| Title: | Cunningham, Waddell to John McCamon & Son, 1756 |
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| ID | 5443 |
| Collection | Letterbook of Greg & Cunningham, 1756-1757 [T. Truxes] |
| File | gc/200 |
| Year | 1756 |
| Sender | Cunningham, Waddell |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | merchant |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | NYC, USA |
| Destination | Newry, Northern Ireland |
| Recipient | John McCamon & Son |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 204 |
| Genre | business |
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| Transcript | To John & Moses McCamon, [Newry] 24 November 1756 Gentlemen: Your Esteemed Favour of the 3rd September came to Hand the 6th nstant. Agreeable to your orders we have taken Freight in the Ship Vaddell, Charles Stewart Master, for one hundred Hogsheads of Flaxseed or your account which you may Depend we Shall Ship as good & as heap as any from this place but are Sorry to inform you, by the tnprudence of a Gentleman in the trade, the price is raised from 4 to 6s per Bushell. It is now Brought down to 5/4 & 5/6 per Bushell, but we expect it will be up again. We are in hopes that we Shall be able to averge our Flaxseed at 28/6 Sterling per Hogshead. The freight is to be as Customary from this place but is not yet fixed. You may Depend we Shall have a particular regard to your Directions about Insurance. G&C Exchange lo London, 80 per Cent Wheat, 4s per Bushel Logwood, at £11 per Ton Jamaica Rum, 5 per Gallon MartinicoCoffee, 8 to 91/2 per pound ditto Sugar, 3 to 6 per pound ditto Cotton, 15 to 16 per pound per the Packet via Philadelphia per Capt. Martin |
