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D3580 - Longsdon family of Little Longstone - [14th-20th Cent]
- C - Correspondence

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D3580/C/71
Title	John Longsdon at Halifax, Nova Scotia, to his father, James Longsdon, senior, saying that despite contrary winds and heavy gales they reached Newfoundland in 5 weeks. The coast was covered with ice and snow. Fog set in which never left them for many days until they made the north side of Cape Breton. They beat down Nova Scotia to this harbour which they made on 4 June. John has been busy gaining information on markets and enquiring after a vessel to Boston. He is thinking with Mr McIntosh who is in the same situation of chartering a sloop or schooner to Boston [United States of America] which will be cheaper than taking goods directly from Liverpool. John dined with Mr Black on 7th with Sir George Prevot, the Governor, and various officers and merchants. Business here is a secondary pursuit. Each merchant imports his own supplies through agents. They have almost a regular profit and retail their goods, and being very well supplied just now they will make no purchases in Longsdon's way. Salt is selling at an advance of cent per cent as it comes in, but there is nothing here to send to England. The vessels all go off in ballast to load mostly with lumber, and unless wood sells very high in England, great losses will be sustained by the speculators. He will learn more of the markets in Boston [United States of America]. John asks how is manufacturing. He hopes William supports fine velvets. They cannot be made too good for this market, that is the States. Shirtings a yard wide are preferred here, average 7/8 and low velverette a little in demand. If William manufactures in Yorkshire, John hopes that he does not employ any agent there such as J Haigh, for it will have a bad effect.
Date	16 Jun 1809
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Longsdon family of Little Longstone
Term	Ocean travel
Term	Letters (documents)

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