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Title	Letter, 1808 Jan. 30
Creator	Williamson, John, merchant of New Orleans (La.)
Date	1808-01-30
Notes	[4] p. on 1 leaf; 25 X 42 cm. folded to 25 X 21 cm. 4 digital pages.
Description	Letter from John Williamson, Havana, Cuba, to his employers the New Orleans merchant firm, Meeker, Williamson, and Patton, concerning trade and rates of exchange with the West Indies and Mexico, mentioning the Embargo, business houses in Havana, and (Vincent) Nolte.
Subject	Meeker, Williamson, and Patton West Indies--Commerce--United States United States--Commerce--West Indies Embargo, 1807-1809 Merchants--Louisiana--New Orleans Commercial products
Language	en
Repository	Meeker, Williamson and Patton Correspondence, Mss. 1230, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, (http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special) Baton Rouge, La.
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Restrictions	Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. In accordance with U. S. copyright laws, this work is in the public domain.
Cite As	The Louisiana Purchase: A Heritage Explored, LOUISiana Digital LIbrary, Baton Rouge, La.
Item Number	lb000069_0001
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Transcription	Havana, 30th Jany [January] 1808 Dear Carrol As I think it very probably that all my letter written you since our arrival will miscarry I have now to repeat the story via Charleston. We left the Balize on Friday the 22nd and arrived safe in port in 69 hours on the next Monday. The Pilot boat Ranger, the Express the Rachel and Schooner Jane all left the same time, the Ranger & Jilt got in at same time, the Rachel & Jane were 6 days, the Express is not yet arrived probably gone to windward, tho [sic.] the Ranger is still here. Since the news of the Embargo a much greater number of vessels with flour dropped in (than is generally the last(?) most of them were cleared for New Orleans, most of them under the Bonds of the 1st Act- & some under the penalties of the supplementary. So many arrivals almost convinced the lPani under(?) that the Embargo was a hurn in consequence flour fell to $15 @ 17 no buyers. However since the supplement has arrived the Govr. [Governor] has ordered that no vessel with Provisions shall go taken upon any pretense and within a few days, no flour has come in which has given a little motion to the market and we expect in a few days a rise to 20 @ 25 Drs. altho [sic] there is flour enough here for City Consumption for four or five months say 26000 @ 28000 barrels. I shall take the first decent offer altho [sic] I have determined to hold on a few days until I do something with your copper which I will not leave here. It is as yet all on hand & I think it impossible to sell it at any price cash. I wish Felise had sold it some time ago for Sugars, he could have had a dollar for it & Sugars low. The Govt. [Government] will not
Contact and Ordering Information	E-mail lsudiglib@lsu.edu with questions or comments. See instructions for ordering reprints of this item here: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/services/duplication.html Mention the "Item number" or "Item URL" in your request.
Relation	http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm4/index_lapur.php?CISOROOT=/lapur
Cite As	The Louisiana Purchase: A Heritage Explored, LOUISiana Digital LIbrary, Baton Rouge, La.
Item URL	See 'reference url' on the navigation bars.
Collection URL	http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm4/index_lapur.php?CISOROOT=%2Flapur

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