| Title: | Samuel & John Morton U.S.A. to T. Greer Dungannon Co.Tyrone. |
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| ID | 1900 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Morton, Samuel and John/28 |
| Year | 1770 |
| Sender | Morton, Samuel and John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | linen traders |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Penn., USA |
| Destination | Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Greer, Thomas |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | cousins, business |
| Source | D 1044/295A: Deposited by the Late Captain U. McC. Greer. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, N. Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9612188 |
| Date | 25/09/1770 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 03:12:96. |
| Word Count | 245 |
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| Transcript | To Thomas Greer Mercht [Merchant?] in Dungannon Ireland 19 [NO?] [19 Nov 1770 Bishopmark Transit/arrival postmark?] 1/6 [postage to be charged in manuscript?] 9/25 1770 [25 Sep 1770?] Philadelphia 9 mo 25 1770 [25 September 1770?] Dear Cousin Thomas Greer We recd [received?] thine advising thou had shippd [shipped?] [42/24?] Sheiting [sheeting?] on our joint Acct [account?] on board the Brittania Capt [Captain?] [Ross?] on which we made Insurance [3?][fines?] [then?] [and?] [inform?] I shall [?] detained by Attachment or otherwise which will be a mutual Loss to the concern'd had triple the Quantity arrivd [arrived?] could have dispos'd Aim to good Advantage they having been in great Demand for some Time past & as we have urg'd [urged?] thy finding a considerable Quantity of low pric'd Linen from 10d to 13d need not add much on this head but that we shall expect em [them?] in due Time The Merchants & traders of this City have agreed to import Goods from great Britain except those Articles that are liable to Duty therefore what Linins [linens?] thou may hereafter ship us may be sent to Liverpool in order to recover the Bounty ; thou hast not furnishd [furnished?] with Sales of either the Flaxseed or Flour which we expected before their Time when thou does wou'd choose to have [emsiperah?] in order to settle our Books accordingly ----- Turn over Flaxseed is like to be very plenty this Season no Doubt the price will be low with you, shall endeavour to judge whether to Ship some on our joint Acc [account?] or defer it according as we may think for our Interest We remain Thy Affectionate Kinsmen S & J M Copy Origin p [per?] Cap [Captain?] Cook via London. |
