been ordenary, at present it would have fetched 9/. Per Captain Holmes via Boston Mr. Cruger wrote you respecting his being concerned in a Ship 160 Tons more or less. in expectation of seaing you, I remain Your Humble Servant,

JEREMIAH OSBORNE

6 m [ ] Hams will do here in the Fall. if good will fetch from 6 to 8d per pound as many as you can send.

Dear Sir,

HENRY CRUGER, JR. TO AAROn Lopez

[Bristol,] April 6th, 1768.

PLEASE to be refer'd to the foregoing. the Pitt will be ready to sail by the 10th Instant, by the first Opportunity, after her Departure, will send you Invoice of her Cargo, also an Account of her Disbursements.

When the Purchasers took away their Oil and strictly examin'd it, they found, to use their own Expression "a good deal of foul Play," a mixture of Whale and Sperm the good was as clear as Crystal; the adulterated was like melted Butter. Osborne was shewn the difference which he promises to point out to you. I am very glad there are not many Casks in this Condition, for they insist upon a Survey and an Abatement on the few that are bad. I have sold the remainder of the Logwood at £5.5; the Rum at 7/ per Gallon. had it not been very bad it would [have] sold for at least 9/. The Pott Ashes are sold at 25/ per Ct., 3 months Credit. in London it is 27/ per Ct. the other day this Market was 20/ higher than that. The 6 Hogsheads foreign Sugars are not yet sold, no Demand for Exportation. The Cotton, being a very dead Article, sold for only 10ld per lb. some of the Plank is sold, some not; by my next hope to furnish you with Sales of every thing, and your Account Current up to the Day I send it. In the Interim I remain with immovable Regard, Dear Sir, Your most humble Servant,

Hen: Cruger, Jr.

P. S. Upon asking Capt. Osborne for the proceeds of what Rum he had sold in the Channel, he gave me for answer that he would settle with you but had no Money to pay me. This I mention for your Government.

[Endorsed,] Per Capt. Hull, Q. D. C.

Dear Sir,

HENRY CRUGER, JR. TO AARON LOPEZ

Bristol, April 28th, 1768.

I HAVE before me your esteem'd favors of 15th and 29th February, the first cover'd my Father's draft for £61.0.12 Sterling in your favor, which is passed to your Credit in Account; the last order'd £1800 Insurance on the Brigantine Diana, Captain Potter. it is effected as per Account herewith, Cost £117.16. to your Debit.

Last week I rec'd a Letter from Mr. A. P. Mendez desiring me to make Insurance for your Account on the Brigantine Charlotte from Jamaica to the Bay and back again as per Particulars herewith. it is done and the Cost is £35.14.0 to your Debit, as is likewise £24.8. Premio on the Ship Pitt, as per Account herewith. her Cargo is insured you'll find by the Invoice inclosed, which amounts to £193.13.5 Sterling to your Debit. we have exceeded your Limits in this Cargo. 'tis Osborne's doings, who will give his Reasons. please to observe the Cargo by the Pitt is insur'd only to the Isle of May; what Cargo of Salt, etc. she takes in there, you are (if you please) to insure to Rhode Island. you have Bill Lading for the present Cargo to the Isle of May, and Osborne's Receipt for the pressing Cloths as per Invoice, amounting to £19.0.1 Sterling. you'll find here Plantation Certificates to cancell your last Bonds, on the Pitt who has been cleared and ready to sail this fortnight, but detained still by stormy adverse Winds.

For your future Guidance, let me inform you, it will not do to send North American Rum to England, because by the last Regulations no Rum imported here can draw back

the Duties but what comes direct from the British West Indies, and Rum from North America (altho' it may be made in the West Indies) is deem'd North American Rum and may not be exported. of course it labors under too great Disadvantages to leave any Profit.

Am sorry 'tis yet out of my power to render you Account Sales of the Pitt's last Cargo, but the Sugar sticks on Hands because we have no demand from foreign Markets, where only they can be consumed as they came from North America. The Staves too remain unsold, this place is so full can get no body to buy them. the Boards are all sold. I have had some plague with the People who bought your Oil, concerning what I mention'd in my last. however have at last finally settled by letting little better than 4 Tons in the whole, go at £20 per ton. this I suppose will put you upon a more precise Examination of what you in future send.

"Sad Hours seem long." no Remittances yet from Mr. Mendez. these severe Disappointments make Trade, nay my very existen[ce,] a Burthen. I assured many of my Creditors they should be made easy by the month of March, relying on the flattering hopes Mr. Lopez gave me. they are angry, I am unhappy. your Ships go out full freighted, return in like manner, end a successful Voyage - but produce nothing to your friend Cruger, who endures the Heat of the Day. I do not envy you your Gains, but from a sincere and dejected Soul assure you, no Consideration, (could I but have foreseen what has happen'd) should have brought on me such heartfelt Misery as your large Ballance, or more properly the Consequences I mean close Dunnings. oh God! at times it half kills me, but I'll say no more, as am sure it must hurt you. I heartily wish you, Dear Sir, Success in every undertaking you have employed our Money in, and that all your Ships may prove as profitable to you as they are otherwise to him who remains, with unremitting Regard and Deference, Yours etc., Humble Servant, HEN: CRUGER, JR.

P. S. The Cask [of] Pott Ash Jesse Baker No. 2 which I advised you was bad and return'd on my Hands, I have put on board the Pitt. you will find it included in same Receipt as the Pressing Cloths. Inclosed is Osborne's Receipt for £50 Sterling advanc'd him on account Ship Pitt, for which he will account with you. 'tis a great deal of Money; however that you two are to settle.

Dear Sir,

H. C. JR.

HENRY CRUGER, JR. TO AARON Lopez

Bristol, June 1st, 1768.

My last Respects to you was the 28 April, since which am favour'd with your agreeable Letters of 25th March and 12th April, the first cover'd my Fathers Bill on me in your favour for £102.8.0 Stg. said Bill is passed to your Credit in account.

I have receiv'd from Capt. Benjamin Wright of your Ship America, four Bills at Sixty days sight amounting to £461.7.6 Sterling. they are all accepted, and when paid shall be to your Credit in Account Current with my thanks.

I now inclose you Sales of the Pitts Cargo, Net Proceeds £1869.11.2 Sterling to your Credit; also Sales of 10 Elephants Teeth, Net Proceeds £41.14.4 Sterling, 2/3rds of which, say £27.16.3, is to your Credit. you likewise will find herewith account of Disbursements on Ship Pitt amounting to £352.9.4 Sterling to your debit.

Inclosed is your Account Currant up to 20th Ultimo. Ballance in my favour (Interest included) is £9760.-.8 Sterling to your Debit in a new Account.

I expect to write you again before the Sailing of this bearer so will for the present conclude with Esteem, Dear Sir, Your most Obedient humble Servant,

HEN: CRUGER, JR.

I am now at 5th July. have receiv'd no more of your esteem'd favours, nor any remittance from Jamaica. I know not what to say of Markets. inclos'd is a price Cur

rent for your Guidance. Oil is likely to keep up all the summer, and in fall there is no Danger of its keeping up. I find 4 Inch Ash Plank (as long as possible) answers very

well.

JOHN POWELL TO CHRISTOPHER CHAMPLIN 1

Dear Sir,

Monday, 13 June, 1768.

I HAVE yours with the Certificates 2d Supply to the Senegal. Your ps. Silk was put in a package of Mr. Dublois, which desired him to tell you is now at my House, and shall be sent you by the first good Oppertunity. The Bale sent by Brown's Waggon am glad is got safe. I expect to hear from England in regard to the Essence, till then must have patience. It would have been better not to have disco[unted] any Oatmeal, as attended with a Loss, and 2 bushels could be no object to the Purser. You had better charge a Com[mission] on the Supplies, and what you judge proper on rect. and delivery of any article sent you, as God knows now when shall see you. Jenny is freer from pain than has been, but confined to her Chamber, and the Sons of Liberty have declared open Warr. The fatal consequences are obvious. The Com's have taken shelter aboard the Romney 2 and Mr. Harrison and family at

3

4

I could wish my self and family at Newport. Jenny was much agitated a Friday night as the mob continued some time in King Street, with their usual Exclamations, and what is to come next God knows.5

1 The original is in the Newport Historical Society.

2 They landed at Castle William, where the Board held a session June 21.

3 The collector of the port.

4 A blank.

5" June 10. Some Damage to Mr. Harrison the Collector and his Boat Burnt." Letters and Diary of John Rowe, 165. "Last Friday Evening [10th] some Commotions happen'd in this Town, in which a few Windows were broke, and a Boat was drawn thro' the Streets and burnt on the Common; since which things have been tolerably quiet; it being expected that the Cause of this Disturbance will be speedily removed." Boston Gazette, June 13, 1768. "Last Friday evening, the officers of the customs for this port, made a seizure of a sloop lying at Hancock's