What was for sale on March 13, 1813 in Bladensburg, Maryland..and beyond?

We kick off our reporting on "Bladensburg - Beyond the Battle" with a report on what items were advertised for sale in a local paper, Daily National Intelligencer, March 16, 1813.[1]

At Richard Parrott & Co. on Water Street, Georgetown, on land once owned by Washington Bowie,  a mere hour or so from Bladensburg - right up the road, one could select from the following list of recently arrived quality goods.

·       West India or Orleans sugar

·       Molasses

·       French brandy  4th proof

·       Best West India rum

·       Madiera

·       London particular Teneriffe Sherry

·       Port

·       Malaga

·       Pepper by the pound

·       Lisbon salt by the bushel

·       Green & white coffee by the bag

·       Chests of tea; Imperial, Hyson; young Hyson; Hyson Skin and Souchong

·       Bales of Pimento

·       Barrels of tanner's oil

·       Pickled Herrings by the box

·       Ploughshare moulds

·       Limited cases of Sweet Oil Spermacetia, Mould and Dipp'd candies

·       flat & square "Bar iron"  by the ton; and Russian steel

·       Seine twine and corks; plough lines and cordage of every description

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[1] Daily National Intelligencer; Date: 03-16-1813; Volume: I; Issue: 64; Page: [1]; Location: Washington (DC), District of Columbia.