Robert Carter writes to Liverpool merchant, John Pemberton,February 14, 1721, that he has received the shoes, but they are notas strong as he desires. He orders more, and is quite specific thatthey are not to be black because those rot quickly in Virginia. He alerts Pemberton to a bill of exchange drawn on him to Samuel Bousch,and notes that he would have sent tobacco on board Captain Hancock'sship but the freight rate was too high. He encloses a bill of lading for 30 hogsheads of tobacco sent on this ship. In a brief postscript,he reports a bill of exchange. In a longer postscript dated March 28,1721, Carter orders 3-400 bushels of salt and 4-500 yards of strong Liverpool linen. He expects to ship 30 or 40 hogsheads of tobacco on the Content if Capt. Stephenson will accept£9 per ton freight charge. In his own hand, Carter adds another postscript requesting Pemberton find two indentured servants to replace John Babe, a clerk, and Marget Upton, the best female servantCarter has ever had.
Yor. Goods in Hancock came Safe Yor. Shoos are
not half sostrong as I would have them & made of black leather
wch. always proves rotten Such as Yor. Carrmen and Plowmen
wear are the fittest for us I would desire You to take the first
opportunity You meet with to Send me 6 Doz more of the
best plain Shoos You can buy, 2 Doz. of the 16s. 2 Doz of the 14s. & 2 Doz
of the 12s. and lett them not be made of black Leather
Yor. per[s]
onal care in this matter will very much oblige me
The 24th of Decr. I drew a bill on You for £55"17"9
payable to Collo. Samuel Boush
wch. I must desire You to answr.
when It comes to hand but that I reckon will not be till
towards the latter End of the Summer,
I would have put Some Tobo. on board Hancock
but nothing less than £10 per Tun would be Accepted by him
wch. I could by no means give, I have mett with a stranger
[who] hath bin a little more Moderate, herewith I send You a
bill of Lading for 30 hogsheads of Stript Leaf Tobo. my own Crop
which God sending It safe I hope You'l have no reason to
Complain of I conclude at present
A Postscript to Mr Pemberton's Lettr.
Dated Feb. 14th. 1720/21
Mar. 28. 1721
Sir -- --
The above is a copy, of mine per Milby the cheif [sic]
end of this
is to Desire You to take the first opportunity You meet with not only to
Send me in the above shoos, but also three or four hundred bushells
of Yor. Salt andlikewise four or five hundred Yards of Yor. Strong
Leverpool linnen, I am in Treaty with Captn. Stephenson the
present Mr of the Content for some Freit if he will take £9
per Tun I design You 30 or 40 hogsheads more of my Stemmed Tobo. I request
Yor. Care of the Lettrs. that accompany this and am
Yor. humble Servt.