| Title: | Cunningham, Waddell to Heslin, John, 1756 |
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| ID | 5450 |
| Collection | Letterbook of Greg & Cunningham, 1756-1757 [T. Truxes] |
| File | gc/207 |
| Year | 1756 |
| Sender | Cunningham, Waddell |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | merchant |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | NYC, USA |
| Destination | Liverpool, England |
| Recipient | Heslin, John |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | business |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 182 |
| Genre | business |
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| Transcript | To John Heslin, Liverpool 25 November 1756 Sir: By desire of our Thomas Greg of Belfast, we take the liberty to make you a tender of service here & advise you the Currency of this Market. Salt is now in very poor demand, sells at 2/6, but we expect in Spring, may go as high as 4s per Bushel, Cheese, Bottled Beer, common Earthen Ware, of which A great part must be hollow, is much wanted at the annexed prices. We have a great prospect to have all sorts of Prize goods sold cheap here, haveing Twenty Five Privateers now sailed from this Port & Ten more in hands. What Prizes has been brought in, their Cargoes sold at the annexed prices. G&C Exchange to London, £180 Currency for £100 Sterling Wheat, 4s per Bushel Pitch, Tar, & Turpantine, 11s per Barrel Logwood, £11 per Ton Martinico Coffee, 8 per pound Ditto Sugar, 3 to 7 per pound Ditto Cotton, 15 to 16 1/2;per pound Cheshire Cheese, l0d per pound Beer, 17s per Dozen Earthen Ware, 21s per Crate per the Packet |
