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you pay them will intitle you to an--------- indorsement of the same on your obligation which is lodg'd with me, I shall do all I can to collect your outstanding debts to lessen the drafts on New York, mean time I am
Your most hum'l serv't
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Boston April 1st 1765
Sir
I rec'd your fav'r of 25th Ult'o am obligd for your advice of the price of New Castle coal & Irish butter & for your offer for a joynt concern with you in them on a ------- prospect of their yeilding a profit here, which is not now the case, the former if but 40/ a chaldron & like soon to be under, the latter not in the least demand, what Wimble had of you will not sell our best buttar has been sold at 3/6 per single firkin, I have lately been informd by a person I can depend on that John Wait is esteemd to be in good circumstances, I am
Your most hum'l serv't
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Boston April 1st 1765
Messrs. Nicholas Brown & Co.
I have the pleasure to inform you that Capt. Sheldon arriv'd safe yesterday about noon, will be dispatchd without delay, hav'g the promise of the freight of 2 ressells riggin & some other small articles, your fav'r per him inclosing bill lading & invoice of the oil I have befor me, I am
Your humble servant
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Boston April 8th 1765
Dear Sir
I wrote you 18th Ult'o & inclos'd you bills on New York & London to the amount of £216.13.4 lawful money to which have not been favour'd with your answer, shall be glad by return of this post to be informd whether they got to hand or not, mean time I am with mine & Mrs. Lloyds comp'ts to you & Mrs. Kortright
Your most hum'l serv't
Cotton wool still scarce & holds up to 15/ or 16/
Exchange with London 33/3 @ 34 per 6'.
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Per Post
Boston 8th April 1765
Messrs. Naphtali Hart & Co.
Messrs. Joseph Rotch & Son have given me the offer of 10 tons head matter still remaining of their last years stock at £234 per ton being £220 with the charges of freight commission &c, [fruits?] you to take it & can point out how it is to be paid for, if the terms suit & it be not dispos'd of before I receive your answer I will purchase it for you, a parcell of draind oil was sold last week @ £164 per ton, but that price I beleive will not hold for what is caught this year, being the oppinion of several merchants in London, who wrote by the last ships, that it would sink considerably below what it had been at, which of course must reduce the price of headmatter the insuing seasons.
Shall be glad to hear you have dispos'd of the Yellow Bird on advantageous terms, I really am in want of the money~
Your hum'l serv't
P.S. Old Mr. Rotch says his orders from London per the last ships restrain him to £12 sterling for drain'd oil
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Boston Ap'l 8th 1765
Mr. John Wendell
I wrote you the 23'd Feb'y & agreeable to your requests returnd you Mr. Jonathan Warners note but have not been informd whether you rec'd it or not, nor when you intend to pay the £20 sterl'g I take up your bond to Messrs. Harts, as I really had a dependance on its being done before now, hope it will not be deferd any longer, your answer will oblige
Your humble servant
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Boston Ap'l 8th 1765
Mr. Phillips White
Sir
I rec'd your fav'r of 4th curr'tt will endeavour to dispose of your molasses at 9/ per gallon, but fear shall not be able to obtain that price at present, as that article has been sold @ 8/6. There was no mistake in the price of the whale bone. Will do what I can to dispose of your cyder, have sold only one barrell as yet, I am
Your hum'l servant
P.S. your cyder wants near a third of being full please to inform if it has been drawn off
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Per Post
Boston April 8th 1765
Mr. Joshua Saunders
Sir
I rec'd your fav'r of 25th Ult'o. I have not been able to procure a market for your mohogony. The gentlemen that gave me some incouragement they should purchase now tell me they shall not have ocasion for any. I am
Your most humble servant
P.S. will do what I can between this & next posts to find a chap for the mohogony
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Boston April 8th 1765
Mr. Nathaniel Carter
Sir
I rec'd your fav'r of 3'd curr'tt advising that W. Roberts bill on James Bentley for £12.12/ sterling is returnd with protest, please to send it to your freind Mr. Samuel Phillips Savage per return of this post & I will settle it with him I take it up, having an opportunity the begining of next week to send it to Halifax. Pray the fav'r youl not omit sending it this post. I am
Your most hum'l serv't
P.S. Note Mr. Bromfeilds having informd you I had cr'd your acco'tt for the damagd cotton I suppose he told you at same time that what ever you make of it y'o are to acco'tt w'th me for, w'ch was the terms agreed on between us
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Boston April 8th 1765
Messrs. Nicholas Brown & Co.
I rec'd your fav'r of 5th curr'tt & agreeable to your request therein I send you by Mr. Samuel Mumford £130 lawful money of this province in gold, & inclosd is his rec't for the same, which wish safe to hand, Old Mr. Rotch sold your oil at £164 old tenor per ton says the orders he rec'd per the last ship limits him to £120 for drain oil, he has still by him about 10 tons of his last years stock of head matter, --- which he asks £234 for, but at the price he bids for oil will find it difficult to get it off. I have rec'd since my last Mr. Buttars & Mr. Golds ballances which waits your order, I am
Your hum'l servant
P.S. Inclosd is sales of oil per sheldon neat proceeds £246.16.8 [l:?] money w'ch is put to c'r your acco'tt curr'tt.
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Per Post
Boston April 9th 1765
Dear Brother
I duly rec'd your fav'r of 1st curr'tt advising you had deliverd the money to Brother Joseph. I forwarded you per post for him & Benjamin Townsend, with Bro'r Josephs rec't for the £110.7.0/2 New York curr'y delivered him. Am glad he is better in body, which hope will be a meane of restoring him to a firm state of mind. The inclos'd acco'tt is as they stand in my books & as I render'd them to him, & are as particular & distinct, from any other acco'tts as can be. As I rec'd nothing of Wimble for the 12 bbs pippins they stand blank on bothsides of the acco'tt. He will pay him for them when demanded. The mourning I bought for him in May 1763 he orderd Capt. Wimble to pay me in his letter of the 12th Aug't following which was accounted for accordingly by Capt. Wimble 1st Octo'r 1763 & his acco'tt to that time clos'd in my books. The acco'tts since that I think are plain. In his letter of the 11th July 1764 he inclosd me my acco'tt with my fathers estate in which he charg'd me with the neat proceeds of the apples & sent me an ord'r on Capt. Wimble for £42.4.11 York curr'y to discharge what I advanc'd for gloves & mouring for Mr. Hatch &c (particulars of which is inclosd also) amounting to £42.6.9/2 lm'o which he credited me for in that acco'tt as I chose the money should rest with him on acco'tt of the buildings I transferd it to his particular acco'tt & return'd him his order on Capt. Wimble in my letter of 22'd Aug't last. I dont know how to make it plainer then the acco'tts do, in which he has c'r for his part of the buildings. The estate is accountable to him for the £42.6.9/2 lm'o (or for the difference between that & the neat proceeds of the apples if they were on acco'tt of the estate) and I suppose also for the bricks & lime. I think you cant fail of making it plain to him when you have the acco'tts, that I have paid him fully for this part of the buildings, if there should be any mistake I am ready to rectify it. I'll assist Conkling all I can in getting a vessell, it is uncertain whether the sloop will be sold or not, or whether the schooner will be here when he arrives, beleive there will be no difficulty about the time of payment, am heartily glad of your success in the affairs of the Church, suppose the deed sent you may be a proper form, it was judgd so by Mr. Fitch & Mr. Canor & is taken from a precedent drawn up by the late Mr. John Reed. We are all well & tender our love to you & yours, I am
Your affec'te brother
Mr. John Lloyd
[P.]S. The schooner will be detain'd & not sold till Conkling has seen her. [?]ont it be necessary to furnish him with the execution order for the [a?]pplying the money towards purchasing the vessell. I wrote you some time agoe that the government security would [b?]e paid off as they become due, & that those who incline may have their money continued in the Treasury @ 5 per 6' as the note for the money belong? To my bro'r Woolseys estate is due next June & will be p'd off then it is proper that you conclude beforehand whether you continue the money in the Treasury or not. Betsey Lloyds years interest becoming due the 18th last March, youl please to inform how it is to be dischargd
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{per} {Captain} Fernald
Boston April 10th 1765
Sir
I duly recd your favr of 22d {last} since which the Box of Goods, Looking Glass & [peice?] Curtain China is come safe to hand, accott of the number of Cod Hooks & Screws you have below, there was but [8?] Papers of the wood Screws, please to furnish me with the Sterling Cost of the whole as soon as is Convenient to you. I am
Your most humble Servant
| 1 paper | Middling Cod Hooks | doz 11.4 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 do | do | 11.1 doz | 22.5 |
| 1 do | Small do | 12- | |
| 1 do | do | 9.9 | 21.9 |
| 1 do | Brass Screws | 4.4 | |
| 1 do | Small wood do | 12- | |
| 1 do | do | 11.1 | |
| 1 do | do | 11.7 | |
| 1 do | do | 7.9 | 43.3 |
| 1 do | Large do | 12- | |
| 1 do | do | 12 | |
| 1 do | do | 11.10 | |
| 1 do | do | 10.6 | 46.4 |
Boston April 11th 1765
{Captain} Joseph Beath
Inclos'd is {Messers} William Hoskins & Co order dated 10th [Inst?] on {Captain} Arthur Noble of Damarascotty, in favr {Mister} Aaron Lopez, payable 3 months after date, which youl please to carry with you & get him to accept it, & bring it me when you return here again. your compliance will oblige youl bring the order to Warehouse No 5 on the L. Wharfe
Your humble Servant
NB: the above order is for [pound symbol]90.8.2 Lawful money _____________________________________________________________________________