscap size, with?stout paper cover, contains the record of the initialtransactions of the company at St. John a century and ahalf ago. At the top of the first page are the words. St. Johns Riv
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