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Title: Cunningham, Waddell to Gousten, David, 1757
ID5564
CollectionLetterbook of Greg & Cunningham, 1756-1757 [T. Truxes]
Filegc/321
Year1757
SenderCunningham, Waddell
Sender Gendermale
Sender Occupationmerchant
Sender Religionunknown
OriginNYC, USA
DestinationNewry, Northern Ireland
RecipientGousten, David
Recipient Gendermale
Relationshipbusiness
Source
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Date
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Doc. Type
Logunknown
Word Count131
Genrebusiness
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TranscriptTo David Gaussan, Newry 20 January 1757
Sir:
We wrote you the 30th November, to which please be refered.
Inclosed you have Invoice & Bill of Lading for Fifty Hogsheads of
Flaxseed shiped in the Waddel, Charles Stewart Master, amounting to
£126.13.0 which, at 821/2 per Cent Exchange, is £69.8.0, & for that sum we
have this day drawn on Messrs. William Snell & Co. in London at 40 days sight.
We heartily wish that the Flaxseed may give content & arrive to a
good Market, which we will be glad to hear & to have it in our power to render you any agreeable service. G&C
French Indigoe, 8s/0 to 9s per pound
Jamica Rum, 4/9 per Gallon; West India ditto, 3/4 per Gallon

per Capt. Callwell
per Capt. Stewart