P. V. THRELFAL TO CHRISTOpher and George Champlin1 Grenada, November 18, 1774. Gentlemen, We are duly favor'd with yours dated the 28th Septr. advising Sale of your Slaves at St. Kitts. We as well as you think it a little extraordinary the Factors did not write you per your Vessell. We are in great hopes our late Act will be soon repealed, when she shall be enabled to sell Slaves as usual, you may depend on being regularly advised when we have an alteration which must be for the better. P. V. THRElfal Sir, STOCKER AND WHARTON TO CHRISTOPHER CHAMPLIN Philadelphia, November 22d, 1774. THIS day comes to hand your favor of the 12 Inst. per Whitman and find you purposed to dispatch the Peggy the 25 Inst., therefore shall be providing her Cargoe in order to give her dispatch. The last accounts from Spain, Portugal, and England, were very encouraging for our produce; Flour at Lisbon 3$500 and on the rise, in England their Crops were very indifferent and Wheat at Bristol was worth 6/6 to 6/9 per bushel. We have an order for half a Cargoe. if you can purchase a load of good sound and full grain Wheat, say eight to ten thousand bushels put on board, Commission and all charges included at three shillings and eight pence Sterling per bushel, and can procure a Vessel to carry it to Bristol, Lisbon, or Cadiz, as we may hereafter direct, you may secure us a Cargoe, provided it be agreeable that we make the payment in Bills at 60 days on London or Bristol, one half when we receive the Bills of Lading, or when you inform us the Cargoe is shiping, the remainder in one two or three months after as you can 1 The original is in the Rhode Island Historical Society. manage it; or rather than fail we would send Bills for one quarter part to begin to make the purchase, tho' this we would rather not do. in case you can make the purchase do charter a good Vessel and see that she is well denaged1 proper Corn Rooms and well lined or matted. the Wheat must be clear of Fly and Garlick. Your answer soon will oblige us. the price we have limited is above what you say it can be bought at and have no doubt you will get it as low as you can. We have wrote to Dublin this day, as we find a Vessel will sail for some part of Ireland in a day or two, informing Mr. Norris that the Brig will soon sail. Seed is worth here 12/6 to 13/. We remain With much respect, Sir, Your Very Humble Servants, STOCKER AND WHARTON Sir, STOCKER AND WHARTON TO CHRISTOPHER CHAMPLIN Philadelphia, December 5, 1774. OUR last respects was under date the 29th November and have now to advise that the Peggy is just arrived, but too late to enter this afternoon. You may depend we will give her all the dispatch in our power, but Flour geting up to 18/. and more purchasers than we ever knew, is a disagreeable circumstance. We wish she had brought the Flaxseed in preference to its being shipt to Ireland, for we are of opinion this is the best market. we are not so sanguine in our expectations from the Irish market as you are. they can be supplyd from Holland at about 70/ to 80/, and will no doubt when they find there is a scarcity in America send to Holland for what they may want. if they have not time to do this we do think it will be high - tho not so much as you expect. Your next we hope will inform us that you have bought the Cargoe of Wheat we 1 Dunnaged. wrote for. We remain With respect, Sir, Your Very Humble PLEASE Supply His Majesty's Ship Rose, under my Command, with Four Hundred pounds of fresh Beef. JAS. WALLACE HENRY GARDNER TO CHRISTOPHER CHAMPLIN1 Dear Sir, Philadelphia, the 23d December, 1774. I HAVING an oppertunity make boald to acquaint you that we are now lying at Ready Island and have ben heare this three days wating for a wind to go to sea. We left the Sitty the 20d December. We have got in sixteen hundred and two Barrels of flower in all. We loaded the ship in fore days and a half. The Ship is vary tite and has ben ever sence we left Rhodeisland. Sir, thear was a Negro belonging to Mr. Miller the Mastmaker that hid him self on bord the ship and run away we never found it out until after our arival at Philadelphia. after we had ben out 4 days he maide him self nown to Sirlone, and he give him vittels and water. Sirlone kep it privit until he got on shore. Capt. Barron saw in one of the Newspapers a Negro prince Miller advartiseed, mistrusted that he came with us, so I keep a Lookout for him, catcht him, put him in jaile. that advartisement was two Dollars Reward, but I understud by Capt. Carronton that he had put out advartisements ten Dollars Reward. the Negro will come hince with Capt. Momford. Capt. Momford paide me 1 The original is in the Rhode Island Historical Society. two Dolers that was the first advartisement But the last was ten Dollers Reward so I should have eight Dollears more. Sir, I should be glad if it lay in your way that you wold git it for me. Sir, I am well and harty so no more at preasan. I remain, Dear Sir, your most umble Sarvant HENRY GARDNER Dear Sir, PELEG GREENE TO AARON LOPEZ Annamaboe, December the 25th, 1774. I GLADLY imbrace this present oppertunity to acquant you of our safe arrival here after a tedious Pasage of 140 days after stoping to windard as we run down along we tuched to almost every Port runing down but purchased only 12 Slaves with all our trouble, but at our arrival here found times to be very good thanks be to God for it. there was only one Rum man that is Captain Johnson of Boston and he had almost done before we arrived. Shall mention some of the Perticuler which may be of servis to you as you carry on this trade, in regard to the Prices of Slaves. our Captain gives for Prime men slaves 190 Gallons and 200 do. and for Prime women 170 and 180 Do. to the whites; and the Black trade is very good at present which give us a great Prospect of a good Voyage and Dispatch. Ive had a good oppertunity of gitting acquanted in this trade, as we tuched all the way down the Coast, and have improved every hour of time, and have been in the Long boat ever sence we arrived here which is not common for a second mate, and am glad to tell you without vannity that I think myself capable of taking charge of a Vessell in this trade with what experience I have already acquired for I find the trade very easy, and hope you will think of your faithfull six years servant against his Return, if it should please God to speare his life, as I am confident that I am capable of taking Charge of Vessell about 100 or 120 Hhd which is full bigg for Dispatch, and it will be a good time of the year when we return, as we expect to be at home in July if nothing happens, and the Vessell thats now fitting and on their Pasages will all be off the Coast that time of course. have nothing more to mention only please to give my Complements to your Lady and famly likewise to Mr. Lavary and family and to Miss Wright. Shall conclude with my sincere wishes for your wellfare. am, Sir, Your Humble Servant and yours to serve, [Endorsed,] Via Barbadoes Captain Clarke. PELEG GREENE UNIV. OF MICHIGAN, NOV 20 1014 * |