1777  (1954)  We are much concerned to Discover that so many of Our Trading Goods are given away & applied under the Article of Expences especially as they rise so high in Proportion to the Returns in Made Beaver from each Factory.
1913  I was ordered to go out to meet him with a fresh supply of trading goods. . . .
1954  In addition to trading goods to be taken up and furs to be brought down, food for the whole distance had to be carried.