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2 Letters from Robert Carter to Captain John Hyde & Company, July 11, 1732
Robert Carter writes 2 letters to London merchant Captain John Hyde & Company, July 11, 1732, in each of which he regrets that the merchant has not sent an account current, states what he believes the account to be and encloses a copy (not present), and orders Hyde to pay the balance to Micajah Perry & Company.
2 Letters from Robert Carter to Captain John Hyde & Company, July 11, 1732
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Rappahannock, [Lancaster County, Virginia]
July 11. 1732
To Capt. John Hyde & Comp.
Merchants of London
Gentlemen
Not having met with the satisfaction I expected
by receiving from you an Account Current by some of our later ships
I have thought it fit to state
one to you in the best manner I can which is here inclosed
The balance
I bring you in my debt is four hundred eighty one pounds fourteen
Shillings & four pence which I desire you to pay into the hands of
Micajah Perry
Esquire & Company for my account and his
their
receipt
shall be your discharge from
Gentlemen
Your most humble Servant
To Captain John Hyde & Company
Merchants of London
Captain John Hyde & Company Rappahannock July 11. 1732
Gentlemen
I had promised myself that by some of our
later ships you would have taken the Opportunity to send me my
Account Current but seeing you have taken no notice of me I have thought
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it fit to state one to you in the best manner I can and I cannot think
but I am very near the truth a Copy of which I here enclose to you I
make the balance due to me from You the sum of four hundred eighty
one pounds fourteen shillings & four pence this account I have sent to
Alderman Perry & Company with an order upon you to receive this
balance for my account to whom I desire you to pay it as per the
order of
Gentlemen
Your most humble Servant
via Liverpool Loxum
NOTES
Source copy consulted:
Letter book, 1731 July 9-1732 July 13 , Robert Carter Papers (acc. no. 3807), Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia. Because these two letters were written one below the other on the same page of the letter book with nearly identical texts, they have been entered together. See Carter's letter (
) to Micajah Perry of this same date in which he includes an account of what Hyde owes him as well as instructions for Perry's actions in the matter.
Robert Carter generally used a return address of "Rappahannock" for the river on which he lived rather than "Corotoman," the name of his home, on his correspondence, especially to merchants abroad. The county and colony have been added for clarity.
[1] Several vessels named The Loyalty
sailed to Virginia. One commanded by Francis Wallis cleared from Poole for Virginia in 1726. Captain Edward Loxam commanded a vessel of this name in 1729-1732 as did James Tarleton in 1732. (Survey Report 09727 extracting "Public Record Office Class E 190/915/9. Exchequor King's Remembrancer Port Books. Poole. Collector 1726/7," Virginia Colonial Records Project, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia. See Carter's letters to John Pemberton April 15,1730
and August 4, 1731
.)
This text, originally posted in 2006, was revised June 23, 2016, to strengthen the footnotes and the modern language version text.