Dear Sir, MOSES SEIXAS TO AARON Lopez Friday, May 11th, 1781. 5 oClock P.M. THIS moment an Express arrived unto my Bro. Ben from Philadelphia which he left this day week. his errand was to inform my Brother that the Governor and Council there had fix'd that state money equal to 175 for One in Old Continental which had put an entire stop to the Circulation of the Old Continental.1 My Brother is advis'd that if he cant invest what he had with him to put it into the Treasury, to be diligent and by no means bring it back. this information I thought might be of essential service unto you. therefore have not hesitated to dispatch the Bearer immediately unto you for which am to give him 15 silver dollars, not doubting but that you'll chearfully approve of my intention. My Brother and Mr. Hays got here yesterday from Boston. the Waggon for my Mother is not yet come will be here next week. the Express is a going on to Boston to carry the like information unto Sam: Myers. Excuse this scrawl and accept of the kind salutations of my self and family, and extend the same unto the good ones around you. I am Respectfully, Dear Sir, Your affectionate humble Servant MOSES SEIXAS please to tell your good Nephew David that I have his of the 2d Inst. that Jas: Richardson will give 1/6 Sterling li. for heart and Club German Steel. Since the arrival of the french frigate at Boston it has been suggested to me that the payment of the french Bills had been protracted in France. how true this is can't pretend to say. 1 Writing from Boston, May 24, Jonathan Hastings, Jr., said: "I cannot describe to you my dear Sir, how monstrously the Old money is disregarded, the New has some Credit remaining. The Streets look more like Days devoted to the Worship of the Deity, than Days of Business." Dear Sir, MOSES SEIXAS TO AARON Lopez Newport, June 12th, 1781. MR. JACOBS handed me your acceptable favor of the 3d current and with pleasure observe that you got well home and found your dear family in good health, as also that my friend David reached you in perfect health, a circumstance that I was very glad to be inform'd of, as was fearful the fatigue of the ride wou'd cause a relapse of his late disorder. I notice that you had rec'd a Letter from Messrs. Crommeline that it was a duplicate of what they had wrote by Haydon and that the Ori[gina]l inclos'd me one from my Brother Hiam, the arrival of which I am very anxious for, as have had no Letter from him since March, 1780, but that wou'd not have been the case had he before availd himself of this safe Channel to convey his Letters unto me. I join with you that no Goods are shipt with Haydon by Messrs. Crommeline for me, but yet the saving disposition of Hiam which is very great, must have induc'd him to commit that matter to an Acq[uaintanc]e for to transact that wou'd do it without any Commission and the Goods may be on board of Haydon, for it is beyond a doubt that Goods were shipt me in November that the Insurance thereon was 5 per Ct. this Sim wrote me in an Open Letter by a flag, in a stile that nobody can understand except myself which I plainly do. I always expected Messrs. Crommeline woud have the shipping any Goods that might be sent me via Holland and the premium of Insurance made me very apprehensive that they were shipt from thence unto Eustatia (contrary to my order), but now I find that Messrs. Crommeline have no knowledge of the Goods by their not mentioning any thing unto you or Mr. Rivera concerning them gives me great hopes that the matter has been conducted as I suggest and that the Goods are on board of Haydon. the only doubt that now remains is whether any Vessell is missing that left Holland since November. If I am disappointed in receiving the Goods God knows what will be the con sequences. I have lately had an Opportunity of writing Hiam by a safe and speedy way which is the reason of my not embracing your kind offer to forward my Letters from Boston, but pray do you imagine Letters can be now sent from Holland unto London without being first inspected in Holland. The paper money that I paid Mr. Brinley is included in the payment of your draft in his favor for £100 L. Mo. As soon as am in Cash will pay him the sum you direct. I have only sold about 4 Cwt. of your flour at 5 dollars. Mr. Hunter has not yet taking any. I am of opinion flour will be very dull here now the French Army are gone from hence, all except about 400 which are to remain for the present. Amongst the gone are those which held your House, etc. which was evacuated this Morning. I have been since to take a View of the house but such a collection of straw, dirt, and nastiness, I never before saw in any house that was occupied by any that profess'd Gentility and all that they have left poor Margeret towards cleaning it, is about a Cord of Wood. they stript the Garret of about 20 or 30 boards, most of the keys of the Stores they have carried off, with the Shelves and some of the Glass and some Timber from the Wharf. About 2 Weeks ago John Malbone 1 call'd on [me] with a petition (couch'd in decent terms) to sign in your Behalf, unto General Rochambeau for the payment of Rents contracted for, telling me he had some encouragements for adopting that mode. it was signd by all that had any claim on that principle which was several. I got Mr. Taber to sign it in your behalf as the properest person, and it was presented, but without any good effect, as you will perceive by the inclos'd Copy of the General's Reply, which I have just obtain'd. You may depend on having your Account by the next conveyance wou'd have done it by this, but did not imagine Mr. Jacobs wou'd have left so soon. Mrs. Seixas unites with me in affectionate Salutations unto your good self, dear Mrs. Lopez, and family. 1 1 Died October, 1795, a merchant and the father of the miniature painter, Edward G. Malbone. I am with great Respect, Dear Sir, Your affectionate humble Servant, MOSES SEIXAS Margeret just now tells me she had 6 dollars left her. JOHN DE NEUFVILLE AND SON TO CHRISTOPHER CHAMPLIN Amsterdam, June 25th, 1781. Sir, SINCE we wrote what precedes Original of which we send you per the Juno Captain Haydon, Duplicate per Becky and Harriot, Captain Grinnel, Triplicate per the Gates, Captain Newman of Newbury Port, we are favoured with both your favours of 3d February and 1st April last in reply to the first of which we can only say that with respect to the freight the Captain having taken advantage of the times, and at the high terms that goods have been shipp'd we should have thought ourselves happy to have been able to ship more, so few Vessels having been here for the Quantity of goods there was to ship, that they have pick'd the Goods they chose to take in. many they will not take in. for any freight whatever. Yarns we are ask'd 50 per Ct. In short had we not the advantages of having Ships consign'd to us, we fear our friends would have much more room to complain though with as little reason against us, of which they would be satisfied did they know how studious we are in attending to their Interest. when times changes, or we have Vessels to chuse, on board of which we like to ship, they will, as ourselves, have more satisfaction by the expedition of their Orders. and to answer your esteem'd of the first April we find we acted right in the manner we proceeded, with respect to Mr. Hayley, who having sent the Goods as before mentioned, there remains nothing to be said further on that Subject, except that we having divided the goods as nearly as we could guess, (not having any Duplicate or Copy of the Invoice) in three parts the first of which we shipp'd per the brig Gates Captain Newman, for Newbury Port, as per our preceeding. the 2d per the Snow Four I. friends Captain Wm. Gibbons for Boston who goes down tomorrow to our roads, to take also the benefit of the Convoy of a fine frigate of 41 Guns, which part consists in one Bale 1 Trunk and I Chest mark'd the bill of Lading we send also agreeable to your directions to Messrs. Jarvis and Russel, and I inclose herein account of the Charges of f. 102: 1. the Captain chose the freight to be paid in Boston. we left it to be settled accordingly by Messrs. Jarvis and Russel, at the same rate the last was paid of 12 per Cent. the third and last part we ship'd by the Robyn Captain Cazneau, of which we will in time give you also an account that you may credit us accordingly for the Charges. The Robyn will probably sail by herself, in 3 or 4 weeks, but as she goes under Neutral Colours, we apprehend the risque by her cannot be great. we have debitted your account for the remittance made Mr Hayley, £400 Stg. exchange 34 R per £ Stg. £4080. Commission per Ct. 20: 8 Brokerage 4., total Currency £4104.8 which after having examin'd if found free from Errors, please to pass in our Conformity. this being all that offers for the present, we remain with particular esteem most truly, Sir, Your most obedient and humble Servants JOHN DE NEUFVILLE AND SON [Endorsed,] Per Liberty Captain Deboer. MOSES SEIXAS TO AARON Lopez Newport, July 9th, 1781. Dear Sir, A FEW days after I received your esteem'd favor of the 19th Ulto. I was so fortunate as to procure a Tenant for your Estate in this Town for the particulars of the Terms, I crave leave to refer you to the inclos'd Agreement, to which I have only to add, that Whitney is a refugee from Charlestown, So. Carolina, a native of Norwich, Connecticut, to whence he now goes to fetch his Wife and 2 Children which with a Brother and Servant composes his family, that he is a sober quiet man, and altho without knowledge, figure, |
