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Inclosed you have Mr Jas Robinsons dft pble at 60 dys: sight in London to Hudson Muse for £90 wch please to get acceptd & return the same in courseー
We have hand Intelligence from Boston so late as June 23 & nothing material had happened since takg the Hay & Horses &c from the Islands in Boston Harbour. ー No advance in the price of Tobo as yet but from the appearance of things...
Date: 21 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I duely recd yr favr of 30 Uto & note the Contents. You have now inclosed Jno Finch Bill dated 1 May Ulto: at 4½ Usy for £34.1.1 Sterg which hope will meet wth honor, when paid please to remit the value. We have just advice of Genl Engagemt in America between the Provincials & the Kings Troops in wch the Provinls were victorious3 ー This business will not end in some years...
Date: 29 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
The Adventure Capt Brown is arriv'd & brot me yr very obliging favr of June 1st wth 100 hhds of yr Tobo wch. I before wrote you via Phila were insured according to yr orders. You may be assured of my best endeavors to return you satisfactory Sales, but the situation of things here is so perplexed & alarming that it is impossible to judge with precision whether it will be best to sell now...
Date: 29 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Capt Brown of the Adventure arriv'd & brot me 35 hhds of yr Tobo wch I shall do the best with in my power for yr Ints Yr favr of May 31 I shall attend to, in every respect, tho' the intercourse between G: B & America is to be stop'd for some time yet I shall expect you will remit me asmuch as you can & as fast as possible. This going via Phila I cannot send yr Acct of Sale for the...
Date: 29 July 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I duely recd yr favor of 28th Ulto incolsg J: Busby's sevl dfts value £150 wch: when paid will be to yr credt, being already acceptd Yr other dft on me pble the 11th Inst Our markets for Tobo is not very brisk at prest for as ships are dropg in every day the Buyers keep off, especially as Sr Robt. Herries has purchased a large qty in Virga & Maryld with Some Scotch Cargoes coming here makes...
Date: 4 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I am duely favd with yrs of the 27th Ulto & hold myself obliged by yr care in filling up the indorsemt of the bill. ー I find Mr Russell pd Wm Pierces dft: on him to Thos Blane for £13 the 10th of last Sept wch was indorsed thus ー "Pay the contents to Messrs John Ballantine & Co." "John Waterson" ー Witness for Dimsdale & Co." (a name I cannot make out). Sr Robt Herries has speculated...
Date: 4 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I wrote you the 4th Inst to wch. be pleased to refer. You have now inclosed Robt Burtons dft pble in London at 60 dys sight for £60 on Messrs Alspiers & Co wch please to get accepd & return to me in course of Post. Several ships have this day [arrived] in the various ports of G B. from difft ports of America but they bring nothing new; there seems now but one voice & that is for...
Date: 7 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
Yr favor of the 16th Ulto is before me & the contents are noted. The dispute with America seems to me farther than ever from being settled for our abominable Ministers are determined to persevere in their wicked plans which if pursued a year or two longer must ruin this Country beyond redemption. Nothing can stop their phrenzey, but the interposition of the people of England. You have...
Date: 7 August 1775
Volume: Volume 1
I was last week on board the American privateer called the Yankee, commanded by Captain [Henry] Johnson, and lately brought into this port by Captain [George] Ross, who commanded one of the West-India sugar ships, taken by the privateer in July last; and, as an Englishman, I wish your Lordship, who is so happily placed at the head of this great city (justly famed for its great humanity even to...
Date: 5 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6
Dear Sir! I recd yr very kind favor of the 10th Inst wch shd have ansd sooner had I not waited in expectation of hearing again from you as sevl ships have arrived lately at Bristol from Phila, that, as we have been informed brot very interestg news from the Congress. Jno Penn is not yet come to Town & as far as I can learn keeps his public papers to deliver himself. The Butian & Bedford...
Date: 19 August 1775
Volume: Volume 2
I am afraid the most wicked machinations of Governor Dunmore have by this time involved you in the horrors of war. What the Ministry intend against you and the rest of America, cannot be exactly ascertained before the meeting of the Parliament. Probably they have not yet determined upon the exact mode of executing their vengeance. You will do wisely, however, in preparing for the utmost extremity...
Date: 22 September 1775
Volume: Volume 2
As 5000 Troops are orderd to sail from Ireland in 8 or 10 daies for Virga & North Carolina & Genl Clinton is orderd by an express sent from hence 6 daies ago to go from Boston to Virga to take the command of these Troops, I apprehend much injury to my own private Estate now under your management, therefore request you will instantly on receipt of this go to either of my Brothers Richd...
Date: 30 November 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Yesterday arrived here The Brig Liberty Capt Herbert with 108 hhds of Tobo on acct of the State of Virga consign'd to J. Gruel & Co She left Virga July 10th runing the fire of 5 Men of War that guards the mouth of the Bay of Chesapeak. The Capt is a true Tar, has not bro't any papers or letters but what relates to his vessel & Cargoe. . . This day two Privateers arrived here with two...
Date: 18 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9
In consequence of a letter from you to Mr Williams (who is still absent on a Journey to Paris) I have prevailed on Capt Thompson to go over to St Malo's to take charge of Capt Nicholsons Cutter2 to bring her round to this place. Capt Thompson has kindly undertaken this charge as Capt [Francis] Brown is gone I believe on private business.
I presume you know that the Congress has...
Date: 7 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
. . . P. S. The renewal of the order from Mr De Sartine was occasion'd by two West India Merchant prizes2 bro't in here by Capts [James] Babson &[John] Kendrick Commanders of two Privateers belonging to Messrs Babcock & Blair in Boston & Winthrop Sergeant & Co at Cape Anne. These prizes and their Cargoes have been seized & are now detained by Government here after...
Date: 18 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I am inform'd that you have brot in a prize taken by the Independance Capt Young who is in the Continental Service and as I am appointed here by Congress to take care of all prizes taken by Ships in their service I beg you to come up immediately to me, & as the Governmnt here, has forbid all prizes to be sold in their Ports it is necessary for you to be extreemly cautious of what you do, The...
Date: 23 September 1777
Volume: Volume 9
I had ye. pleasure of writing to you the 4th. Instant by Mr. Stevenson1 a countryman of yours & a Gentleman that I trust you will find very deserving of yr. civilities & who I think you may safely trust any letters to, as he carries several dispatches to Congress wch. he is to deliver himself & consequently will go in...
Date: 8 January 1778
Volume: Volume 11
I was duely honored with your esteemed favor of the 11th Curt. & note the Contents.
as the superintendance of the Commeral. concerns of the Secret Committee of Congress has desolved on me solely by the death of the late Mr. Thos. Morris, I am happy in pursuing their recommendation by appointing you to take up & dispose of any Vessels...
Date: 21 March 1778
Volume: Volume 11