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Simeon Potter to Christopher Whipple with merchant orders, 29 December 1774
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Simeon Potter to Christopher Whipple with merchant orders, 29 December 1774.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1774]
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Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Jenckes, a Providence merchant, served as a member of the General Assembly (Deputy) c. 1774, a member of the Committee of Correspondence. Jenckes also owned the Putnam, a ship. Simeon Potter, owner the King George, was a prominent figure in Rhode Island business and politics, serving as a member of the General Assembly.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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co-signed by John Read and John Jenckes, who own the ship Liberty with Potter. Whipple, Captain of the Liberty, signs at the bottom of the page, promising to obey the orders contained within the letter and attesting that the text is a true copy of his orders. The Liberty's owners instruct Whipple to sail for the Island of Dominico (present day Haiti and the Dominican Republic), to sell his cargo there, to purchase Two Hundred & ninety Half Barrels of Good Pistol Powder, and to sail elsewhere in the Caribbean if he can not buy powder at a reasonable price in Dominico. Inform Whipple of the price of powder per barrel Amsterdam, and instruct him to refer to this price when purchasing powder in the Caribbean. Order Whipple to purchase lead and arms.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
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Books / Online
Language
English
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March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
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Correspondence
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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