| Title: | William Montgomery, Portadown, to Joseph [Searight?], Philadelphia. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1838 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Montgomery, William/52(3) |
| Year | 1854 |
| Sender | Montgomery, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | linen merchant |
| Sender Religion | Protestant |
| Origin | Portadown, Co. Armagh, USA |
| Destination | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Recipient | Searight, Joseph |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | D.2794/1/2/97: Presented by H.H. Montgomery, 4 Kensington Gardens, Belfast 5. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9510064 |
| Date | 10/06/1854 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 12:10:95. |
| Word Count | 227 |
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| Transcript | Portadown 10th June 1854 Dear Joseph, Your last letter to Robert Moore I have seen and regret very much that you have not been able to make remittances on a/c of the pillow case linens. Those goods have been so very long on hands that I certainly am anxious to see them sold and the whole transaction closed. If they prove a bad speculation why let us know the worst at once. Can you send us "pro forma" a/c sales and give us some idea of how they have been sold. The three cases of the same goods about which I wrote you I shipped to a firm in New York where they arrived in March last and part of them were sold on arrival so as to nett about 15% on Invoice cost. They were the same class of goods and finished in the same way as those sent you. The linen trade at present is in a very unsatisfactory state. Spinners are losing money and many of them very shaky, some have already failed. There is no demand for manufactured goods and stocks must be increasing. [Irish rents?] are 5«% for first class paper and 6« for [generals?] and accommodation bills. Business generally has not been so dull since 1849 and should there not be an improvement soon I [look?] for a crash. We are all well at home. Your affectionate Cousin William Montgomery |
