| Title: | Cunningham, Waddell to Hope, Isaac & Zachary, 1756 |
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| ID | 5287 |
| Collection | Letterbook of Greg & Cunningham, 1756-1757 [T. Truxes] |
| File | gc/44 |
| Year | 1756 |
| Sender | Cunningham, Waddell |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | merchant |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | NYC, USA |
| Destination | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Recipient | Hope, Isaac & Zachary |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 360 |
| Genre | business |
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| Transcript | To Isaac & Zachary Hope, Rotterdam 14 June 1756 Gentlemen: Our last was 4th Instant by Captain Waldron for Amsterdam & Captain Sheldon for your place to which please be refered. We have not any of your favours since the 11th Instant. Our officers Seized three chests of Arms & one Bale of Pepper belonging to you, three Chests of Arms & one chest of Tea belonging to us that you shiped by the Betsey, & ten chests of Tea out of the same Boat shiped by Mr. Twist of your Place to A Gentleman here. This is but a trifle to what they have done, & we expect more of it dayly. We agreed with the Boat man to lake in the goods at Stanford & to proceed round Long Island to the River of Philadelphia, where we had prepared Matters to have them lodged with the greatest safely & to be sent either here or there as Markets might have answered. But like a madman, he came down the Sound to pass this place, by which means he got our goods Seized, his Boat & himself ruined. We are heartily sorry for this Misfortune. We are using our utmost endeavours to get a favourable Sale & are resolved to purchase them & sell them out for the first Proprieters, by which means we hope to ease the loss much. There are but few Merchants in this place that has escaped Misfortunes of this sort. You may be assured this misfortune to your goods has given us full as much concern as they had been all our Own, & that we shall leave nothing undone for your Interest. It gives us great saiisfaction that we can charge ourselves with no neglect, nor indeed was there any other cause for this misfonune happening but the great imprudence of our Boatman who had befor A very good Character. All your goods but these seized are safe at Philadelphia but one chest of arms now at Stamford & intended to be in the Boat. Prices of goods keeps as when last advised you. G&C Via London per Capt. Seymor & Capt. Cunningham |
