inclosed you have the account there on amounting to £73.16 Currency, for which your account is debitted. we send one bill of Lading to Mr. Jarvis and Russell of the trunk No. 1, and inclose you the other, desiring very much it may both come safe to hand. You'll also find hereby a letter Mrs. Hayley desired us to forward, but as we have no duplicate there of we send it only by Capt. Cooke tho' this our letter goes by both Vessels. By what we wrote you at severall times we suppose you have been fully acquainted with the loss of the Brigg Amelia near Madeira whereby we shipped one Chest Tea for you to the Amount of 313.4, the Ballance of £26.18. due to you on the remitted bill of £.st.30. remains still at the Creditor on you account, and what may be your share in the salvage which we calculate will go to about 20% will be added thereto, but we are not able yet to make up the generall account by want of some papers which have been lost by the vessell they came in from Madeira. we wrote sundry times for the duplicates and hope they may at length reach us. after this matter is settled we will lay out what may be due to you in good white Lead and ship it for Boston according to your directions. we have the honour to be most respectfully, Sir, Your Most obedient humble Servants, Dear Sir, JOHN DE NEUFville and Son DANIEL PITKIN TO AARON LOPEZ Hartford, September 14th, 1780. I HAVE sent on 2 Teams for Capt. Wileys Goods, Ens. Joseph Hurlburt and G. Roberts. Roberts you will please to give 3000 lb. in full as per agreement of Capt. Wiley. You was pleased to ask my opinion on the Sail of Salt. the Inhabitants round here are but poorly supplyed with this artickle now but say their is a plenty in Boston. The Teamsters go down and fetch it and return for 100 wt flower I Bushell of Rock Salt. their is likely to be considerable pork to be salted on the River but cannot say how Salt will come in. I fancy that the Market in Hartford will be much governed by the Market in Boston. I wish that the Salt might be sold for Continental Bills if Silver or flower cannot be obtained for it. Bohea Tea retails at 120 Doll's I li. Pray Sir have you any Scarlet Br'd Cloth. Mrs. White a Lady which I am Administrator with on her late Husbands Estate wants 1 yard for a Cloak for her Daughter of a pretty good Quality not the most superfine. the price she wishes to know. if you would please to give a Shred to the Teamsters will pay in Continental Money or she will take out of the office next month Bill on France at 30 days sight to the amount of 96 Doll's. Will have them to dispose of and perhaps they will suit in payment and as all men wish to get the most so the Women wish for the same. I 50 can be had at the office and I believe that it is the highest price they are sold at and as they will fall into my hands to dispose of must do the best for the Widdow and fatherless: If the Cloth and price suit will be glad to take it and will send if in the course of any Buisiness we should have and will serve our mutual Interest will be glad to save the Bills for you Sir if you are inclined to purchase them. I am with Respect Your Humble Obedient Servant, DANIEL PITKIN N. B. The News of Generall Gate Defeat may be relyed on as fact. Sir, JOHN ROGERS TO CHRISTOPHER CHAMPLIN Providence, 19th September, 1780. On the presumption of your intentions to remit some Bills to Europe this Fall I take this opportunity to inform you I purpose going in 6 or 8 weeks myself. My plan is at present to go to France and negotiate my Bills, as that cannot be accomplish'd in Holland without 10 per Ct. discount, whereas there is only 4 or 5 in France, and proceed by Land with the Cash to Amsterdam where I expect to lay it out, unless there shou'd be previously a Treaty of peace on foot between this Continent and Great Britain, in which case I shall proceed immediately to England from the assurance of laying in Goods to greater advantage, particularly Hard Ware of all kinds. I purpose shipping my own Effects for St. Eustatia, if I purchase in Amsterdam and the War continues, but those of my Employers shall be punctually laid in and ship'd agreeable to their directions. if it is your inclination to ship any Bills by me, I shall be happy Sir, in being honor'd with your Commands and will execute the same to the best of my knowledge on as reasonable terms as any person and flatter myself you will not think me incapable, as I have serv❜d 12 or 14 years in that particular branch of Business which was always my delight to aspire after a perfect knowledge of the same, and have the vanity to think I have acquir'd it to as great a degree as most Young Fellows educated in that line. Your mentioning and recommending me to those Gentlemen in the Mercantile Line in Newport who you think probable wou'd send any Bills and any Letters of Recommendation you can consistent with your own feelings give me to Merchants either in France, Holland, or England, will lay me under the greatest obligations and it is not improbable if only to the latter kingdom, be of infinite service to me. French Bills can now be procur'd at 55 for one or 20 per Ct. under par; permit me to recommend them as the best thing now to purchase on the principle of speculation as I am well convinc'd they will be nearly at Par in a very few weeks. Any of your favours in the operation of this my intended Tour will be gratefully acknowledg'd by Dear Sir Your affectionate Friend and very humble Servant JOHN ROGERS AGREEMENT FOR EXPORTING FLOUR 1 CHRISTOPHER CHAMPLIN of Newport having assign'd and indorsed over to Ebenezer Gracy of Darby in Connecticut as his agent, his Permission from Governor Trumbull of s'd Connecticut, to export by water from s'd Darby to 1 The original is in the Newport Historical Society. Newport Two hundred Barrils of Flour for use of the French Army, upon the conditions, viz. Ist. said Gracy promises without chargeing any Commission, to receive from said Champlin by any boat he may ship it, Two hundred and forty Bushels of Salt and see it deliv'd at Darby landing to Mr. Daniel Shearman, of Woodbury, and his Associates as per engagement with Mr. Hinman of said Woodbury and his Associates Fine Wheat Flour well bolted and packed in barrils deliverd at said landing by them at the time of delivering the salt viz. one hundred and one quarter of a hundred Gross Weight, for every bushel of Salt so delivered, said Champlin paying the customary price for the barrils. And ship the said Flour at the lowest Freight to said Champlin, at Newport. 2ndly. what effects said Champlin may consign to said Gracy, (money excepted), to purchase the remainder of the 200. barr's contained in s'd Permission said Gracy shall charge a customary Commission upon the sale. 3dly. What Flour or other articles said Gracy may ship to the adress of said Champlin over and above s'd 200 barr's shall be sold without Commission and the first price of s'd Goods made good to s'd Gracy out of the sales, and the remainder equally divided between said Gracy and Champlin, and any Goods which said Champlin may send to said Gracy for payment of such flour and other goods so shiped, shall be sold without any Commission. 4thly. any Goods shiped by said Gracy for Newport on the joint account of him self and said Champlin; or any Goods shiped by said Champlin to Darby, on the joint account of him self and said Gracy shall be considered at their joint account and risk having due regard to advice rec'd from each other from time to time, and the apparent Danger of the Enemy. Receipts must be taken by each Party at each place at the time of shiping any Goods, on their joint Account to vouch that the same is on their joint account. Newport, September 20th, 1780. CHRIS CHAMPLIN Dear Sir, DANIEL PITKIN TO AARON LOPEZ1 Hartford, 26th Sept'r, 1780. HAVING an Oppertunity to pay my Respects and as you have formerly desired me to let you know the Markets in Hartford the Exchange for hard Money is 72 Salt hath been sold lately Rock for 4 hard Doll per Bushell, first White Sugar by the Hdd. for 10 Dolls. perhaps on ac❜t of the Scaircity of Continentale Money may have occasion[ed] a fall on artickle and the plenty of the New Emis[sio]n of State Money which in generall is sleighted by most people. the Scarlet Br'd Cloth will not sute Mrs. White. I am with much Respect Your Humble Obedient Servant, Dear Sir, DANIEL PITKIN MOSES SEIXAS TO AARON LOPEZ 2 Newport, October 5th, 1780. By what Mr. Brinley wrote you last week, you'll be inform'd that he had applied to me for money on your order and the result of that application. he this day requested he might have what money I had in hand of yours as he cou'd get it exchang'd for Specia at 70 and saying that he wou'd settle the exchange with you, who he did not doubt wou'd allow it at that. this I judg'd myself not warranted to do and therefore rejected it, but offer'd to let him have it at 60 for one. he accepted my offer and I have paid him seven thousand two hundred Cont. Dollars and taking his rec't for the same, which hope will not be disagreable unto you. Your Currants and Peas remain unsold and have only sold but 2 p'r Breeches at 8 Doll's per p'r. The 3 boxes of Sugar from Smithfield I received last week. that article is so plenty and low now that I see no prospect of getting rid of ours soon, except at a great disadvantage. Mr. Channing again applied for the use of the Synagogue. 1 The original is in the Newport Historical Society. 2 The original is in the Newport Historical Society. |