terest of our friend, do make some Enquiries, and see if you can get Mr. Grant to remit the money. I shall be glad to hear from you on this subject, and am Sir, Yrs etc. H. CRUGER, JR. HENRY CRUGER, JR. TO NATHANIEL GRANT Bristol, 1st Oct., 1772. the I HAVE already wrote you a few lines by this Bearer. present is only to make an enquiry about the Bill of £150, drawn by Robt. Alexander & Robert Maitland with a protest for non payment I returned to your hands so long ago as March 1769. I am the uneasier about this Bill, as the person on whose Account it was remitted to me, is often calling on me for a settlement, being informed the Drawer of it (Mr. Moore) is very capable of paying it, and so is Mr. P. P. Livingston the Endorser, if this is the case; for God's sake! why are they not instantly compel'd to do Justice? I beg of you Mr. Grant to give me some satisfaction on this head, that I may no longer suffer the bad opinion of my correspondent in No. America, who frequently hints that he imagines I neglect his Interest in this matter; wherefore I must entreat you to insist upon Mr. Moore or Mr. Livingston's paying you the Bill with Cost and Damages, and remit me the same without further loss of time. I lament their want of honor to do it before; from such connections God forever deliver me. Sir, HENRY CRuger, Jr. GEORGE SEARS TO AARON Lopez St. Johns, Newfoundland, October 4th, 1772. I HAVE not had an Oppertunity of writeing to you before this sence Captain Allen saild who I hope has got safe home. Captain Ripley arived here the Evening after Captain Allen saild, which was sooner then I expected according to the accounts I had. he lay here about three weeks before I could sell the Brigg, she being two shoal in the Hold for this Trade, otherwise could have sold her exceeding well. the most I could get was £501, as I had given my word I would not take £500, but from your writeing I thought better to take that price then send her home again and she would not carry Fish enough on Freight to make any great hand of it. the Salt I sold at 8/9 per Hhd. which is very low oweing to several large Vessells ariveing in a short time of each other, but none sold on better terms then my self. Capt. Ripley went from hence for Trepassey about 18 days since to deliver the Brigg and some goods I sold at same time amounting to £536.7.5, the first Bill of this Sett I ordered him to give you, the second I have received here, the third is left in good hands and I expect it here soon. I expected Capt. Ripley would have com to this Harbour againe for a passage, therefore did not wright by him. nor I did not think it prudent to send Bills or the Cash he brought with him, as I expected he would com round in an open Boat, to this Harbour again as tis not common to get a Passage there. you have here inclos'd a Receipt for the Money Captain Ripley brought, which I have delivered Captain Gideon Manchister. Likewise the second Bill of James Jackson's and the first Bill of the Sett James Goss on John Goss for £169.15.6 which I hope will com safe to hand. I have sent to London all the first Bills of the Setts as you ordered, £340 for Account of Mr. Rivera to Hayley and Hopkins in the Ship Vestal, John Temple Master, bound for London sailed August 30th., £161.16.3 to William Steade, £400.9.8 to Hayley and Hopkins on your Account in the Ship New Race Horse, James Drew Master, sailed this day bound for Teingmouth. As there will be an other Oppertunity soon for England, I think better to send the second Bills from hence to London and bring the third home with me. As I wass beginning the first day of this month to part load the Dianna with W. India Fish for Rhode Island I frieghted her to Mr. Robert Bulley for Barcelonia, with Liberty to touch at Malaga or Alic[ante] at 2/3 per Quintal. If no farther than Malaga 2/, which is the same as last years Frieghts. Mr. Bulley prommisses to do all in his power to get her a Frieght for London and by all accounts there is no Danger but she will get one. we have one thousand Quintals now on board and hope to saile in 10 or 14 days. If it should so happen there is no Frieght to be got, I shall give Captain Buckley Orders to load with Salt and proceed Home to Rhode Island and to send a Line to Hayley and Hopkins as soon as he knows wheather he shall get a Frieght or Load with Salt for Rhode Island. With them you may leave Orders for Insureance accordingly. With regard to loading the Brigg for Lisbon the Accounts of Markets at that place are so bad, that it would be Madness to think of it without I was a mind to sink a good Deale of Money for you. the Merchants here will not ship ther own Fish they have on hand. there wass great hopes last year on Fish. 'tis likely it will be so againe this year there being so much old Fish left on hand. I suppose you have heard of a great number of Marchants and two Banks failing in England. I have a List of there Names. Beleave it will not effect me or any House here. Mr. Bulleys Friend is faild at home, but Bulley wass a small Ballance in his Debt, therefore it will not hurt him. I hope to be ready to com home in two or three weeks at farthest. I have not much goods unsoald. Caezer is not sold yet. Vessells of proper Dementions are much wanted and have been this 5 or 6 Weeks I could have sold or chartered half a Dozen, of such Dimentions as I gave you last year-50 or 51 foot Keele, 21 foot Beem, 8 foot 6,8 foot 9 or 9 foot Hold, or a little larger in this proportion, Briggs or Schooners tho Briggs seem rather to have the preference. they will hardly ever fail of selling any year while the Fishery is carried on, there Sides not too tumble too much to hender them from hawling in fish as they make Bankers of them after they have been to Market. they should be all trunells 1 where Spikes are us'd, as they dont like to see a Spike in Bottom or Waste. From, Sir, your humble Servant, GEO. SEARS 1 "Treenail commonly pronounced trun'-nel." 1 P. S. Since I finished Mr. Bulley tells me he thinks he wants to send the Brigg as high as Naples or Leghorn. If so the price will be 2/6. he tells me he allways insures to any Port in the Streights as it makes no Odds with the Insurers. G. SEARS I agreed to give Captain Manchester 3 Dollars to bring this money which I have not paid. Sir: SAMUEL SNELL TO CHRISTOPHER CHAMPLIN1 Annamaboe, Oct. 6, 1772. I WROTE you by Capt. Johnson the 26th Sept. and this comes by Capt. Roggers, the next that sails from heare will be Capt. Bardine. I cant tell you Sir when I shall saile but as soon as I can git my slaves from the castles, I shall sail, as I only weight for them, if the trade groes better I shall sail soon, if not I must stay longger. Trade never was none to be so dul as it is now, not heare. I have but 15 slaves on board yet, I got one hande out of Capt. Johnson before he sailed. Gentelmen with esteame, your most obdt and humble servant, SAMUEL SNELL Sir, HAYLEY AND HOPKINS TO CHRISTOPHER CHAMPLIN London, 31st October, 1772. On the other side is copy of our last. We have now only to advise you that the Bills mentioned in our last on Wraxall & Hall for £100 on Deane, Munckley & Co. for £200, and on Greenwood & Higginson for £100, are all accepted and when paid shall be placed to your Credit; and to return your Bill and protest for £32 on David Paris Esqr. for the Charges 1 Copy supplied by Mr. John H. Storer. thereon we debit you 8/6 we hope you will be no sufferer, but be able to recover the Amount with Damages. The Bill we advised you, to have noted for non acceptance, on William Innis for £23 is paid and placed to your Credit. (Copy Original per Welshman.) HAYLEY AND HOPKINS Sir, TILLINGHAST & HOLROYD TO AARON Lopez Providence, November 23, 1772. WE herewith send you all the Shakes we can yet get in we expect a quantity in from several hands which we look for daily, as fast as they come, will send them down. here is also a parcel of Cedar pails. shall send 2 or 3 dozen more as soon as they come which will be in a little while. we could not procure the Hoop poles you requested, and as for Hoops they bring them in so poor we are afraid to send such as generally come to market here. if we could get them that we approved of ourselves within the limited time, we would be glad to send them to you; but we don't love to have any difficulty about them as they are a precarious article. we would be glad of a bag of pemento if you have any. the Endico is not such as we could wish but possibly we may get it off. Mr. Jenckes has been with you we suppose but have not seen him since. if you have given him an order on us for the money will pay it him for the Endico. We are, Sir, your humble Servants, TILLINGHAST & HOLROYD P. S. your affair with Allen is not yet determined. Mr. Aaron Lopez, To 43 Cedar pails at 12/ per dozen To 20 Shakes hhds. at 7 per s. Dr. £2. 3. 2.12.6 £4.15.6 |