| Title: | Hartford Montgomery, Portadown to J.[Searight?], Philadelphia |
|---|---|
| ID | 1792 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Montgomery, Hartford/42 |
| Year | 1852 |
| Sender | Montgomery, Hartford |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | businessman? |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Portadown, Co. Armagh, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Recipient | Searight, Joseph |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | uncle-nephew, business |
| Source | D. 2794/1/2/74: Presented by H.H. Montgomery, 4 Kensington Gardens, Belfast 5. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9510049 |
| Date | 13/10/1852 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 12:10:95. |
| Word Count | 714 |
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| Transcript | Portadown 13th October 1852 Dear Joseph Your invoice of 100 Barels [barrels?] flour is duly to hand. From the manner in which your invoice is made out I presume you have taken the average price but in future when there are four qualities I would prefer seeing the cost of each and each separately marked on the Barrels. I have forwarded Bill of Lading to Liverpool with proper instructions. I observe you charge 5% Commission which I think is rather too much as I know some houses which only charge 4% on provisions and 2 1/2 % on Cotton and am quite sure I could get parties to buy Flour for 3%. Unless the quantity of American flour and wheat shipped to this country should prove much greater than any former year I do not think prices are likely to be lower as the quantity of wheat is much less than wheat in this country. Wheat has already advanced 1/3 per cent weight and flour nearly as much but 2 years since when prices went up at this season of the year the market was so glutted with French and American that prices were completely shocked and receded considerably. Whether this will be the same this year remains yet to be seen and I believe mainly depends upon the quantity with you for shipment here. If you can purchase 500 Barrels of first rate flour so as to be laid down in Liverpool at 22/- you may do so on my % [account?] and ship as below. Should you think right you may take a margin of % now. If you find it would be an advantage to draw at sight you may do so but sometimes I am afraid the exchange market is in such a state that a proportionate advantage cannot be had consequently I leave the matter to your own discretion and judgement. I am dear Joseph Your affectionate uncle Hartford Montgomery |
