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Boston March 15th 1765 Mr. John Freare Sir The foregoing is copy per Attwood since which your favr. of 24th January is got to hand covering your 3rd bill No. 55 for £150 & Mr. Fry's 3rd bill on Kitt Harris for £20 sterling. Note the disadvantages you have laboured under by Mc.Phillimys delay which fear are increas'd by his miscarriage as I hear but little of the beef is sav'd. He was not detaind by the ice, but saild soon after he was full. He had so fine a time for 5 or 6 days after sailing no body here disputed his having made his passage. Inclos'd is bill lading & invoice of 120 quarters beef, 10 bbs salt & 3 casks suet per Sloop Phoenix Hector Mc. Neill master for accott. Messrs. John Biggins & Anthony Bacon [Haguily?] amounting to £200 9 3/4 L mo. & Capt. Mc. Neills recd. for 1 bbl oysters for your particular accott. amounting as at foot to £---7.9. By Capt. John Williams who goes some time next week I shall send you the 60 quarters beef you ordd. & what more suet I can procure. It is scarce & risen to the exorbitant price of 3/6 per lb our old tenor & pay for the kidney. The beef that goes now & that per Mc.Phillimy over runs the 140 lb per quarter as much or more then will make up the deficcency of that per Attwood. What goes now is preferable in quallity & costs the butcher considerable more then he has for it & the next will be dearer still. On the whole beleive he will be a sufferer by the dead meat after this month of March is out unless the weather be very cold I shall ship live bullocks 10 or 12 to a vessell as they offer, until I have your further orders what number to ship in each. When I contracted to ship the beef that goes now I expected the vessell would have saild a week or ten days sooner, but as the weather is cool & the meat just killd, doubt not its getting down in the best order & if the weather proves warm & the passage long the master has orders to salt it as you direct. This meat was very neat & clean when put on board, but find through the neglect of the people some of it has got dirted. Cattle begin to rise & those will be shipt a live will cost dearer then the dead beef. Connecticut pork 9 dollars. Irish butter 3/9. Molasses 9/. N.E. Rum 12/. Since the above your favr. of 7th Instt. per Attwood came to hand inclosing 1st of 2 setts of your bills on Messrs. Biggin & Bacon H. & my f avr. No. 67 & 68 for £150 sterling each, which are passd to Cr. of your Agent [Vectu alling acc?]
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16 also James Browns 1st Bill dated 7th Instt. favr. Henry Lace of Henry David son & George Roses for £50 Sterling which is put to {Credit} of your private {Accoount} observe what you say of Mc.Philimy & fear you have too much reason for what you say of him. am glad what I did in regard to the Contract for Beef is to liking. note your Agent Victualling & particular {Account} to 24th {December} last prov'd right & that you have settled them accordingly. am oblig'd for your intention of endeavouring to get my {Account} with Mr. Danseys Estate settled as speedily as possible, observe you had {received} the Sundrys per Attwood except one Quarter of Beef which was missing, which Mr. Bryant promised him he would replace if he did not find it to be on Board, & that you had past the amount of them as well as those per Mc.Phillimy to their proper {Account} am sorry the Beef was not better but our Beef this Winter is much thinner than usual. it was all (except about 16 Quarters) kill'd but a day or two before it was Shipt, & weighd in a very good pair of Scales with weight just prov'd under the Inspection of One of my people who is very positive there was no mistake in the weight, at that time Cattle were very scarve & no larger to be had. will send the {Ballance} of your particular {Account} in Lisbon Lemons per Attwood. If such as are good & Legally Imported are to be had, & all the Suet I can collect with 16 Casks Rice, or if as low as two Dollars per C. 32 Casks as also 12 Live Fatt Bullocks, in the purchase of which shall desire Mr. Bryant to use his best judgment & get the largest he can & be very carefull in Laying them, will let him know what you say about making an allowance for the Beef falling short, tho I am very certain there was no mistake made in the weight here. the Sundrys for your own use lost per Mc.Phillimy, if to be had shall be replacd per Attwood & the Letters inclos'd to my care forwarded as opportunitys present, please to advise if the drawer & Indorser of the £50 Bill are good. will endeavour to get Capt. Williams to release the 60 Quarters Beef I have engagd to Ship by him as you think the Season too far advanc'd for Shipping Dead meat. Inclos'd is a letter from Mr. Henry White. I am Your most huml. servant.
1 {barrel} Oysters qt 2 7/8 {Bushells} @ 2/ £ 5 - 9 {barrel} for do. 1/ porterage 1/- £ - 2 ---- _________________________________________ [total] £ 7 - 9 £
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Boston March 15th 1765 Dear Nephew This minute recd. your favr. of 8th {Curent} per Attwood, note you are settling with Major Gorham & hope on terms to your mind, shall be glad to know how & whether you are like soon to remit anything to Messrs. Trecothick & Thomlinson, as also whether it would be agreeable to you to let your demand on Mr. Apthorp be discounted with me as I owe him about £500 Sterling, if there be so much due from him to you, it being agreeable to him, if you can do this & at same time remit a Sum to Messrs. Trecothick & Thomlinson for the amount of the Cloathing it would be a particular satisfaction to me. am sorry nothign is to be had on {Account} Mr. Wheelwright, hope you are no way intangled with him. Mr. Freare has wrote me concern ing my demand on the Estate of Mr. Fre: Dansey. have wrote {Docter} White at large concerning the demand on Comfort Sage, by which he'l see I am not like to be reimburs'd by that demand. part of the Fish being unsold, part trusted out for Connecticut money, & a Considerable Sum of it to Capt. Lucas who is not like ever to pay. I am obligd for sending the Shirts. And am Your Affectionate Uncle. Mr. {William} Smith
[*[per} Capt. Mc.Neill*]
Boston March 15th 1765 Capt. Hector Mc.Neill Having Shipt on Board your Sloop a Quantity of Beef and Salt Consignd to Mr. John Freare Agent Victualler at Halifax, the Salt to be made use of to preserve the Beef agreeable to Bill Lading, you'l be careful if there be accasion for it to make use of it for that purpose. I wish you a good Voyage & am Your huml. Servant
Boston March 18th 1765 Mr. Phillips White Sir I {received} yours of 13th {Current} the present price of good Molasses is 9/ but dull at that, the opinion of the Distillers is it will be undr that. I see no present prospect of its rising. Long Whale Bone 32/ @ 34/ & short 20/ {per} {dozen} In equal Quantitys 27/ if you take 50 th I am Your most huml. {Servant}
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18 Boston March 18th 1765 Mr. Titus Salter When you was last here you gave me reason to hope I should be paid for the Coffee by or before this time. I much depend on the fullfilment of your promise. otherwise it will be a great disappointment to the person for whose {Account} I sold it. & whose Circumstances are such as he would be greatly injurd by being kept Longer out of the money. you'l therefore please to be as expeditious in the discharge thereof, being the needfull. from Your most huml. Servant
Boston March 18th 1765 Sir I am to acknowledge te {receipt} of your favr of 24th {January} {per} post & that with your History of New York {per} {Major} Moncrieff for which you have my thanks & am glad to find that Mr. Hutchinson's was acceptable to you. I was prevented the pleasure of paying my respects to the Major, his Lady & Neice for near a Month after they came to Town, being absent of Newport & after my return Confin'd some time to my House by Indisposition. Mrs. Lloyd was also prevented waiting on Mrs. Moncrieff by the Death of her Mother happening a Little before, we have since been favourd with their Compay to Dine with us. hope their Tour this way has been agreeable to them. I have only to add, I shall at all times take pleasure in rendering you or any of your freinds every civility in my power. & that I am with greatest Esteem Sir Your most oblig'd huml. {Servant} William Smith Esqr.
[*{per} {Major} Moncrieff*]
Boston March 18th 1765 Dear Madam I {received} your favr. of 13th {Current} & agreeable to your desire inclosd your have for {Account} your brother Capt. F. Coddington {Samuel} Carters draft for £624.11 strs. in favr. Adrian Spoors on Petter Debryn, Mrs. Lloyd & Miss Sally Hutchinson joyns me in {Compliments} to you Mrs. Coddington & family. your {humble} Servant
P.S. The inclosd Bill was forwarded me by Mr. Philip Lewis at the desire & for {Account} of your {Brother} Frank being Indorsd to him.
Miss Anne Coddington
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Boston March 18th 1765 Mr. {William} Gilliland Inclosd you have H.J. Frys 3rd Bill dated 13th {December} 1764 favr. {Henry} Pace on Kitt Harris for £20 Sterling & John Burtons 3d {ditto} {October} 18th 1764 favr. James Dougherty on John Boddington for £15 sig which wish safe to hand & am Your most huml. Servant
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19 Boston March 18th 1765 Messrs. Nicholas Brown & Co. {Gentlemen} I {received} your {favours} of 5th & 15th {Current} with Copy of yours of 13th {per} Capt. Sheldon, the highest you can expect for Dutch Bills is 18/ {per} Guilder & is doubtfull whether more then 17/6, will endeavour to procure a freight for your Vessell back, tho' theirs but Little prospects of any at present, observe what you say of William Gould & William Taylor & Co. debts & will follow your directions about them. I cant sell your Bill on Mr. Relfe, without abating 2 {per cent} on which have already wrote & shall wait your answer. Mr. Molineaux told me when he purchas'd the Candles he could not pay for them till the return of his Vessell which he expected would be by the time sett for payment but is uncertain, observe you have {received} the Nails & past the amount to my Credit & that Capt. Sheldon is saild with 114 Casks Straind Oil to my address to discharge. Messrs. Rotch's demand for Headmatter, the {Ballance} due to them on Settlement was £249.12.3 3/4 {legal money} which was to be paid them this month with Interest the whole in straind Oil at £16 {per} ton, you may depend there will be as Little Charge as possible on the Oil, but it is the universal Custom here to have it Examind & if any occasion drove, will supply Capt Sheldon with what money he may want for port Charges, Sperma Ceti Candles unSaleable at 15/, am told Mr. Hurd & Mr. {Thomas} Gray offer them for 13/6 at which beleive I could vend a parcell, but shall decline it till I have your directions for it, I am Your most {humble} Servant
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Boston March 18th 1765 Dear Sir I {received} your {favour} of 11th {Current} acknowledging {receipt} of £108 New York {Currency} I sent you {per} post, I have sold the remainder of your Sugar at Vendue & shall forward you the Sales soon. Inclos'd is Timothy Fitch's drafts of 15th {Instant} my {favour} on Sampson Simson for £200 New York {Currency}, equal to £150 {legal money} also James Browns Bill dated 7th March 1765 at 30 days sight on Henry Davidson payable to H J Pace for £50 Sterling equal to £66.13.4. {legal money} Exchange 33/3 {per cent} the drawer I know nothing off, the Indorser is a purser of one of his Majestys Ships at Halifax & has the Charactor of being Sufficiently responsible, both the above Sums amounting to