| Title: | J. Cunningham, Belfast, to J. Cunningham, En Route to Boston. |
|---|---|
| ID | 803 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Cunningham, John/51 |
| Year | 1795 |
| Sender | Cunningham, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | merchant |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Belfast, N.Ireland |
| Destination | en route to Boston |
| Recipient | Cunningham, John |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | father-son? |
| Source | D 1108/A/12: Purchased From Mr E Hall, 16 Oldroad West, Gravesend, Kent. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9505142 |
| Date | 23/09/1795 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | Document added by LT, 22:05:1995. |
| Word Count | 796 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | To: John [Cunningham, Belfast?] From: John Cunningham Belfast 23d Septr [September?] 1795 Dear John I have now given you a letter to Ar [Arthur?] Kennedy, with the Articles of partnership made out agreeable to my desire for you & him to perfect so soon as you get to Baltimore & that he can get a Settlement made of the buiseness [business?] he has been doing in the Period, to ascertain his Capital, wch [which?] it will be necessary for to do before you & him begin on the Company acct [account?] I trust you will both be satisfied with one another, & that you & him will work agreeably to each others hands without wch [which?] neither of you can expect to be living at ease or Comfortable, wch [which?] is a principal thing in all partnerships & without it little good will arise either to yourselves or those who Imploys [Employs?] you to do their buiseness [business?], & if it should at any time happen that a disagreement or difference arises between you I beg you may at once part amicably, wch [which?] I have taken Care the articles of yr [your?] partnership provides for, its much better for you both to do so than live in the least way uneasy one with another, wch [which?] I sincerly [sincerely?] hope for the sake of you both never will be the Case during the time you Intended to be together, & it will hurt me much to hear or know of a misunderstanding between you, & when such (if ever it does) arise between you, I request you will not at this time say more of Mr Kennedy than this, that I have every reason to believe & think he will Conform to anything I recommend & point out for his good, & I am Certain he will in the present buiseness [business?] & Connection I have formed with you for him as a partner, & I flatter myself you will find him agreeable in every thing - you will be very carefull [careful?] to keep an exact set of books & to ballance [balance?] them once a year & each of you sign them, this at once shows What & how you are doing, & it is necessary each of you sends home a sketch of said settlement to yr [your?] friends here for their satidfaction in case of accident to either of you [-----?] You have my letter to him with you open wch [which?] you can persue, as I think no secrets shd [should?] subsist betwixt him, & I, on yr [your?] buiseness [business?] or the agreement made, & I request you will at same time you hand it to him, hand him this to you, to read & persue in like manners, that you may both be on a proper fair & honourable understanding with one another this is my wish of all things, & my best wishes is for yr [your?] Mutual Success & happiness wch [which?] is all I have to say on that Subject not doubting but you will both make every proper, & no Improper use of it - You will observe that all goods such as linens & that I am Concerned in is in general Insured to pay seperate [separate?] average, & in Case of Dammage [Damage?] at any time they shd [should?] be sold for acct [account?] of the underwriters, taking care to send proper papers to recover of them, & a regular Certificate what profit such goods wd [would?] have brot [brought?] had they gone safe to hand, this attend to all times particularly, if you go through Phila [Philadelphia?] on yr [your?] way from Boston to Baltimore Call on Mr Henry henderson & get the Linens by the Schooner Mary forwarded to B:More [Baltimore?] & have them examined that thier [there?] is no sort of Dammage [Damage?], in case it so happens have them Surveyed & Sold for acct [account?] of the underwrs [underwriters?] or if the [they?] get dammage [damaged?] on the Passage to Baltimore have the Same done if you found good Markets in Phila [Philadelphia?] you shd [should?] stay there & Cortrespond with Mr Kennedy about the Property of [----------------?] before you have it, & advise him such prices as you can yet, & payments for the Same, & if he & you deem prudent to make [?] in Phila [Philadelphia?] you can do it, wishing You a pleasant Passage & very agreeable happiness & Success I am yours Sincerly [Sincerely?] John Cunningham whem you go to Phila [Philadelphia?] if the Schooner Mary is not arrived with the Linens you Shd [Should?] Insure a profit on them if you deem it prudent provided you can get it done on moderate terms, the whole amts [amounts?] to about 2500 & upwards |
