| Title: | Samual Morton, U.S.A. to Thomas Greer, Dungannon. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1897 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Morton, Samuel and John/16 |
| Year | 1769 |
| 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 | D1044/179: Deposited by the late Captain V. McG. Greer. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office N. Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 201115 |
| Date | 04/04/1769 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, Td by Peter Best, 07:01:02. |
| Word Count | 445 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | To: Thomas Greer Merchant Dungannon Ireland {per Cap----[Captain?] Falconer via London} From: Philada [Philadelphia?] 4 Mo [Month?] 4 1769 Affectionate Cousin Thomas Greer Our last was (via Belfast) dated 2 Mo--- [Month?] 25th inclosing [enclosing?] Acco--- [Account?] Sales of the last parcel of Linens we had from thee, since which have none of thy Favo-rs [Favours?]; we now inclose [enclose?] thee James Cooper's Draft on John Strettle Merch--t [Merchant?] London for 87. St-----g [Sterling?] Exchange at 60 percent is Currency 139.4- which note accordingly. The Merchants & Traders of this city have mutally covenanted & agreed with each other not to import any Goods from Great Britain till the British Parliament repeals some late unconstitional Revenue Acts except such as were shipped before the first of this Month, so that what Linens thou sends us must come immediatly from Ireland & and by no Means go to England to recover the Bounty, except thou shou-d [should?] learn that the Parliment had repeal'd the Acts for laying a Duty on Paints, Glass &c. It is our own Opinion they'll not be suddenly repealed, therefore wou-d [would?] submitt [submit?] to thy Judgment [Judgement?], whether it wou-d [would?] be better to stop sending any more Linens for some time, or send them immediatly from Ireland, which wou-d [would?] deprive us of the Bounty, consequently lessen our Profits very considerably - What is become of the Parcel of Linens, thou wrote us was sent to L.pool [Liverpool?] long since, it is a Mystery to us what can detain them - (turn over) We are very hearty in the good cause of Liberty & hope it will have the desired Effect of for ever deter-ing [deterring?] a Corrupt Ministry from encoaching on the Rights and Priviledges [Privileges?] of a free born People We are &c S & J M [Samuel & John [Jonathan?] Morton?] (copy) Original per Cap---- [Captain?] Hood via Bristol Philada [Philadelphia?] 4 Mo--- [Month?] 13 1769 Respected Friend Above is a copy of our last via Bristol, to which we refer, this chiefly serves to cover James Cooper's 2d of Exchange on John Strettle Merch--t [Merchant?] London, for 87 St------g [Sterling?]; we have taken such Precaution, in Case it shou-d [should?] be protested by the Person on whom it is drawn, as by applying to Hartford & Powell, it will be paid on our Acco--t [Account?]. We wou-d [would?] have thee pay all necessary Attention to ours of the 4th Instant respecting the Linens, shall add no futher, but that we are sincerly thy affectionate Cousins Saml [Samuel?] & Jno [John?] [Jonathan?] Morton P.S. Brother Saml [Samuel?] is returned from his long journey of nearly 2800 miles he is well as also Rachel Willson [Wilson?] who is now near this City. (Transcribed by Peter Best) |
