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Prices Current Collection MD2.1-9 9 folders 1766-1825 English . Prices Current Denmark, Russia, and Sweden Price-Current of Imports and Exports at Copenhagen . . . from & to the united States of America 3 items 3 broadsides, Copenhagen, 17__ 1794-09-20 1797-06-14 1797-05-10 A list of American Ships that have passed the Sound in 1798, Elsenure in Denmark 1798-12-31 Sir! The Season for Navigation these Seas being well advanced . . . [Elsinure, October 12, 1800] 1800-10-12 Account of goods exported by the British Ships from St. Petersburg anno 1789 I take the liberty of acquainting You, that as the term of my Partnership with Mr. Robert Hay expired . . .I determined to carry on Business here myself . . . 1793-06-08 List of principal Russia Products, exported from St. Petersburg 1797 Account of Goods exported in the British Ships from St. Petersburg Anno 1797. Auszug des neuen Zolltarifs, gedruckt in St. Petersburg 1797 . . . German. General List of Exports to America from St. Petersburg. 1798 Price-current of imports and exports publish'd by the Colledge of Commerce at St. Petersburg the 20 August 1798 1798-08-20 Sirs Already for some Years, it has been my view, to retreat from Business, which I now realize . . . 1799-12-31 Sirs From the annexed Circular You will have pleased to remarkd, that our Brother Mr. John Jacob Blandow retreats from Business . . . 1800-01-01 [Greig, Henry] Sir Having the opportunity of a very good conveyance just now for your Continent, I embrace it to present you with a renewal of my best Services in these Parts . . . [Gottenburg] 1781-08-07 Price-current, Gottenburg 1781-10-16 England, Ireland, Scotland [Champion and Hayley] Sir, The Partnership between us being dissolved on the 31st of December last; We take this Opportunity of acquainting you therewith . . . [London] 1766 [Hayley & Hopkins] [Price current London] [4 broadsides] 1772-08-20-1773-02-20 The London Price Current. Published by Subscription. 2 items 1778-1787 [Blanchard, Caleb] A Change in the Politics of this Country giving us Reason to expect a speedy return of Peace and COmmerce, I take the Liberty of offering you my Services here . . . 1782 [Cruger, Henry and Company] Goods exported from Bristol. {filed with] Gentn. I am favored with your agreeable Letter of 21st ult. 2 items 1783 Morrow and Goodson, Saddlers, and Saddlers Ironmongers, No. 9 Exchange Alley . . . 1784 [Champion and DIckason] Prices Current. London. 6 items 1784-1785 The New London Price Current 1788-05-09 [Bridger, Samuel] Gentln. Having by mutual Consent withdrawn myself from the House lately under the Firm of John and Joseph Heath and Bridger, and having . . . 1792-01-20 Imports from America into Ireland 3 items 1786 [Donalds, MacAlester, and Co.] We take the first opportunity of acquainting you, that we have entered into a Copartnery with Mr. Hector MacAlester . . . [Glasgow] 1769 France, Spain, and Portugal [Rogers & Bromfield] Permit us to inform you of our Connection & Establishment in London & to present you with a Tender of our Services in that city . . . [Bordeaux] 1783 [Mason, Fenwick & Co] Prices current. Bordeaux the 1st Septemr. 1788 1788 [Vernes, Tb. and Co.] Prices current at Bordeaux the 31 August 1790. [Le Marque, de Senior] Croisic price current . . . May 2nd, 1789 [Lanchon Freres & Co.] Sir; Thinking we may be useful to you here and at Havre de Grace . . . we take leave to make you the tender of our best services . . . [L'Orient] 1785 [Lanchon Brothers & Co.] Price Current (Imports and Exports). 9 items 1787-1791 [Vail, Aaron & Co.] We have this day entered into a copartnership to establish a house in this place . . . [L'Orient] 1791-09-01 [Wall & Tardy] The extensive Commerce from the Continent of America to the Islands, & thence to France induces us to remove from Nantes to Cape-Francois . . . 2 copies 1782 [Williams] Price current. Nantes 1782-03-01 [Deschamps Brothers] Sir, we have the honor to send you the inclos'd Circular letter, to inform you of our new establishment in this Town . . . [Rouen] 1786 [Torlades & Co.] It being the Will of the Almighty, to take from this life our Mr. Jacob Frederic Torlade . . . his Widow & three Daughters . . . have taken the resolution to continue the house of Commerce . . . [St. Ubes] 1785-03-01 Price currant at Barcelona the 22 of Augt 1772. Price current Cadiz 16th of february 1784 [Terry, Domk. & Co.] Price Current of Cadiz y.e 31 March 1792 Price Current Cadiz 25 of January 1785 [Pintard, John Marsden] Madeira, April 9, 1793. Prices current in Sterling Money . . . [Barry, James] Tenerife, 30th December, 1793 Sirs, The extension of my Business, sincess the dissolution of my former House . . . will be carried on under the Firm of Barry, Favenc & Co. . . . [Barry, Favenc & Co.] Tenerife, April 1794 Price Current in Sterling Money . . . [Browne, Bernard de Clamouse & Company] Bernard de Clamouse Browne, Consul of the United States of America in this City of Oporto Kingdom of Portugal. Recommends his house . . . 1798 Germany [Delius, Frederick] Sir Since I did myself the honour of addressing You lat, great revolutions have happened in the mercantile world . . . [Bremen] 1799-10-01 [Delius, Frederick] Since I did myself the honour of addressing You lat, great revolutions have happened in the mercantile world . . . [Bremen] 1799-10-15 [Cassel & Traub] Sirs We refer you to our last advices of 21 Feb. and come now again to wait on you with a Price-Current of our Market . . . [Bremen] 1800-05-24 [Delius, Frederick] The advantage arising to commerce in general from the practice . . . of acquainting their foreign friends by means of circular letters . . . 2 copies 1800-06-16 [Delius, F. & E.] Craving Your reference to our circular, we take the liberty of waiting upon You, with the following sketch of the situation of our market . . . [Bremen] 1800-12-10 [Cassel & Traub] Sirs Referring to our last respects of 10th of September, we take now again the liberty to inform you of the State of our market. [Bremen] 1800-12-23 [Voght, Caspar & Co.] In consequence of the Account given us by Mr. Penet of the Credit and Connections of your House, we embrace with pleasure, this opportunity of offering you our hands to a friendly Correspondence . . . List of the Correspondents of Caspar Voght & Co. Specifications of Goods, more profitable to be drawn from Hamburg then from any other Market, viz, 9 items 1782 [Voght, Caspar & Company] Hamburgh Price Current of German Linnen, at the Prices they will be sent, . . . 2 items 1785 State of th' Hamburgh Market for Importations from America, with their Neating in English Sterling Money . . . 1793 [Voght & Sievcking] Sirs Our Mr. Voght, leaves entirely with the beginning of this month all bank and commission business in Europe . . . [Hamburgh] 1793-07-01 [Lorent, am Ende, and Co.] Price Current at Hamburg February 20 1797 State of the Hamburgh Market for Importations from America with their Neating in English Sterling money 2 copies 1797 State of the Hamburgh Market for Importations from America with their Neating in English Sterling Money . . . 6 copies 1798 Wechsel-Cours in Hamburg Anno 1798 19 items Geld-Cours in Hamburg. Anno 1798 den 8 May 20 items [Peltzer, William & Ferd.] Pray permit by this that we recommend ourselves to your honest commands . . . [Hamburgh] 1797-05-06 Preis-Courant der Waaren in Partheyen. Hamburg, Anno 1798 [Beeldemaker & Company] Sir Inclosed Circular inform you, of our having formed an Establishment in this Place . . . [Hamburg] 1798-08-10 [Beeldemaker & Company] Sir We hasten us to inform you of our having established a House in this Place . . . 1798-08-10 [Lorent am Ende & Co.] Sirs! It is not our custom to trouble our friends with frequent solicitations, nor do we wish to increase the number of recommendatory letters . . . [Hamburg] 2 copies 1798-08-21 [Lorent, am Ende & Co.] Sirs! The present circumstances invite us to recall ourselves to your remembrance . . . [Hamburg] 1798-08-24 [Moller, Georg Christian] By our Circular of 1st instant you will have observed, that the Copartnership with Mr. Kleinwort has been dissolved . . . [Hamburg] 1798-10-15 [Delius, Frederick] Sirs by the circular letter, which I did myself the honour of addressing you, under date of the 1. October . . . I acquainted you with the dreadful revolutions that had then happened in the mercantile world . . . [Bremen] 2 copies plus one variant 1800-04-04 [Rucker and Wortman] By mutual consent, and from a desire to enjoy in peaceful retirement rest from our labours, we have determined to dissolve . . . [Hamburg] 1800-04-30 No. 51 Hamburg, den 1 Junii 1798 Contenten Liste. Price Current Hamburg 6 May Holland [Turner, John & Son] A price current, of Goods usually imported at Amsterdam 2 items 1763-04-23-1771-09-27 [Turner, John] A price current, of goods usually imported at Amsterdam 1762-10-15 [Commelin, Daniel & Sons] A Price Current of Goods, usually Imported at Amsterdam 1775 [Neufville, John de] Price Current [Amsterdam] 1779-07-24 [Neufville, John de & Son] Price current. Amsterdam ye 24th July 1779 [Neufville, John de & Son] Price current. Amsterdam the 18th July 1780 [Neufville, John de & Son] Price current. Amsterdam the 21t August 1780 [Neufville, John de & Son] Price current. Amsterdam 15 November 1781 [Ingraham & Bromfield] Encouraged by the kind patronage of our American Friends . . . we beg Leave to mention, that we are now taking Measures for an Establishment in Bordeaux . . . [Amsterdam] 1782 [Ingraham & Bromfield] Price current. Amsterdam. 2 items 1782-08-15-1782-09-15 [Neufville, John de & Son] Price current. Amsterdam 1 Octr 1782 [Ingraham, Duncan, jun.] Price current of imports. [Amsterdam 1783]. [Ingraham & Bromfield] The partnership between us having terminated the 1st Insti. we beg leave to advise you of it . . . [Amsterdam 1783] [Neufville, John de & Son] Price current. Of Articles in Constant demand at the Market. 1783-02-01 [Neufville, De & Company] Price current. of Articles in constant demand at this market . . . [Amsterdam, 1783] [Neufville, Leonard] Price current. of Articles in constant demand at this market [facsimile] [La Lande, de & Fynje] . . . As the Americn Trade will now, since the return of Peace, be carried on in a more regular and settled manner . . . [Amsterdam] 1784-05-01 [La Lande, de & Fynje and others] . . . Referring you to the annexed Metter, we have now, in consequence of the POwer, with which we are invested, the honour to inclose your account Current with Messrs De La Lande & Fynje 1785-08-16 Amsterdam the 31 May 1786 Price current of Articles for Importation to America 1786-05-31 [Bourne, Sylvanus] Messrs. Agreeably to the promise made in my Circular of April 1795, I have now the pleasure to acquaint you of my establishment in this city . . . 1797-02-01 [Lange & Bourne] (Circulars) Sirs Impressed with the importance of that intercourse, which is daily increasing between Holland & the UNited States, we have been induced to establish a commercial House in this city . . . 1797-02-01 [Staphorst, van & Co.] It is with much Sensation we inform you, that our Partner John van Staphorst departed this Life. . . this event makes no Alteration in our House . . 1800-03-01 [Van Wayenburg & Voute] Prysen der Java Coffy, verkogt binnen Amsterdam, op Woensday den 11 de Juny 1800 Dutch; Flemish. [Staphorst, van & Co.] Inclosed we have the honour to hand You our Price Currents . . . 1800-07-26 Review of the State of the Amsterdam Market, for East- & West-India and American produce. 2 copies 1825-07-12 [Freeman, James] Sir As the happy termination of hostilities, must again give life to Trae . . . [Rotterdam] 2 copies 1784-04-24 [Rocquette, Beeldemaker & Co.] In consequence of arrangements made in the Year 1795. with Mr. J Versluys . . . we have not taken him in Partnership . . . 1798 [Forman, Joseph] Having, since my arrival in Europe, been appointed to the Consultate at Rotterdam, I beg leave to notify you, that I have commence Business there . . . 1800 Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island [Davis, Jonathan & Son] Kennebec-River, Price current for lumber delivered at Bath, Longreach. 1792 Price current Boston 1786-05-29 [Barrett, Nat] Being just on the point of embarking for France, I take the liberty of addressing you on the subject . . . 1786-08-01 [Bourne, Sylvanus] Mr. Sylvanus Bourne, Consul from the United States, for the Island of Hispaniola . . . begs leave, to make known his intention of establishing himself at Cape-Francois 2 copies 1790 Prices current, At Boston 3 items [Codman, John, jun.] Permit me to inform you that I have this day taken into Copartnership my Brother, Mr. Richard Codman . . . 1791-05-01 [Barrell & Hoskins] Joseph Barrell, Esq. the father of our Joseph Barrel, jun. having retired from business, has resigned it to us . . . 2 copies 1794-08-01 [Cabot, Sam.] Sir, in consequence of a representation made by several of the principal Merchants in this State, sufferers by British spoliations . . . The President of the United States has been pleased to honor me with this appointment . . . 1796-07-07 [Davenport, Rufus] Having established myself in this place, for the purpose of transacting the business of all those, who may think proper to intrust me with their concerns; I think it my duty and interest, to inform you of my intentions . . . 1796-12-01 [Adams & Loring] This will serve to inform you, that we have by mutual consent dissolved the co-partnership of Adams & Loring . . . 1798-05-02 [Champlin, Christopher] Shipped in good Order and well conditioned by Christopher Champlin . . . and bound for Copenhagen in Denmark . . . [Newport] 1785 Statera: Anthony's, Randal's, Sweet's, Whitman's 4 items 1790-1793 To the Senate and House of Representatives . . . The Undersigned, citizens of the town of Providence, respectfully show, that a number of their citizens . . . are under the necessity of making large advances of money . . . 10 copies 1798 [Eddy, Esek] 13 blank forms, filled in in manuscript 13 items 1799 New York and Pennsylvania Price current in Philadelphia 2 items 1780-04-12-1782-11-06 [Cruger, Lediard and Mullett] Sir Uniting in sentiment, as we uniformly have, with the Citizens of these States, political events have not in the least diminished our confidence in their integrity . . . 1783-09-01 [Ross & Vaugn] The independence of the United States of America, opens a new extensive Field of Business for this Country . . . 1784 [Ingraham, Duncan, junr.] Price current at Philadelphia. 1785-02-08 [Lockwood, Blanchard & Co.] Mr. Thomas Russell, one of the House of Lockwood, Blanchard, & Russel, having removed from this City, we take the Liberty to advise you . . . that in future the Business will be conducted under the Firm of Lockwood, Blanchard, & Co. . . . 1785-06-25 [Hewes & Anthony] Price current Philadelphia, . . . 6 items 1785-06-29-1791-06-07 The Complete Counting House Companion 1785-08-27 The Complete Counting House Companion 7 items 1787-1790 [Hewes & Anthony] The Partnership of Hewes & Anthony having expired with the year Ninety, we take the earliest opportunity of acquainting you with that event . . . 1791-01-01 [Pelosi, Vincent M.] Gen: At the request of several Merchants of the UNited States, I Have undertaken a weekly Marine List of all the Ports of the Union . . . 1791 [Faures, F. S.] I have now the honour to acquaint you, that for reasons of the utmost consequence I am forced to turn out of my house Mr. I. H. Watmough . . . 1793-04-15 [Ludlow & Goold] Permit us to congratulate you on the Return of Peace, the happy Result of which will, we hope, be productive of every Satisfaction . . . 2 copies 1784-01-01 [Murray, Mumford & Bowen] [Price Current 15 April 1785] Price current. New-York. 3 May 1786 [Ward, Saml. & Brother] Price current, New York March 19, 1788 Price current, New York . . . 2 items 1790-12-28-1791-04-06 Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina [Carey, James & Co.] We beg Leave to inform you of our Establishment of a House in this Place [Baltimore] 1783-06-01 [Johnson, Johonnott & Co.] We have established a House in Baltimore, in the State of Maryland [and Boston (State of Massachusetts) ] 2 copies 1783-10-28 [Nourse, B. S.] Prices current, in Baltimore . . . 2 items 1784-07-10-1784-08-22 [Blanchard, Sam. & Tho.] Prices current, in Baltimore 1785-04-09 Prices current, in Baltimore . . . 4 items 1787-1790 [Murray, John & Co.] Prices current, Alexandria . . . 1786-03-28 Prices current, at Wilmington, North-Carolina 3 items [Crouch & Gray] Gentlemen, Our Mr. John Gray, has entered into Copartnershi with Mr. Henry Crouch, a Carolinian . . . [Charlestown] 1774-07-30 [Crouch & Gray] South-Carolina price current. 1774-07-30 [Morris, Thomas & Co.] Sir. We beg leave to acquaint you that we have established a house of business, at Charlestown, South Carolina . . . 1783-09-03 [Burgwin, Hooper, and Alexander] We take the Liberty of requesting your Attention, whilst we give you some Account of the Connection in Trade which we have lately entered into . . . 1784 [Crafts, William & Co.] Sir We take the Liberty to advise you and our Friends in general of our Establishment in this City in the Mercantile Line . . . 1784 Prices current: --Charleston, S. Caro.a 1784-12-31 [Thayer & Bartlett] Prices current:--Charleston March 31 1785 [Lushington & Kirk] Price current, from Lushing and Kirk Charlestown, South Carolina. [Thayer, Bartlett & Co.] Prices current:--Charleston 6 items 1785-1787 [Thayer, Bartlett & Co.] Price current. Charleston. 4 items 1787-1788 [Thayer, Bartlet & Co.] Prices current: Charleston, 29th June 1789 [Rogers, Joseph] Prices current. Charleston, Nov. 24, 1794 [Rogers & Barker] Prices current. Charleston April 23, 1795 [Hildrup, Thos. J.] Prices Current. Charleston August 14th 1797. Prices Current. Charleston. Nov. 14, 1797. Havana and Cape Francois [Grafton, Joseph & Joshua] Price current . . . [Havana] 2 items 1781-12-25-1782-04-12 [Hernandez, Francis & Co.] By the annexed Circular of the firm Hernandes & Co. . . . you will observe that the Commercial Connections are to dissolve . . . 1800-12-20 [Wall, Tardy & Co.] Since we had the honour of announcing to you our Arrival & Establishment at this Place, we have thought it essential to our own, & the interest of those Gentlemen, who shall favour us with their commands, to extend our Connection to Port-au-Prince . . . [Cape Francois] 1793 [Wall, Tardy & Co.] Price Current, Cape-Francois 1784-03-04 Prices Current Cape Francois 1792-07-28 Collection information Scope and Contents

A composite collection of prices current from Europe, America's Eastern Seaboard, and the Caribbean, largely from the second half of the 18th century. Some prices current were separated from the Brown Family Business Papers.

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Originally classified as broadsides, with the MD call number written on each paper folder. When this collection was entered into ArchivesSpace, each paper folder had its chronological number appended to the end of the MD2 classification; i.e., the first paper enclosure in the first folder is labeled MD2-1-1 as opposed to MD2-1.

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a Price Current is a price list of commodities, often issued in a standardized printed form requiring orders and prices to be added in manuscript.

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