| Title: | Cunningham, Waddell to Van Yzendoorn, Herman, 1756 |
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| ID | 5458 |
| Collection | Letterbook of Greg & Cunningham, 1756-1757 [T. Truxes] |
| File | gc/215 |
| Year | 1756 |
| Sender | Cunningham, Waddell |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | merchant |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | NYC, USA |
| Destination | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Recipient | Van Yzendoorn, Herman |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 813 |
| Genre | business |
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| Transcript | To Herman Van Yzendoorn, Rotterdam 2 December 1756 Sir: We wrote you the 7th August, to which please be refered. You have now enclosed sales of sundry goods, Viz. Those received by the Elizabeth1 proceeds 421.19.7 Those received by the Harlequin2 proceeds 382.13.3 Your one Fourth of those by the Rachel3 137.14.61/2 942. 7.47; which is brought to your credit in your account Current with Waddell Cunningham, now enclosed, which he has balanced by Two Bills remitted with this — Viz. William Davis bill on Joseph Tute5 Esquire in London £84.10.11/4 Exchange 80 per Cent 156. 6.71/2: John Torrans bill on William Snell & Co. in ditto 228,14.6 Exchange 80 per Cent 411.14.0 £568. 0.7V: You'l please to observe that Waddell Cunningham has been obliged to take a part of the goods to his own account to enable him to close the Sales, & that he keeps you accountable to him if any Debts should prove bad that he has now accounted with you, for You have pressed him so unreasonably to close your account that he is very tired & indeed makes him affraid to open one with you in our company Books. For you must know thai our trade is not on a footing with yours. You can always sell goods at the Market price; we must wait a Customers calling for them. You can depend upon money when its due; we must wait very often many Months after, so that we can in no respect come up with you in these things, &, as we are affraid that we cant answer your expectations, we would be glad to know the price you would take for the Fourth of Nealsons snow, & if its not too high, we will take it as we wrote you before. The Musketts you shiped at £41/2 is not worth 1d. We have sold a number of them, & they turn out so bad that we are obliged to repay the money or go to Law. The Person you bought them from has imposed upon you very much. We expect to loss 15s A Muskett by them of what we should have got, &, if you do not get us a very large abatement, we must suffer very considerably by them. This is not the first complaint that has gone from this against his Arms, & 1 dare say, many more will follow. We know not what to do with them for no one will buy them here. Your account has credit for one Fourth freight made by the Prince of Wales, £108.18.8, & is debitted for the fourth disbursments on her, £94.8.7, & for one Fourth of her Cargoe to Cadiz, £150.4.2, & after examining the accounts now enclosed, if found right, please to note them. As with us, we have no account of her yet. If all is well with her, we hope to see her by the 1st January. We have not yet resolved how to imploy her after she arrives, but we shall do with her as appears to us most for the Interest of her Owners. We are favoured with yours of the 24th July & 26th August & observe their contents. The[y] came to hand but a few days agoe. As Cotton at the price it sold for would not leave you any Proff it, we defer purchasing any for you. Annexed you have the prices that the Prize goods sold for. We have conformed our Books to the several sums you advise. The goods by Sheldon came safe but not yet got to this place. We are sory to inform you that Six Chests of our arms is Seized in Philadelphia. We expect to get them off for a trifle, but when thats done, what can we do with them. As we come in Cash on your account, you may depend upon punctual remmittances, but we are affraid, it will be a long time before we can close sales. You may be assured we shall loss no time. Annexed you have the price of goods here. If at any time you think of any article from this that will answer, you may be assured your commands shall be observed with the greatest regard to your Interest. We shall be obliged to you for your Interest with your Friends in our favour. We are told that Silver Watches may be bought in Geneva for 25s Sterling each. Pray send for Twenty for us for a tryal made as much in the English taste as possible. G&C Nicorago Wood, at £11 Logwood, 11 per Ton Sarsaperilla, 2s/0 per pound Dry Hydes, 2s/0 per pound Martinico Coffee, 7d to 9d per pound Ditto Sugar, 3 to 7 per pound Ditto Cotton, 15 to 17 per pound French Indigoe, 8s per pound Via Amsterdam, per Capt. Munds per the Packet & the Charming Sally |
