Brandy. I shall be happy in yours or your friends Commands due attention to which will be payed by, Sirs, I HAD the pleasure of addressing you the 3d instant over London as above, since which nothing material has turn'd up. the cargo come out in exceeding good order and think the prospect of the market is more favorable than when I wrote and will continue to mend 'till the sales (if no vesel arrives with the like goods) which is the 25 of this month. it cou'd not be sooner and allow time for the Merchants to write their correspondents in the trading towns to get orders to purchase as no Dane seems to be willing to speculate. The sales of the Tea Ships cargo is not yet advertised for sale nor no other ship arrived but daily expected, and there is a scarcity of that article at present to be bought here. 'Tis the opinion of my friends here the Tea will go much lower at the auction than 30 Danish which has induced me to omit purchaseing 'till my return from Russia for which place I am now ready to sail. Russia goods continues the same. I shall give every dispatch in my power and expect on my arrival at Cronstadt to have an opportunity to write you by some of the American Vessels there being several there. the warlike preparations continue the same. the Swedish fleet have left Carlscroon [Carlscrona] and gone N. B. the Spanish Dollars sold for 8 marks 4 skillings or 5/6 Danish; Exchange Rxd 6.20s per £ Sterling. EDWARD JAMES SMITH AND CO. TO CHRISTOPHER AND GEORGE CHAMPLIN Gentlemen: St. Petersburg, the 23d June, 1788. We had the honour to waite upon you the 4th April last under cover of Messrs. Lane Son and Fraser of London and in Reply to your esteemed Favour of the 28th December last year. We have now to confirm the Contents of said our Letter, beg leave to refer to it and the pleasure to acquaint you with the safe arrival here of your Brig the Elizabeth, Captain Benjamin Peirce, which was yesterday at Cronstadt. Said Captain is not come up yet, when does, shall consult with him about the Cargo and acquaint you further. Clean Hemp stands upon Ro. 23 and 23 per Berkovitz, Outshott Ro. 23, and half clean Ro. 22, 12 heads Novgorod Flax Ro. 30 per Berkovitz, Candle Tallow Ro. 29 to 30, and Soap Tallow Ro. 27 to 28 per Berkovitz, Sail Cloth from Ro. 7 to 10, Ravenduck from Ro. 7 to 8, Flems Linnen Ro. 11 to Ro. 12.30 Co. per piece, Drillings 18 to 183 Co. per arsheen, first Sort Bristles Ro. 12.85 Co., 2d Sort Ro. 6 per pood, Yellow Wax Ro. 15 per pd. Tarred Cordage Ro. 2 per pd. Our next will acquaint you what we have determined with Captain Peirce, in the meantime we are most respectfully, Gentlemen: Your most Obedient humble Servants, EDWARD JAMES SMITH AND Co. Ams[terdam] 34 to 334s. London 34 to 341d. HEWES AND ANTHONY TO CHRISTOPHER CHAMPLIN Dear Sir, Philadelphia, 23d June, 1788. We received your favor of the 23d ultimo by your worthy son, who we esteem, sensible, discreet, and agreable; and it affords pleasure to tell you that all who was so happy as to be acquainted with him, was much pleas'd with his Society. we made him a Tender of what money he requir'd, but he accepted of only Forty Dollars, and set out on Wednesday last for Baltimore, Alexandria, and perhaps Richmond. on his Return we hope for more of his pleasing conversation, and shall then tender him what further sum he may require. we hope before this reaches you that you will have Accounts of the New Constitution ratified by the Commonwealth of Virginnia; but by late accounts from thence, it appears more doubtfull then we once expected. with an anxious desire to see this Federal Government once organiz'd (which promises much Happiness to Posterity,) we Remain with Esteem and Respect, Your Very Obedient Humble Servants, HEWES AND ANTHONY EDWARD JAMES SMITH AND CO. TO CHRISTOPHER AND GEORGE CHAMPLIN Gentlemen: St. Petersburg, the 27th June, 1788. LAST POST we only advised the safe arrival of the Elizabeth, Captain Benjamin Pierce at Cronstadt, to which refer. Since Captain Pierce is come up, of whom we understand, that on account of said Captains having received some Letters of our former Partner Mr. Anthony Frederic Thiringk in his private Name, mentioning nothing of our Partnership to be disolved and afterwards by the last of being, by which as well you as Captain Pierce (who knowing him as our Partner) either thought of our having left Trade or departed this Life, that in consequence of not hearing any thing of our firm you had given said Captain Orders to apply for the Goods he is to take at present from this Place, to our former Partner Mr. Thiringk. The Reason of your not receiving any Circular Letters about the Dissolution of our Society, was that as we had not the honour before to correspond with you direct and the Goods you received from us last year, were through the Management of our mutual Friend Nicholas Ryberg Esqr. at Copenhagen, we did not know how to address direct to your good selves, nor a safe way to conduct our Letters, till we received your Favour of the 28th December last year which answered the very day it came to out hands Vizt. the 4th April last, by the way you've ordered us, which is under Cover of Messrs. Lane Son and Fraser of London. Our partnership with Mr. Thiringk was dissolved in Harmony the 30th September last year not expecting he would have wrote any thing beforehand in his own Behalf without mentioning of our Dissolution to be. But all this now being past, we wont enter into any more and further particulars, and only acquaint, that on account these Circumstances, Captain Peirce has resolved to divide the Shipment of the Goods now to be loaden per the Elizabeth, between our former Partner and us. Mr. Thiringk is to provide the Iron and the Sail Cloth, and we the Clean Hemp, the quantity of the Hemp to be about poods 2300. In consequence hereof we have purchased for your account said quantity of the best clean Hemp at Ro. 23 per Berkowitz in Bank Notes and shall send the same down to Cronstadt as soon as possible to be loaden on board the Elizabeth, and when done all the Vouchers will be made up and conducted in the same manner as last year and our Reimboursement we take upon our mutual Friend Ryberg Esqr. at Copenhagen, of all which we shall not miss to advise you in course. Now knowing the Channel perfectly to conduct our Letters, we shall take the Liberty of waiting oftener upon you and to keep you advised from time to time with what passes. in the meantime we recommend ourselves in the favour of your future Commands, wherein you may allways. depend on our Zeal and our utmost Care for your Interest, not doubting to give you in every thing full Satisfaction and to serve you as well as any house in this place. Though we had your prior orders for the present Cargo per the Elizabeth we don't blame Captain Pierce in the least for having shared the same, nor do we in the least envy our late Partner; on the contrary we approve very much of the Steps taken by Captain Pierce and agreed to it without any hesitation like we are glad the other share is fallen to Mr. Thiringk, who we dare say will serve you well. For the Future leave it to your own Discretion whom of us you will please to favour with your worthy Commands. should esteem ourselves very glad if the Scale would turn on our side and happy to receive your Commands, wherein you will allways find us ready devoted and most respectfully, Gentlemen: Your most Obed. Thund. Serv Servant James Smith sofl NICHOLAS RYBERG TO CHRISTOPHER AND Gentlemen: GEORGE CHAMPLIN Copenhagen, the 28th June, 1788. I DESIRE your referance to my respects of the 3d inst. by which I had the pleasure to acquaint you of Capt. Peirces safe arrival. He sailed from here the 12th and would have proceeded sooner on his Voyage to St. Petersburg, but calms prevented him. I furnished him with two letters of Credit one for Messrs. Edward James Smith and Co. and the other for Mr. A. F. Thiringk, that he according to circumstances may make use thereof. His Cargo was sold the 25th and I am glad to inform you of having received agreable Prices, |