Title: | Cunningham, Waddell to Greg, Thomas, 1756 |
---|---|
ID | 5409 |
Collection | Letterbook of Greg & Cunningham, 1756-1757 [T. Truxes] |
File | gc/166 |
Year | 1756 |
Sender | Cunningham, Waddell |
Sender Gender | male |
Sender Occupation | merchant |
Sender Religion | unknown |
Origin | NYC, USA |
Destination | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Recipient | Greg, Thomas |
Recipient Gender | male |
Relationship | business partners |
Source | |
Archive | |
Doc. No. | |
Date | |
Partial Date | |
Doc. Type | |
Log | unknown |
Word Count | 213 |
Genre | business |
Note | |
Transcript | To Thomas Greg, Belfast 16 October 1756 Dear Sir: I have just now advice that your Brigg was to sail from St. Eustatcia to Jamaica the 25 September. I hope Hathorn will dispatch her here for she will make A fine freight to your place. The Ship I advised you I had bought for our account will, I expect, Sail for Newry About the 1st January. She will cary 350 Tons. Built in Amsterdam for the Greenland trade, [she is as] well found as A Vessel can be, Frigat Built, the strongest Merchant man that ever was seen in this port & A compleat Vessel, either for a Privateer or the greenland trade, or indeed any other. She draws when loaded about sixteen feet Watter. If the Messrs. Corys of Newry would buy A half of her, I think she woud do well for this trade, as she takes the ground well. I should not choose to part with A half of her when discharged of her Cargoe under £600 Brittish. If you dont think this scheme prudent, then inform your Self where the best market for such A Vessel is & be prepared to Dispatch her at once if she arrives safe in Newry. WC Via Philadelphia & the Packet, Capt. Lutwich |