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expressing my opinion respecting its correctness: He remarked that he would pledge himself to outfit a mission of equal numbers, take them across the country, and sustain them in theirwork three years for the same amount, i.e. about $7000.[1]
Both Whitman and Spalding resented the criticism, especially of Parker, and sent replies. Whitman, whose remembrance of his trip to the mountains with Parker in 1835 was not of the happiest, wrote:
If Mr. Parker was to contract and take a party across the mountains and sustain them in this field, I think no one would be found satisfied with the arrangements he would make.[2]
To the Revd Prudential Committee of the ABCFM
The undersigned respectfully present the following Schedule of the Receipts & Expenditures accruing to the Columbia Mission. Viz—
Mr. Spalding from Pittsburgh
Doct Whitman from home
Mr Gray from home
| Traveling & Provisions | $590.98 |
| Labor | 275.75 |
| Sadellery & Harness | 267.13 |
| Cattle | 118.00 |
| Indian goods to trade for horses & provisions | 222.25 |
| Horses & Mules | 926.00 |
| Tools & Furniture | 219.03 |
| Guns & Ammonition | 91.44 |
| Clothing | 208.05 |
| Books & Stationery | 74.57 |
| Seeds | 7.17 |
| Medicines & Surg instruments | 28.39 |
| Incidentals | 35.20 |
| Money on hand | 210.00 |
| $3273.96 |
Receipts Mr Spalding on hand $197.00 Dr Whitman on hand 166.96 Jointly at Cincinnati 2000.00 Mr Gray on hand 125.00 At St Louis Mo 25.00 Mr Spalding Dr Whitman Mr Gray Jointly at Lexington Mo 800.00
$3273.96