(AMERICAN INDIANS) Zabriskie Andrew C Letter concerning the

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(AMERICAN INDIANS.) Zabriskie, Andrew C. Letter concerning the manufacture of wampum in Wyckoff, NJ. Autograph Letter Signed to wampum manufacturer Peter Stoltz of Lydecker's Mills, NJ. One page, trimmed to 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, retaining address panel on verso; dampstaining and minor wear. Paramus, NJ, 20 January 1803

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Stoltz operated a long-lived and important mill for drilling wampum, which remained in use for trade with the Plains Indians until the mid-19th century. See Beck, Tales and Towns of Northern New Jersey, page 238. In full: "Sir, I send you the 17 shells, 12 of the 17 you may send Anderson the wampom for, as they are come from him." From the collection of James Ransom.