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Joshua Johnson's Letterbook, 1771-1774: Letters from a Merchant in London to his Partners in Maryland. Originally published by London Record Society, London, 1979.
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Abbreviations used: Md., Maryland; Va., Virginia.
Items marked by an asterisk are explained in the Glossary (Appendix C).
Adams
-, John Quincy (1767-1848), president,
viii, ix n; his wife (Louisa Catherine
Johnson), ix n, xxiii n
-, Richard and Thomas, merchants of
Richmond, Va., bills of, 99b, 102,
104
Adderson, Thomas, of Md., bills on, 23
Addison (Adderson), John, sheriff of Prince George's County, Md., 100; bills on, 23
Ainsley (Thomas) & Co., potters and glasssellers of Hermitage, London, 29
Air (Ayres), Capt Thomas, 145b; letters via, 145a, 146a, b; master of the Patty, 163
Aitcheson, Capt, tobacco via, 144b, 145b
All, Capt, letters via, 91-2a. 93a, 152b, 153-5
Allam, R., watchmaker of Bond St., London, 139
American colonies, hostility towards, 145a; resistance by, 130a, 146a, 149, 152c, 157c; taxation of, 129
American Revolution, xxviii
Americans in London, 129-30a, 151d
Amsterdam, 59b, 142b
anchor, 107, 125d, 128b, 132b
Anderson
-, James, Va. and Md. merchant of Tower
Hill, London, xii, xxviii, 46, 60a, 72a,
76a, 81, 97b, 116a, 120, 132c, 144a,
146a, 152b, 153, 157b, 158-60;
trustees for his creditors, 153, 160;
composition, 158
-, Mrs James (Leliora Ogle), 153, 158-60
-, Joseph Horatio, architect of Annapolis,
20a
-, Mrs Rebecca Lloyd, widow of William,
mother of James, 158-60; Marion
her daughter, 160
Annapolis, Md., ix-x; business conditions at, 7, 26b, 41c, 52a, b, 62; Capitol (State House), ix, 3c, 4, 51b, 62, 123, 127, 140, 156; competitors in, 41c, 52a, 130b, 135b; Customs Office, x, 81, 86; dock and wharf, x, 5b; dockside building (firm's store), x, 3b, c, 5b, 11-12, 16, 18b, 20a, 22-3, 40, 47c, 72c, 125a, c, 138, 142a, 151a; Free School, 116a; goods for, xxi, 2b, 15b, 19, 21, 41c, 63e, 67, 89, 91, 93b, 122a, 142a, 151a; house expenses, 151d; old Court House, 16; races, xvi, 15a; resolves, 148 & n; ships for, 6d, e, 8, 17b, 19, 21, 28; small pox at, 52b
Anne Arundel County, Md., ix, xxii
annuities, xvii n, 53b, 55b
apothecaries' fees, 3b, 25b
aprons, muslin, 96a
architects, 20a, 123
Arnold, Latham, tobacco manufacturer of Newgate St., London, 161
association, non-importation, xiv, 9; nonintercourse, 131b, 145a, 147, 148, 149-50, 151a, e, 153, 156, 157a, c
Athawes, Samuel, Va. merchant of St. Martin's Lane, Cannon St., London, xii, 161
Ayr Bank see Douglas, Heron & Co.
Bagg, Stephen, Jr., shoe and saddle warehouse of Redcliff St., Bristol, 36
Baines & Rawlings, of Md., 24-5a
Ball, John, shipbuilder of Annapolis, 103, 121a, 122b; see also Harris & Ball
Baltic Sea, xi, xxv, 58, 110a
Baltimore, Lord see Calvert, Frederick
Baltimore, Md., xxiv, 40, 41c, 49, 81, 116b; branch at, 13b, 26e, 41c; imports of tea at, 2b, 6e; iron from, 103; merchants of, xvii, xxi, xxiv, xxvi, 52c, 91, 135b; shipbuilding at, 120; ships for or at, 6e, 20b, 118a, 154
Baltimore Company (ironworks), 131a
Bank of England, xvi, 41e, 43, 45b, 47d, 61, 65b, 84b
bankers see Colebrooke, Sir George; Douglas, Heron & Co.; Hanbury, Taylor, Lloyd & Bowman; Neale, James, Fordyce & Down; Prescotts, Grote, Culverden & Hollingsworth
bankruptcies and stoppages, xvi, xvii, 31b, 41e, 42-4, 45c, 47c, 49, 52a, 55b, c, 59b, 60b, 61, 63a, e, 64, 65b, 66b, 67, 72c, 74b, 75a, 84b, 92b, 93a, 94, 96a, 97a, b, 153, 157c; compositions see under debts
Banks, Charles, of Md., bills drawn by, 6a
Banks & Lowden, hatters and hosiers of Leadenhall St., London, 102
Banning, Capt Jeremiah, mariner and shipowner of Md., 70a; sells ship, 89
Barbados, 15a, 26c; currency, 55c; see also Potts, William
Barbary, North Africa, 99a
Barclay (David & John), merchants (linen specialists) of Cheapside, London, xiv-xv & n, xix, 6b, 39a, 41b, 63b; family, xii, xv n
Barlow, Wigginton & Francis, merchants and wholesale linen-drapers of Gracechurch St., London, 97a, 161
Barmouth, Merioneth, xiv, 128a
Barnes
-, —, planter of Md., 135a
-, John, sometime London partner of
Barnes & Ridgate, 26b; arrives in
London, 52b; imprisonment, xviii,
60b, 62, 63b, 69, 70b, 84b, 94, 157c
Barnes & Ridgate, merchants in Md. and (occasionally) London, xii, 11, 26b, 39a, 45c, 47c, 50, 51a, 55c, 57, 60b, 63a, 72a, 82, 84b, 92a, 94
Bateman, Sarah, tobacco consigner of Md., xxvi
Beattie or Beatty, Charles, of Frederick County, Md., legislator, 18a
Bell
-, John, Va. merchant of Crutched Friars,
London, 99b, 102, 104, 161
-, Mary White, tobacco consigner of Md.,
xxvi
Belt
-, Benjamin, planter of Md., xxvi
-, Capt Elisha, master of the Kitty &
Nelly, 163
-, Capt James, arrival, 108, 109a, 151c;
bills from, 90, 92a; letters via, 53a,
54, 55a; ships of, 106b, 112a, 125d;
master of the Kitty & Nelly, 163
Bent, J., of Md., bills of, 144b
Bickerton, Francis William, partner in Frank & Bickerton, 101, 161
Bigger, Jordan Heyland, linendraper of Leadenhall St., London, bills on, 4
*bills of exchange, borrowed, xviii, 45b;
discounted, xiii, xviii n, 3a, 39b, 41e,
45b, 65b
-, on Amsterdam, 59b
-, on London, x, xi, xii, xiii, xiv, xv, xvi,
xvii, xviii & n, xix, xx, xxi, xxvi,
4-160 passim; firm's, 99, 105b, 109a,
110b, e; noted for nonacceptance,
xviii, 2b, 6a, 15a, 26a, 45c, 47a, 50-1a,
52a, 55c, 59b, 60a, 61, 65b, 66b, 72a,
74b, 82-3a, 88, 91-2a, 99b, 104, 105b,
106c, 110e, 112b, 116a, 117a, 120; in
suspense, 116a, b, 117a; protested,
xviii, 2b, 6a, 9, 11, 13b, 17a, 19-20a,
25b, 26a, 45c, 47a, 48-158 passim
-, on Maryland, 6d, 13a, 18a, 23, 96a, 132c
-, on outports, xv, xvii, 13a, 14, 26a, 47a,
76a, 98a, 130a, 132a
-, planters', 103, 104, 106a, 112b, 114, 119
-, renewed, 63a, 72a, 82, 92a, 94, 99b, 106c
-, Scots, xvi, xvii, 15a, 41e, 42-3, 57, 59a
-, seconds, 15a, 25a, 39b, 51a, 52a, 58, 60a,
82, 90, 99b, 117a, 144a, 151a
-, sixty day, 84b
-,
see also exchange
*bills of lading, 4, 6a, 7, 10, 13a, 17a, 20a, 26a, 32, 35a, 41a, 42-160 passim
*bills of parcels, 4, 5a, 10, 13a, 17a, 25a, 26a, d, 27, 29, 30, 32-151a passim; see also shop notes
Binnly, H., of London, 161
Birmingham, xii, xiv, 14, 31a, 35a, 41c, d, 47a, 131b
Bishoprick, Capt Richard, master of the Galloway, goods via, 162; letters via, 46, 47a, 48, 49; lost at sea, 66b
Blackburn, John, merchant of Scotch Yard, Bush Lane, London, 161
Blackwell, Capt, 15a; goods via, 6d, e, 162; letters via, 7, 8
Bland, John, Va. merchant of Lime St., London, xii, 55c
Bogle (Robert & Robert) & Scott, Va. and Md. merchants of Love Lane, Eastcheap, London, xii, xvi, 41e
Bond, William, of St. Mary's County, Md., 125c; goods for, 120, 122c
bonds (customs), 17b, 26a, 45a, 47b, 52c, 59b, 66a, 80b, 85, 86, 87b, 102; bondsmen or sureties for, 26a
bonds (of indebtedness), 18a; securities for, 98b, 113
bonds (of security), 83a
Boog, Capt Thomas, master of the Elizabeth, 118a, 132b; letters via, 147, 148; tobacco via, 127, 133, 163
books (printed), 6c, 17b, 41e, 47d, 51b, 54
booksellers, 5a, 18a
Bordley
-, Miss —, of Md., 6c
-, John Beale (1727-1804), planter and
legislator of Md., 1; his son, Matt, at
Eton, 20a; his son, Thomas, dies at
Eton, 1
Bosanquet, Richard, East India Company director, partner in Bosanquet & Fatio, 68
Bosanquet & Fatio (Facio), merchants of Mincing Lane, London, 68
Boston, Mass., events at, 152c, 157c; goods for, 153; ships from, 147
Boston Port Bill, 129, 130a
Boston Tea Party, 130a
Bottelar (Botelar), Edward, manager of firm's Nottingham store, 119, 125b
Boucher, Capt, arrival, 117b
Boulogne, 66b
*bounties, government, on exports, xiii, xxi, 2a, 6b, 17a, b, 25b, 107, 134
Bow Lane Speaking Club, 16
Bowie,
-, Rev. John, sailing to Md., 8
-, William, of Nottingham, Prince George's
County, Md., bills of, 118c
Bowly, Daniel, merchant, partner in William Lux & Bowly, his brig Hope, 145b, 146a, 151e, 155, 156; ships goods, 151e; visits London, 111, 112b, 135b, 139
Boyd, J[ohn?], of Baltimore County, Md., bills of, 66b
Bradstreet, Lionel, of Md., bills of, 82
Brandon, Jacob Israel, tobacco broker of Brown's Bldgs., London, xxiii, 131b
Bremen, xiii; linen purchases at, xiv, 15b, 31a
brewing, xii
bribery, 88, 151c
Brice, Elizabeth (Mrs Lloyd Dulany), of Md., 100
Brighton, Sussex, 11
brigs see ships
Briscoe, —, deputy customs or naval officer in (St. Mary's County?) Md., 102
Bristol, 14; fair at, xv, 14; Johnson at, 1, 31a; letters via, 10, 13a, 14, 157c; products traded at, xi, xiii, 15b, 35a, 36, 135b; shoes from, 6, 10, 36-7, 41c, 63d
Brofett, Capt Simon, master of the Elizabeth, 37, 162
brokers, xxiii, xxiv, 2b, 26d, 45b, 59a, 61
Bromsgrove, Worcs., xiv, 35a
Brown
-, Capt Garrard, master of the Betsey, 55c
-, William, Va. partner of Perkins,
Buchanan & Brown, 92b
Brown, Perkins & Buchanan, merchants, Chesapeake affiliate of Perkins, Buchanan & Brown of London, 82, 92a, 161
Buchanan
-, Archibald, merchant of Baltimore,
partner in Buchanan & Cowan of
Joppa, Md., brother of James and
George, business with, xxi, xxvi,
118b, 120, 121b, 122c, 125a, b, c,
151a, e, 158; ships of, 120, 121b,
124a, 128b, 132b, c, 135a, 136, 137,
139, 143, 144a, 151e
-, Capt George, of Md., brother of Archibald and James, 111, 118b, 120, 121b,
122c, 124a, 127, 128c, 130a, 132c,
135a, 136-9, 141, 144b; his ship,
121b, 125c, 128b, 131a, 132b, 163
-, Gilbert, son and partner of John, 78,
86, 88, 110d
-, Capt James, of Md., master of the Kitty
& Nelly, 102, 108, 111, 112a, b, 114,
116a, 118b, c, 119, 121a, 122a, 124a,
125b-d, 128a, b, 132b, 137, 141, 142b,
163; goods via, 162; letters via, 123,
125a, 126-7; master of the Nancy,
160a, 163
-, John, London merchant, senior partner
in John Buchanan & Son, 9, 19, 99a,
110d; bills on, 51a, 54, 60a, 106c;
failure, 78, 97b, 98c, 99a; London
correspondent of Dick & Stewart, 2b,
76b
-, Thomas, of (Baltimore?), Md., merchant affiliated with Perkins, Buchanan & Brown of London, 59a, 60b,
63a, 66b, 72a, 82, 84b, 93a
Buchanan (A.) & Cowan, merchants of Joppa, Md., 120, 121b, 122c, 125a
Buchanan (John) & Son, Va. and Md. merchants of Little Tower St., London, xii, xiv n, xvi, xvii, 90, 119, 161; bills on, 72a, 76a, 81, 82, 91, 93b, 105b, 107; difficulties, 63e, 65b, 75b, 76b, 77-8, 97b, 98c; trustees for the creditors of, 78, 86, 99a, 105b, 107
C., H., Joshua Johnson's clerk, 155
Cadiz, xvi, xxiv, xxvi, 128c, 152c
Cailes, family in Dorchester County, Eastern Shore, Md., 5a
calicoes see under cottons
Calvert
-, Benedict, collector of Patuxent customs
district, Md., x, 53a, 54; bondsman
for firm, 83a, b
-, Charles, son of Benedict (?), at Eton,
53b, 122c
-, Frederick, 6th baron Baltimore (173171), death, 15c, 101
Calvert County, Md., 104, 109a, b, 110b, 117b, 125d, 132d; tobacco of, ix, xxii, 110b, 117b
Campbell, Duncan, successor to Stewart & Campbell, merchant of Mincing Lane, London, 161
candlesticks, 41d
canes, walking, 65a, 80a
capital needs of trade, xi, 1, 72b, 106c, 118c, 123, 125a, 127, 142a
captains, ships, accounts, 125d, 132b, 142b; expenses, 125d, 132b, 142b; letters, etc. delivered by, 122a, 125a; supervision of, 109b, 114, 124a
Carcaud, Capt W., arrival, 20a, 93a; departure, 93b; goods via, 6e, 9, 65b, 93b; letters via, 8, 22-3, 41d, 60b, 62-3a, 64-5a, 93b, 94-5
cardinals, cloth (ladies' cloaks), 42
Carey, Moorey & Welch, (Robert Car[e]y & Co.), Va. merchants of Watling St., London, xi-xii, 161
'cargoes' of goods ordered in London, xi, xv, xvi, xviii, xix, xxi, xxii, 8-155 passim, 162; supplied on credit (the 'cargo trade'), xi, xii, xvi, xxi, 59a, 103-4, 120, 122c, 123, 127
Carolina, merchants trading to, 41e
Carolina, North, xi, xxiv, 118c
carpenters and joiners, 3c, 4, 31b, 152c; see also labourers, building
carpets, 35a; see also rugs
Carrew, Walter, of Md., bills of, 15a, 17a, 20a
Carroll
-, Charles, styled 'barrister', of Annapolis,
Md., 138, 152b; in England, 1, 29,
37, 46; his servant or slave, Adam, 46
-, Charles (1737-1832), of Carrollton and
Annapolis, Md., wealthy planter,
later member of congress, 54, 74b, 82,
99b, 105b, 106c, 112b, 122c, 125a;
and Darnalls, 104, 110b
Carron Company, Scottish ironworks, 41e
cash and cash-flow problems, xiv, xviii, xix, xxi, xxvi, 26d, 41a, c-e, 44, 45b, 47a, c, 49, 51a, b, 52a, b, 54-143 passim
casks and kegs, 26c, 120, 125a
Cavenough, W., of Md., bill of, 132a
Cecil County, Md., ix
cereals, xxvi; see also wheat
*certificates of landing goods abroad, 9, 17b, 26a, 45a, 47a, 52c, 53a, 59b, 66a, 72c, 80b, 84b, 85-6, 87b, 88, 102
Chalmers
-, George (1742-1825), Scottish lawyer at
Baltimore, later author and chief
clerk of Board of Trade, 17b
-, John, of Annapolis, Md., goods for, 138
Channel, English, xxiv, 21, 29
Charles County, Md., tobacco of, xxii, 110b
Charles Town, Cecil County, Md., 63b
Chase, Samuel (1741-1811), lawyer and assemblyman, later member of congress, of Annapolis, Md., 15c, 20a, 76a, 81-2
cheese, 6a, e, 13a, 17b, 36, 125a
Chelsea, 159
Chesapeake Bay, northern end ('up the Bay'), 119, 125c, 127, 151a; tobacco from, 111
Chester River, Eastern Shore, Md., 67, 152b; customs district, 81; tobacco of, xxv, 157b, 163
Chester Town, Kent County, Md., 154, 157c
Cheston, —, merchant of Bristol, 18a
china slops (tunics), 17b
chinaware, xiv, 6d, 7, 26a, 32, 35a, 59a, 76b, 128a; Chinese pigs, 66a
Christie
-, —, Scots merchant or factor in Md.,
136
-, Capt, arrival, 48, 49, 98c; in Buchanan's
service, 19, 99a; in Dunlop & Wilson's
service, 120
Clapham, John, commissioner of Md. Paper Currency Office, clerk of Board of Revenue, comptroller of Chester customs district, of Annapolis, 31a
Clark, Capt, master of the Speedwell of Bristol, letters via, 157c, 158
Clark & Milligan, merchants of Nicholas Lane, London, 161
Clerk, Thomas, of London, 8
clerks and bookkeepers, x, xxiii, 2b, 6d, 45b, 65c, 87b, 103, 106a, 110d, 151c
Clibborn, Summers & Co., merchants of Haverfordwest, Wales, 49
Clifford & Sons, merchants of Amsterdam, 59b
Clipping Act (14 Geo. III c. 42), 98a
clocks and watches, 41a, 65a, 80a, 139
clothes, men's, xxii, 1, 11
clothworkers, 6c
coaches (inter-urban), 1; robbed, 15a
cocket (customs), 20b, 26d
coffee house, 101; Virginia Coffee House (Mrs Powell's), Ball Court, Cornhill, London, xxii
Coldberg (Coleberg), Samuel, merchant of Copthall Bldgs., London, xxv, xxvi, 161
Colebrooke, Sir George, bart. (17291809), partner in Sir George Colebrooke, Lesingham & Binns, bankers of Threadneedle St., London, xvi, 72c
Collantes (Lewis) & Co., merchants of [Finsbury] Pavement, London, 45c
commissions for services, xiv, xv, xxi & n, 6c, 13a, 15b, 25b, 31a, 36, 59a, 74b, 80b, 84a, 93b, 110a, 121b, 144a, b, 151b, c, e; accounts of, 63a, 72b; commission business, 31a, 41b
Congress, Continental, ix
consignment trade see tobacco
Contee, Thomas, merchant of Port Tobacco and Nottingham, Md., principal agent of Molleson in Md., 65b, 66b, 136
Cook, Capt George, of Md., 31b, 40, 60a, 87b
Cooledge, [Judson?], storekeeper at Queen Anne Town, affiliated with Eden & Co., 152a
Coolidge, [Samuel of Prince George's County?], shipowner in Md., 118a, 128c
copper sheets, 123, 127, 132b, 137, 140
cordage, 9, 53a
Cork, Ireland, flour for, 147, 151d, 158
Corn Laws, xxvi
correspondence, value of, xxiv, 22, 26e, 44, 47c, 51a, 57, 63e, 80c, 93a, 102, 107, 109b, 110a, 122a, 124b, 125d, 127, 131a; circular letters, 124a, 125b, d
cottons, xv; calicoes, 6b, 26d, 45a; chintz, 72c, 96a; humhums (Bengal calicoes), 116a, 117a; printed, 17b, 80a; Welsh (a woollen frieze), xiv, 128a
Couden (Cowden), Robert, tanner and merchant of Annapolis, Md., 49, 65b, 67, 89, 105b, 106c, 124a
Coulson, Capt, master of the Nancy (in Russell's service), 105a; departure, 107, 152a; letters via, 72a, 73, 112b
Counter (sheriff's prison), London, 52b
Court, J., brother of Christopher, in Md., 66a
Court (Christopher) & Co., Va. and Md. merchants of Brown's Bldgs., London, xii, xvii, 66a, 71, 142b; bills on, 26a, 66b; difficulties, 60b, 63a, 65b, 74b, 75a; ships of, 20b, 66a, 142b, 145a; tobacco consigned to, 5a, 157c, 158, 161
Courtney, Hercules, merchant of Baltimore, Md., 4
Covent Garden, 20b
Coventry, xiv, 35a; ribbons from, 6c
Coward, Capt, 112a, 160; letters via, 81, 82
Cowes, Little, Isle of Wight, 21
Cowman & Selman, of [Anne Arundel County?], Md., bills of, 60a
Craufurd, David, merchant of Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Md., bills of, 57, 60b, 120
Craymer (Creamer), Capt Matthew, master of the Brothers, 124b, 129, 130a, 141; goods via, 136-8, 162; letters via, 122a, 138-42a, 150; tobacco via, 163
credit, commercial, xi, xiii-xvi, xviii-xix, xxi, 2a, 6a, 11, 13b, 14, 15b, 17a, 19, 37, 41c, d, 47a, b, 49-157b passim; direct loans, xviii, xx, 57, 62, 72c, 74a, 77, 86, 98b, 159; see also letters of credit
Crehold family, 100
Crew, Richard, hardware and toyman of Crooked Lane, London, 8
crimps, 4, 31b, 152c; see also Crisp
crisis, financial, of 1772, xiii, xvi-xix, 41e &ff.
Crisp, —, crimp or agent for recruiting servants, 4, 12
crop reports, 13b, 16; see also under tobacco; wheat, etc.
Crozier, John, silk weaver and mercer of Widegate Alley, Spitalfields, London, 41b
Cummings, Miss —, of Annapolis, Md., 5b
Curling, Capt, 5a, 22, 33
customs, in America, x, 1, 20b, 53a, 134; commissioners at Boston, 71, 81
customs, in London, xiii, xxvi, 2b, 3b, 6c, 8, 17b, 19, 45b; claims against, 134; corruption in, 151c; entry and duties, xxi, xxiii, 3b, 17b, 55b, 63c, 73, 76b, 104, 105b, 108, 116b, 118a; fees, 76b; officers, 88, 151c; receiver-general, 53a; see also cocket; debentures; drawbacks
cutlery, xiv, 41c, 128a
Darnall, Henry, planter and merchant of Pig Point, Md., 104, 109b, 110b
Dashiell (Daschield, Deschield, etc.), Capt Benjamin, master of the Isabella Ann (1774), 151b; arrival, 48, 152c, 158
Davidson
-, John (1738-94), merchant of Annapolis,
Md., partner in Wallace, Davidson &
Johnson, viii, 4, 8, 14, 15b, 17b, 35b,
39b, 87b, 97a, 102-3, 144b; background, ix-x, xii n, xiii; bills drawn
by, xii, 6a; deputy collector and
comptroller, Annapolis port, Patuxent customs district, x & n, 9, 20b,
53a, 73, 86; Joshua Johnson's
attorney, 72c; lawsuit, viii; letters
from, 10; letters to, viii, 3, 10, 18, 23,
40, 53, 64, 100, 139, 150; revolutionary activist, 148, 150; wealth, 100
-, Mrs John (Eleanor [Strahan?]), xxvii,
3b, 11, 15c, 53b, 139, 150
-, William, son of John, 3b, 15c, 31b, 53b
Davidson & Johnson, Annapolis firm, x
Davidson (William) Esq, & Co., tobacco merchants of Rotterdam, active in London, xxv-xxvi, 161
Davis, [John?, planter of Anne Arundel County], Md., bills of, 83a
Deane, Capt George, master of the Sir William Johnson, letters via, 98a, 99a
*debentures (customs), 6e, 47a, 109b, 110b; accounts of, 31b, 63a
debtors' prisons and suits, xviii, 52b, 60b, 62, 69, 77, 78, 81, 84a, b, 86, 87a, 94, 98c
debts, to firm or Johnson in Md., x, xxvii, 3b, 11, 18a, 40, 41e, 67, 72b, 87b, 92a, 93b, 97a, 125a, 149, 157b; to others in America, 97a, 123, 127, 148; to suppliers in London, xvi, xviii, 13b, 20a, 25b, 26d, 29, 31b, 37, 39b, 44, 47b-143b passim; extension of, to suppliers, 64, 65b, 80a, 94; composition for, to suppliers, 47c, 75a, 94, 117a, 158
Demster, Capt, master of the Morning Star, 118a, 122a, 135b
demurrage, 121b, 151b, e
Dennis, Capt W., master of the Caroline, 112a
detainer, legal process, 69
Dick
-, —, of London, brother of James, 122b
-, James, senior partner in James Dick &
Stewart, 78
Dick (James) & Stewart, merchants of Annapolis, 26b, 72a, 76b, 81, 105b, 122b, 151b
*discounts for early payment, xiii, xiv, xix, xxi, 2a, 6a, 10, 13b, 17a, 20a, 25b, 26d, 37, 39b, 41b, 107, 109b, 110b; account of, 13b, 31b, 63a; see also bills of exchange
diseases: consumption, 3b; gout, 37; small pox, 52b
dock, dry, 119; see also under Annapolis
Donaldson, John, emigrant labourer, 34, 35b
Done, J. see Gone, J.
Dormer, Hon. James, merchant of Copthall Court, London, 31b
Dorsey
-, Capt, of Md., 107
-, Caleb, merchant (?) of Anne Arundel or
Baltimore County, Md., 82
-, Edward, merchant of Anne Arundel
County, Md., 82
-, John, merchant of Elkridge Landing,
Anne Arundel County, Md., bills
drawn by, 6a, 9; bills payable to,
110e, 117a
-, Joshua, of Annapolis, Md., bills of, 104
Douglas, Heron & Co., bankers of Ayr, Scotland, xvii n, 41e, 42-3, 53b, 55b
Dover, Kent, 115
Downs, The, anchorage within Goodwin Sands off east coast of Kent, xxiv, 21, 28, 66a, 67, 97a, 126
*draughts see bills of exchange
*drawbacks, xiii, xxi, 6b, c, 13b, 17b, 25b, 26d, 39a, 41b, 47a, 76b, 107, 109b' 110b, 134; accounts of, 31b, 47a, 63a
drunkenness, 35a
Ducket, Thomas, of Prince George's County, Md., bills of, 82
Duff & Welsh, merchants of Cadiz, 72a, 99a
Dulany
-, —, of Md., 116a, 120, 132c
-, Daniel (1722-97), brother of Walter,
lawyer, deputy secretary of Maryland, of Annapolis, xix, 95, 96b, 113
-, Daniel (d. 1785), son of Walter, Md.
student at Middle Temple, 17b, 47d,
76a, 77; bills of, 126; in Baltimore
Company, 131a
-, Lloyd, of Md., 100
Dundass, —, merchant of Md., visits London, 98c
Dungeness Pier, Kent, 155, 156
Dunkirk, tobacco market at, 143
Dunlop, Colin, merchant of Glasgow, 98a
Dunlop & Wilson, Va. and Md. merchants of Lothbury, London, xii, 120, 121a, 161
Dunning, John (1731-83), lawyer and M.P., 94
Durham, bills on, 151a
Duvall, [Gabriel, lawyer of Annapolis, or George, merchant of Baltimore], Md., bill of, 121b
dyers, 13a, 139
Earle (Richard Tilghman) & Co., merchants of Queen Anne County, Eastern Shore, Md., xxi, 59a, 60a, 65b, 97b, 99b, 106b, 112b, 123, 125a, 128b, c, 130b, 132a, 135b, 144a, b, 145b
earthenware, 6a, 17a; see also chinaware; pottery
East India Company, 130a; East India House, sales at, xiv, 26a, d, 32, 41b, 65c
East Indies, goods from, xi
Eastern Shore of Md., merchants of, xxi; tobacco of, xi, xxii, xxv, 58, 63c, 105a, 110c, e, 129, 136, 137, 144b
Eden
-, Capt Robert (later Sir Robert, bart.)
(1741-84), governor of Md. (176976), 97a
-, Capt Thomas (d. 1805), brother of
Governor Robert and William, master
of the Annapolis, partner in C. Court
& Co. and T. Eden & Co., 20b, 65c,
66a, 101-2, 152a, 161; goods via, 162;
in Holland, 157c; letters via, 24, 25a,
64, 65a, 66a, 67, 99b, 102-4, 118c;
tobacco via, 163
-, William (1744-1814), under-secretary of
state for the northern department,
brother of Robert and Thomas, 71
Eden (Thomas) & Co., Va. and Md. merchants of New Court, Crutched Friars, London (probably with same partners as C. Court & Co.), xii, 62, 87a, 121a, 127, 129, 130b, 131b, 144a, b, 152a, 160
Edinburgh, failures in, xvi
Elder, Capt, arrival, 49
Elk Ridge (Landing), Anne Arundel County, Patapsco River, Md., xxii, 93b, 118b, 122c, 125c, 129
Ellis, —, of Md., bills of, 66b
engrossing, 36
Eton College, 53b, 122c; see also Calvert, C. and under Bordley, J. B.
exchange, rates of, 53b, 98c, 122a & n, 151e; see also bills of exchange
excise, 17b, 26d, 52c, 76b
exports see cargoes
factor, tobacco, 151c; see also Scots, factors
Fa[u]lkner, Capt, letters via, 50, 51a, 152b, 154, 155
Falmouth, Cornwall, xxiv, 135b, 147, 151d fans, 5b
Fenwick, B., merchant of Md., bill of, 132a, 145b
Ferguson, Capt, letters via, 117a, 118a
Fernandes (Abraham Lopez) & Co., tobacco merchants of Bevis Marks, London, xxiii & n, 82, 131b, 161
fishing rods, 65c
Fitzhugh, George, of Md., returns from India, 20b
Flanders, tobacco markets in, 14
Fleet Prison, London, for debtors, 69, 70b
flour, x, xxvi; importation, 36, 101, 151d; prices, 98c, 99a, 117b, 151d; recommended, 98c, 99a, 117b, 128c, 135b; sent to Cork, xxvi, 147, 151d, 158
foils, fencing, 65c
Fonseca, Moses-Israel, tobacco merchant of Bevis Marks, London, xxiii n, 131b, 136
Fordyce, Alexander, partner in Neale, James, Fordyce & Down, bankers, and Fordyce, Grant & Co., q.v., xvi
Fordyce, Grant & Co., merchants of Little Bell Alley, Coleman St., London, 41e, 59b
France, 66b; crop failure in, 13b; smuggling from, 41b; tobacco monopoly, xi, xvii, xxv, 31a, 143, 160
Francis, William, partner in Barlow, Wigginton & Francis, q.v., and trustee for creditors of J. Anderson, 159
Frank & Bickerton, Va. merchants of Rood Lane, London, xii, 63b, 101; stoppage, 94
franking privilege, 14
Fraser, Simon, merchant of King's Arms Yard, London, 161
Frederick, Md., 26e, 40
freight (ocean), xx, xxi, 2b, 6e, 8, 13b, 26d, 41a, 44, 59a, 60b, 63c, 67, 73, 76a, 80b, 96a, 98a, 106a, b, 112b, 116a, 118b, 124a, 125b, 128b, 135b, 141, 143, 144b, 151b, 152c, 157b
French (Frinch), [James ?], merchant of Annapolis, Md., 27, 49, 52b
Frost, Capt William, master of the Friendship, goods via, 67, 128a, 162; letters via, 69, 70a, 126-8a, 129
fruit, 146b
furniture, house, xxiii, 110d
Furstenau, Schroeder & Co., merchants (1740s) of Scots Yard, Bush Lane, London, xxvi
Gage, Gen. Thomas (1721-87), commander-in-chief in North America (1763-72), 157c
Gaither, Edward, of Elkridge Landing, Md., storekeeper for West & Hobson, 125c, 127
Gale, Matthias, Va. and Md. merchants of Threadneedle St., London, xii, 5a; bills on, 15a, 27; succeeded by Gale, Fearon & Co. of Little Tower St., 161
Galloway & Steward, shipbuilders of West River, Md., xxi, 19, 58
Gassaway, Thomas, merchant of Annapolis, bills drawn by, 6a, 52a, 82, 92a
Germany, linen purchases in, xiv, xv, 15b; tobacco markets in, xi, xiii, xxv, 14
Gibbs, James, absentee comptroller of Patuxent customs district, Md., resident at Christchurch, Hants, x, xxviii, 81; rumoured death, 1, 18b; letter from, 23; letters to, 53a, 71-2a
Gibson, John, broker of Crown Court, Threadneedle St., London, 161
Gist, Samuel, Va. merchant of America Square, London, 161
Glasgow, xi, xvii, 14, 42; banks, 41e; bills on, xvii, 15a, 76a, 98a, 132a; mail, 15a; tobacco market at, 31a, 143
Glasgow, Port, 143
glass, 29, 36
Glassford, John, Va. and Md. merchant of Glasgow, 43
glassware cruets, 80c
Gloucester, xiv, 35a
gold, 98a; goldsmiths, 98a; guineas, 99b,
-, 105b; see also Joannes pistole
Goldsborough & Ennals, merchants of
-, Eastern Shore, Md., 83b
Gone (? recte Done), J., of Md., 92a
Gosling, Robert, goldsmith, jeweller and hardwareman of Fenchurch St., London, 41d
gowns, ladies', 5a, 11-13a, 18a, 139
Grahame, Charles, merchant of Lower Marlboro, Calvert County, Md., principal agent of James Russell, 91, 92a, 93b
Graves, Richard, planter of Worton Creek, Kent County, Md., 158
Gravesend, Kent, xxv, 28-30, 124a, 126, 141, 151e
Green
-, Mrs Anne Catherine (d. 1775), printer of
Annapolis, 18a, 30, 38, 47d, 54
-, Jacob, of Md., consigns tobacco, 116a
-, Richard, of Anne Arundel County, Md.,
bills of, 98a, 132a
-, Richard, ironmonger of Upper Thames
St., London, 4
Greig [Grigg], Capt A., master of the Nelly Frigate, 12; arrival, 20b, 141; departure, 41a; goods via, 8, 10, 162; letters via, 10-13a, 14, 18a, 99b, 100-2
Griffith, Maurice, Va. merchant and tobacco manufacturer of Shorters Court, London, xii, 31b, 161
grocery, xiv, xv n, 59a; grocers, 65c
Grote, Andrew, German merchant of Leadenhall St., London, and partner in Prescotts, Grote & Co., bankers, q.v., xv & n, xxv, xxvi
Grove, Silvanus, London Assurance director and Va. and Md. merchant of Martin's Lane, London, xi, xv n, 83a, 112b, 114, 132c, 136, 157a, 161; trustee of Md. paper money reserve, 101
Gurney family, xii
habeas corpus , 69
Hague, The, 31b
Hall
-, Aquila, Esq, merchant of Baltimore,
later Harford, County, Md., 118a,
125a-c
-, Benjamin, merchant of Prince George's
County, Md., 125a
Hall, Gilbert & Hall, merchants of Bush Town, Harford County, Md., goods for, 120, 122a, 151a
ham, Maryland, 3b, 150
Hamburg, London merchants trading to, xv, 6b; tobacco market at, xxv
Ham[m]ersley, Hugh (d. 1789), solicitor of Chancery Lane, London, secretary of the province of Maryland, 101
Hamilton (John) & Son, merchants of Charles Town, Cecil County, Md., 63b, 83a, 111
Hammond
-, Col. Charles (d. 1772), of Anne Arundel
County, Md., treasurer of the Western
Shore, estate and widow of, 105b
-, John, Esq., of Annapolis, Md., bills
payable to, 60a, 132c
-, Nathan, merchant of Annapolis, Md.,
104
-, William, merchant of Baltimore, Md.,
38
Hanbury
-, Capel (d. 1769), cousin and partner of
John and Osgood, Va. and Md.
merchant of London, xii
-, John (1700-58), father of Osgood,
founder of Hanbury firm, xii
-, John (1751-1801), son of Capel and
cousin of Osgood, employee of
O. Hanbury & Co., later partner in
Hanbury & Lloyd, xii, xiv, 2a, 83a,
104-5a, 131b
-, Mrs Mary (Lunn) (d. 1793), widow of
Capel and partner of Osgood, xii
-, Osgood (1731-84), senior partner in
Osgood Hanbury & Co., and Hanbury
& Lloyd, xii & n, xviii, 2a, 3a, 5a, 6a,
39b, 70a, 73, 80b, 83a, 84a, 85-6, 88,
90, 92b, 95, 96b, 103-5a, 106b, 11314, 131b, 135b; banker to Lord
Baltimore, 101; trustee of Md. paper
money reserve, 101; his wife (Mary
Lloyd), xii n, xv n; see also Hanbury,
Taylor, Lloyd & Bowman
-, Sampson, son of Osgood, brewer, xii
Hanbury (Osgood) & Co., Va. and Md. merchants of Great Tower St., London, xi, xii & n, xiii, xiv, xvii, xix, 6a, 11, 13a, 41b, 45c, 47c, 52b, 82, 83a, b, 98a, 102, 104, 105a, 106b, 107, 110c, 116a, 124a, 128b, 161
Hanbury & Lloyd (O. Hanbury, J. Hanbury, J. Lloyd), Va. and Md. merchants of Great Tower St., London, xii, 131b, 135b, 136-7, 157a
Hanbury, Taylor, Lloyd & Bowman, bankers of Lombard St., London, xii, xiii, 6a, 45b, 101
Hardesty, S., of Md., bill of, 91
Harris, Isaac, blacksmith and merchant of Annapolis, 91, 113; schooner lost, 113, 118c, 145b, 151e
Harris & Ball, shipbuilders of Annapolis, 39b; see also Ball, J.
Harrison, Capt, arrival, 117b
Harrisons & Ansley, merchants of Bread St., London, 67
Harvey, David, merchant (Irish linen specialist) of Laurence Lane, London, xiv, 3a, 6b, e, 39a, 41b
Harwood, Thomas, merchant of Annapolis, Md., 6d, 47d, 63e, 81; his wife (?), 139
Harwood & Brice, merchants of Annapolis, Md., 41 c
hats, 31, 102; hatbands, 28, 41e
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, 47a
Hawkins, George Frazier, of Prince George's County, Md., bill of, 90-1; tobacco of, 135a
Hawkins & O'Neil, merchants of Md., bills of, 111, 120, 130a
Hayton, Capt, letter via, 43
Heffernand, Capt, master of the William, letters via, 56
Hemsley & Tilghman, merchants of the Eastern Shore, Md., 52a, 55c, 57, 58, 60a, 82, 93a, 94
Hendrick [Henrick, Hanrick], Capt James (originally in J. Buchanan's service), approaches to, 127, 128c, 129, 132c; arrival, 108, 110e; departure, 119; in T. Eden's service, 121a, 127; letters sent via, 31a, 73, 74a, 75a, 76a, 110a, 126, 129, 130a; negotiations with Dunlop & Wilson, 120, 121a
Herries & Co., merchants of Jeffreys Square, St. Mary Axe, London, buying agents for the French tobacco monopoly, xxv, 31a, 47d, 48, 72a, 143, 161
Hill, Wills, earl of Hillsborough (1718-93), secretary of state for the American colonies (1768-72), 49
Hobbs, N[icholas], of Frederick County, Md., bill of, 132a
Hobson, J., London partner of West & Hobson, q.v., 3a, 15b, 39a, 131a, 135a
Hodges
-, C[harles], of Prince George's County,
Md., 52a
-, J. Ramsay, of Md., 52a
Hodgkin, Thomas B., merchant of Annapolis, Md., 91
Holland, Thomas, planter of Prince George's County, Md., 152a, 157c
Holland, failures in, 59b, 63a; linen purchases in, xiv, 15b; tobacco market in, xi, xiii, xx, xxv, 59b, 142b, 157c
Hollyday, James, planter of Queen Anne's County, Md., 159, 160
Hood, Zachariah, customs comptroller of Philadelphia, in England, 1, 3b, 15b, 18b
Hope, The, bay on north coast of Kent, 126
Hop[e]well, Hugh, of Town Creek, St. Mary's County, Md., 51a, 111
Horne, Richard, merchant of St. Paul's Churchyard, London, bills on, 15a, 20a
How, Capt Thomas, master of the Nancy, arrival, 55a; goods via, 43-4, 52b, 102, 162; letters via, 40-1a, 42, 55a
Howard
-, Capt, master of the brig Hope, goods via,
147, 155, 162; letters via, 83a, 84a,
149, 150-1a, 152a, 153, 156; runs
ashore, 155-7a
-, John Beale, planter of Harford County,
Md., 133
-, Mrs Mary, innkeeper and merchant of
Annapolis, Md., 5b, 19
-, Samuel Harvey, merchant of Annapolis,
Md., 49
Howse, Charles, clock and watchmaker of Great Tower St., London, 139
Hudson & Lawson, of [Baltimore ?], Md., bills of, 47a, 48, 103, 111
Hunt (Thomas & Rowland), Va. merchants of Love Lane, London, 161
Hunter, Col. John, formerly merchant of Elizabeth City County, Va., from 1766 of South St., Mayfair, 2a, 3a
Hutchinson, Thomas (1711-80), governor of Massachusetts, 147
Hyde, Thomas, tanner and merchant of Annapolis, Md., 49
Hyndman (John) & Co., Va. merchants of Gould Sq., Crutched Friars, 161
Hynson (Hinson), Capt Joseph, master of the Molly & Betsey, 67; arrival, 131a, 132a; letters via, 132a; tobacco via, 132a, 163
India, 20b; textiles from, 26d; see also East Indies
Indian Landing, Anne Arundel County, Severn River, Md., 93b
Inglis, John, nephew and clerk of James Russell, 64, 65b
Ingram, John, merchant of Three Tun Court, Miles Lane, London, 161
Inspection Law see Maryland, Tobacco Inspection Law
insurance, marine, xxiii, xxiv, xxvi, 2b, 6c, 13b, 15c, 25b, 28-9, 47b, 55c, 66a, 72b, 80b, 98a, 103, 106a, 109b, 110a, b, 111, 112a, 113, 116a, 118a, c, 122a, b, 125d, 127-8b, 131b, 132d, 141, 144a, b, 151b, e, 156; underwriters, 20a, 156-7a
interest, xiv, xix, 26d, 57a, 59a, 72a, 121b, 122a, 132c; account, xix, 99b; illegal, 88
Intolerable Acts, 145a, 146a, 160
*invoices, xvi, xxvi, 4, 5a, 6a, e, 7, 10, 13a, 14, 17a, 19, 25b, 26a, 27-9, 32, 35a, 36-7, 40-1a, 42-5a, 47b, d, 49, 55c, 63c, 64, 65a, c, 67, 80a, 96a, 123, 125a, 128a, 140, 151a
Ireland, [Dominick ?, of Baltimore], Md., bill of, 60a
Ireland, bills on, 120, 130a; factors in, 41b; flour for, xxvi, 147, 151d, 158; linen from, xiv-xv, 6b, 17b, 41b; tobacco market in, xi
iron, xxvi, 80b, 106a, 121b, 141, 144b; freight, 116a; Maryland, ix, 103, 131a; prices, 103
ironmongery, ironware, xiv, 15b, 41; manufacture, xiv, 35a; saddle irons, 35b; see also nails
Italy, crop failures in, 13b
Jackson, Capt Richard, master of the Peggy Stewart, 144a, 145b, 157b, 163
Jacob & Claud, merchants in Md., goods for, 138
Jacques, Denton, of Annapolis, Md., bills payable to, 132c
Jarrold, Capt T., master of the Dulany, arrival, 6e; letters via, 103-5a
Jennings
-, Edmund, of Md., in London, 3a; bill to,
151a
-, George, wholesale glover and leatherseller of the Strand, London, 41b,
47b, 63d
-, Thomas, lawyer of Annapolis, Md., 47d
jewellery, 41 d, 60a, 63c
Jews, in tobacco trade, 131b
Joannes pistole, Portuguese gold coin, 25b
Johnson
-, James, brother of Joshua, ix, 100
-, Joshua (1742-1802), London partner of
Wallace, Davidson & Johnson of
Annapolis, activities in London for
firm, 1-163 passim; arrested, 52b;
early career, x, xii & n; expenses and
allowances, xiii, xxii, xxiii, 83b, 103,
107, 110d, 118c, 132d, 151d; family,
ix & n; illnesses, 18b, 20a, 24-5, 2731a, 41d, 47c, 57, 83b; lawsuits, viii,
xxvii; matrimonial plans, ix n, xxii,
xxiii n; personal finances and accounts,
3b, 6d, 11, 15c, 18a, b, 23, 40, 53b,
72c, 74b, 100, 110d; records, vii-ix,
xxiv, xxvii-xxviii
-, Mrs Joshua (Catherine Nuth), ix n,
xxii, xxiii n
-, Roger, brother of Joshua, ix
-, Thomas (1), the emigrant, ix
-, Thomas, Sr. (2) (1702-77), planter and
legislator, of Md., son of Thomas (1),
father of Thomas (3) and Joshua, ix, 63a
-, Thomas, Jr. (3) (1732-1819), lawyer in
Annapolis, Md., legislator, son of
Thomas (2), brother of Joshua, ix-xi,
xxiii, 40, 83b, 89, 95, 96a, 98c, 110c,
125a, 131b, 151a; bills on, 6d, 18a;
bondsman for firm, 83a; goods for,
2b, 80c; loans from, 11; wife (Nancy)
and children, 1, 2b, 6d, 7, 15c, 22, 98c
-, Thomas (4), sometimes styled 'III',
Joshua's nephew, firm's clerk in
Annapolis, x, 8, 100
-, William, of London, 106c
Johnson (James) & Co., ironworks, 138
Johnson (Joshua) & Co., style for London branch, 110c, 113
Johnstoun, Capt, ship's master in service of James Russell, lost at sea, 1
Jones
-, H., of London, 161
-, John, of Anne Arundel County, Md.,
bill of, 82
-, Capt [Stephen?], master of the Sally,
letters via, 84a, 85-6, 88
Jordan, Capt, letters via, 19, 20a
Jordan (John Morton) & Co., Va. and Md. merchants of Fowkes's Bldgs., Tower St., London (firm wound up after Jordan's death in 1771), bills on, 15a, 17a, 19, 57, 60b
Kelly, William, senior partner in Kelly, Lot & Co., 49
Kelly, Lot & Co., merchants of John St., Crutched Friars, London, 91, 135b, 136, 154; ships tea, 157c
Kenton [Kinton], Benjamin, wine and beer merchant of Minories, London, 26c, 65c
Kerr, David, of Anne Arundel County, Md., bills of, 105b, 106c, 107-8, 122a
Key
-, Philip, of Chaptico, Md., in London,
20b, 53a
-, [Robert ?, of Annapolis], Md., bills of,
57, 60b
Kilty, Capt, letters via, 29
King's Bench Prison, Southwark, 60b, 69, 70b
Knap, —, watchmaker (?) of Annapolis, 60a
Knight (John) & Co., shoe warehouse of Birchin Lane, London, 41c
Kruger & Grote, merchants (in 1740s) of Muddiford Court, Fenchurch St., London, xxvi
labour, child and female, 35a
labourers, building, recruitment of, 3c, 4, 12, 16, 22, 34, 35b, 51b, 62, 123; see also carpenters and joiners
lace, 41b
Laidlow, Capt, master of bay craft in Md., 21
Lane, Capt, master of the Maryland Planter, 102, 104
Langkopf, Molling & Rasch, merchants of Dowgate Hill, London, xxv-xxvi
Lansdale, Thomas, planter of Queen Anne's County (?), Md., 158
Lanton & Brown, merchants of Cork, 151d
Lapole (or Laypole), John, Marylander (?) in London, 74b
laundry prices, xxii, 3b
Laveille, John, of Annapolis, Md., bill of, 91
Lawrence, Capt, master of the Jenny & Polly, arrival, 112a; departure, 28; letters via, 118a, 119-20
lead, xiv, 4, 63d, 125a
leather, 80a, 96a
Lee
-, [Philip Thomas?], of Md., 13b
-, William (1732-95), Va. merchant of
London, 122b; records of, viii, xii, 161
Leek, Frank M., of Prince George's County, Md., bill of, 72a
Leighton, Capt J., master of schooner Sally, 47b
lemons, 17b
Le Tillier, J., insurance broker of London, xxiii
letters of credit, xiii, xviii, 73, 83a, b, 86, 96b, 98c, 106b
letters of licence (from creditors), 64, 65b
Lewis, Capt, letters via, 130a, 131a
Lichfield, Staffs., sail cloth from, xiv, 17a
linendrapers, xiv-xv, xv n, xvi, xix, 6b, 39a, 41b, 45a, 49, 63b, 80a, 92a, 95-6a, 125a
linen-printers, xiv-xv, 41b
linens, xiv-xv, xxvi, 6b, 17b, 26d, 39a, 41b, 45a, 90, 95, 157b; cambrics, 6b, e; Irish, xiv-xv, 17b, 41b; oznabrigs (ozenbrigs) and other German, xiv, xv, 6b, 15b, 96a; prints, 41b, 80a, 92a, 95
Lisbon, 128c, 152c; wheat prices at, 13b
Littledale, Thomas, tobacco merchant of Rotterdam active in London, xxvxxvi
Liverpool, xi, 14, 54, 135b
Lloyd
-, Edward (IV) (1744-96), of Wye House,
Talbot County, Md., 20a; bills drawn
by, 15a, 17a; bills payable to, 60a, 63d
-, John (1751-1811), brother-in-law of
O. Hanbury, partner in Hanbury &
Lloyd, 131b
-, Col. Richard (b. 1717), brother of Mrs
Rebecca Anderson, letter from, 159:
letter to, 160
-, Richard Bennett (1750-87), of Md.,
brother of Edward (IV), 17a
-, Sampson (1728-1807), banker of Birmingham and London, brother-inlaw of O. Hanbury, xii & n
Lloyd's Coffeehouse, Society of Underwriters at, xxiii, xxiv, 6c; Register, 2b
locket, 51b, 54
London, boarding in, 3b; cost of living, xxii, 3b, 6d, 151d; counting houses in, xxiii, 15b, 110d, 118c; crisis of 1772 in, xvi-xix; lodgings in, x, xxii-xxiii, 1, 6d, 15b, 20b, 103, 110d, 132d, 151c; Lord Mayor, 16, 124b; manners, 16, 53b; manufactures in, 35b; market for inland wares, xiii-xiv, 35a; Pool, 97a; sheriffs, 2b; stock market, xvi; theatres, 16, 20a; tobacco market at, xi-xii, xxiii, xxv-xxvii, 31a, 53b, 55b; tobacco trade, see merchants; see also under newspapers; weather
London Assurance Company, xi
Lookup, —, of Md., 31b
Lopes & Silva, merchants of John St., Minories, London, bill on, 72a
Lopez Fernandes (Abraham) & Co., merchants of Bevis Marks, London, xxiii, 82, 131b, 161
lottery tickets, 158
Louis XV, king of France, death of, 139
Love
-, —, of Md., 6c, 12, 18a
-, Capt Robert, master of the Richmond
in Anderson's service, 14, 61, 63a,
101, 153, 157b, 159, 160a, b, 163
lumber, 67, 80b, 106a, 146b
Lux, William, senior partner in William Lux & Bowly, 95, 96a
Lux (William) & Bowly, merchants of Baltimore, Md., xiii, xvii, xviii, xxiv, xxvi, 20b, 21, 45b, 55a, 65b, 104, 110e, 116b, 135b, 138
Lyde (Lionel & Samuel), Va. merchants of Copthall Court, London, xii, 161
Lynch [Linch], Capt Joshua, master of the Caroline, 67, 80a, 81, 101, 107, 117a, 162
McGachan, Capt, 14
machinery, agricultural, 41d
Mackall, John, of St. Leonards Creek, Calvert County, Md., bills of, 98a, 102
McKirdy
-, Capt [John ?], master of the Letisse,
15b, 110d, e, 112b, 113, 121b; master
of the Vanderstegen, 163
Capt Peter, 134-6, 151d
Mackubbin (Maccubbin), James, merchant of Annapolis, Md., 130b
Macky, Robert, merchant of Queen St., London, 147
McLachlan, Capt, arrival, 20b; letter via, 9
McLure, —, letter via, 149
McPherson, —, bills of, 57, 60b, 63a
magazines (London), 5b, 18a, 30, 38
Magruder
-, Capt, master of the Industry, letters via,
142a, 143
-, John Read, of Prince George's County,
Md., bill of, 82
mail, xxiv, 39b, 110d, 122a; robbery of, 15a; see also correspondence
maize, xxvi
Mallet, Capt Joseph, master of the Kitty, 107-9a, 110a, 111-12a
malt, 65c
*manifest, 116a
manufacturers, xiii-xiv, 63b; tobacco, 31b
manufacturing towns, xiv, 35a
Marlboro, Lower, Patuxent River, Calvert County, Md., 103
Martin, Peter, linendraper of Gracechurch St., London, formerly partner in Nash, Eddowes & Martin, xix n, 113
Maryland, agent in London, 101; business
conditions, xi, xii, xxiv, 53, 78, 93b;
Church Commissioners, xi
-, courts, 148 & n, 149-50; Chancery, viii,
xxvii; Provincial Court, 2a, 25a, 41 a,
47c, 63c, 91, 147
-, debt collection in, 153; see also debts
-, goods sent to, xv-xvi, xix, xxiii, 51b,
93b, 131a; governor, ix; Hall of
Records, vii-viii, xxvii-xxviii
-, legislature: House of Assembly, ix, 3b,
101, 122a; Senate, 20b, 101
-, Loan Office, xi; money (currency), 11,
109b, 122a, n; paper money, 122a,
127; trustees of reserve fund, 101
-, naval offices, 134; newspapers, 3b;
proprietorship, 15c; shipping, xxiv,
128b, c, 129, 145b, 146b, see also
shipbuilding; shopkeepers (inland),
40; Tobacco Inspection Law, 20b,
118b, 119, 133; visitors, 101
mathematical instruments, 4
Mauduit
-, Israel (1708-87), principal partner in
Mauduit, Wright & Co., xv, 113
-, Jasper (1697-1772), brother and partner
of Israel, xv
Mauduit, Wright & Co. (later Mauduit & Co.), merchants and warehousemen of Lime St., London, xv, xix, 41b, 95, 96b, 97b, 113, 132c
Maynard
-, Capt, letters via, 70a, 72a, 76a
-, George, hosier of Fenchurch St.,
London, 161
-, Capt Samuel, master of the Adventure,
arrival, 20b; departure, 41a, 42, 133;
goods via, 41a, 42-4, 162; letters via,
14, 15a, 44, 53, 134, 135a
-, Capt William, master of the Molly, bills
payable to, 126; letters via, 30, 31a,
126, 128a, 151e
Mayo, Joseph, of Anne Arundel County, Md., 6b
Mediterranean Sea, xxvi
Mee (Benjamin), Son & Cassau, Hamburg merchants (linen specialists) of Fenchurch St., London, xv, xxvi, 6b
Mendes da Costa, Hananel, merchant of Prescot St., Goodman's Fields, London, xxv
mercers, 5a, 123
merchandise purchased in London see cargoes
merchants, in America, xi, xvi, 153
-, in London: general, 61, 130a, 135b,
145a, 153, 157c; tobacco, xi-xii, xvxvii, xviii-xx, xxiii, xxv, 2a, b, 3a, 11,
19, 26b, 31b, 41e, 42, 47c, d, 49,
52a-150 passim; records of, vii-viii
-, in Maryland, 52a, 135b; character of, 26e
Meriwether, Reuben, of Annapolis, Md., rent roll keeper of the Western Shore, 125a
Mesnard, Capt T., letters via, 91, 92a
Middleton, Mrs, of Md., 106c
Mildred & Roberts, Va. and Md. merchants of Fenchurch St., London, xi, 135a, 161; bills on, 104, 111, 132a, 144b, 145b; ships of, 104
Miles, —, of Md., in London, 5a, 33
Miller, Capt, letters via, 87a, 88-9
millinery, 6c; milliner, 26e
ministers of the crown, 36
Mitchel[I], Capt, letters via, 36-7, 86, 88; passengers of, 92b
Molleson
-, Robert, former major of marines,
brother and partner of William, xvi,
52c, 68-9
-, William, Va. and Md. merchant (first
alone, then in partnership with
brother Robert) of America Square,
London, xii & n, xvi, xvii, 3a, 8-9, 19,
39a, 41d, 52c, 55a, 65b, 68, 75b, 76a,
80b, 81-2, 91, 98c, 99a, 101-2, 104,
111, 125d, 129, 130b, 131a, 132d,
134, 136-7, 141, 142b, 143-4b, 145a,
146b, 152a, b, 153, 157b, c, 158, 160b,
161; 'court sycophant', 130b; difficulties, 60b, 63a, 65b, 66b
money see Maryland; specie
Moore, Capt Thomas, master of the Fortune (in Anderson's service), 47b, 146a, 147
Morsell, James, of Md., bill of, 82
mortgages, 90, 92a
Muir, John, deputy naval officer of North Potomac district, Md., later deputy collector of customs, Annapolis, 87b, 148, 150, 156
Mundell, —, of Md., 13a
Munrow, —, building labourer in Annapolis, 3c
nails, xiv, 3b, 31a, 35a, 41c, 44, 47a, 65a
Nairn, Capt Richard, master of the Generous Friends, letters via, 156, 157a; refuses tea, 157c; tobacco via, 163
Naples, 15c
Nash, Capt J., 24, 25a
Nash, Eddowes & Martin, linendrapers of Gracechurch St., London, xv & n, xix & n, 6b, 26d, 39a, 41b, 45a, 49, 59b, 72c, 80a, 87b, 89-90, 92a, 95-6a; dissolved, 113; see also Martin, P.
Neal, [Thomas?], merchant of [Annapolis], Md., 135b
Neale, James, Fordyce & Down, bankers of Threadneedle St., London, xvi, 41e, 59b
Neave (Richard) & Son, merchants of Mark Lane, London, 45c
New York, N.Y., xv, 41b, 49, 85, 87b, 98a, 99a, 122b, 153; merchants trading to, 97b; see also packet
newspapers, London, 5b, 18a, 30, 31b, 38, 54; London Gazette, 67; Maryland, 3b
Nicholl, Capt, master of the Betsey Richmond, 108
Nichols, Capt, master of the Betsey, charter with firm, 131a; master of the Industry, letters via, 122a, 124a
Nicholson, Capt Samuel, master of the Eden, then of the Molly & Betsey, arrival, 110c, 128b, 139; buys ship, 89; chartering from, 93b; departure, 28-30, 93b, 95-6a, 97a; goods via, 26a, 29, 39b, 47a, 72c, 79, 80a, 86, 87b, 88, 90-1, 92b, 93b, 94, 96a, 110c, 111, 117a, 162; letters via, 25b, 26a, 27-9, 33, 94-5, 96a, 97a, 98a; private ventures, 67, 96; tobacco for, 110e
No[a]ke, William, architect of Annapolis, 20a
non-importation see association
Norris, Bob, of Md., lost at sea, 1
North, Frederick, lord (1732-92), first lord of the Treasury (1770-82), 41e, 130a
Norton (John) & Son, Va. merchants of Gould Square, Crutched Friars, London, viii & n, xii, 161
notaries, xviii, 77, 99b
notes (of hand), xiv, xxvi, 143
Nottingham, Prince George's County, Patuxent River, Md., store at, xxii, 119, 122a, 125a, 138, 151a
Ogle, Mrs Anne (Tasker), of Chelsea, widow of Governor Samuel Ogle of Md., in London, 101, 159; security for James Anderson, 158
oil cloth, stamped wax, 6a, e
O'Neill, —, in England (?), bills on, 76a, 91; see also Hawkins & O'Neil
Orme
-, E. B., of Md., bill of, 144a
-, E. E., of Md., bills of, 72a, 90-2a
Osborne, Capt, master of the Philadelphia Packet, letters via, 90-1
outports, tobacco market in, 31a; see also bills of exchange
Oxford, Talbot County, Eastern Shore, Md., customs sub-district, 81
Paca, John, of Annapolis, 125c; bondsman for firm, 83a, b; goods for, 138
packet (New York-Falmouth), xxiv; letters via, 1-158 passim; miscarriage in, 91
Page, Capt John, master of the Trimley, arrival, 35b, 38, 40; at Little Cowes, 21; goods via, 19-20a, 37, 39b, 47b, 52c, 66a, 84b, 162; letters via, 16, 17a, 18a, 19, 20a, 84a
paper, 31a, 35b, 125a
Parker
-, Capt, master of the Fonseca, 136;
letters via, 136-7
-, Capt Thomas, master of the Aston
Hall, 163
parliament, 37; house of commons, 36, 129-30a; house of lords, petitions to, 129-30a, 157c; see also franking privilege
parliament, acts and bills, see Boston Port Bill; Clipping Act; Corn Laws; Intolerable Acts; Quebec Act
Patapsco River, Md., ships for, 67, 120, 121b, 125c, 127, 128c, 129; tobacco from, xi, xii, xx, xxii, xxv, 137, 163
Patuxent River, Md., ix, xxii; customs district, x, 71, 73, 81; goods for, 151a; planters on, 157b; ships for, 6e, 37, 67, 103-4, 106a, 120, 125d, 129, 131a, 152c; tobacco from, xi, xii, xx, xxv, 14, 93b, 105a, 117b, 125c, 135a, 163
Peale, Charles Wilson (1741-1827), portrait painter at Annapolis, 27, 31b
Pearson, Capt, master of the Caroline, in Russell's service, 19, 56; letters via, 20a, 21
pepper, 6e
Perkins, Buchanan & Brown, Va. and Md. merchants of Fowkes's Bldgs., Tower St., London (William Perkins, Thomas Buchanan, William Brown), xii; bills on, 52a, 58-9a, 60a, 65b, 66b, 72a, 82; difficulties, 60b, 63a, 84b, 92a, 93a, 94, 97a, 161
Perry
-, Capt, master of the Letisia, letters via,
120-1a, 122a
-, Ignatius, of Prince George's County,
Md., bills of, 112b
Persia, silks from, 17b
pewter, 11
Philadelphia, Pa., 40, 146b; bills of exchange bought at, 78, 82, 91, 93a; customs comptroller of, 1; goods for, xv, 51b, 153; letters via, xxiv, 45c, 50-1a, 57, 84a, 85-9, 92a, 93a, 94, 149, 152b, 153-5; political opinion at, 152c; ships for, 41b; tea imports at, xiv n, 2b, 6e
Philpot, Thomas, Va. and Md. merchant of Threadneedle St., London, xii; bills on, 6a, 52a, 57, 60b; ships tea, xiv n, 9; stops, 44, 45c, 47c, 161
physicians, London, 25a, b, 29, 47c
Piercy, James, sugar refiner of Old Fish St., London, 6a
Pig Point, Anne Arundel County, Patuxent River, Md., 104, 109b; store at, xxii, 103; tobacco of, 93b, 104, 110b, 117b
Pinkney, Jonathan, shopkeeper of Annapolis, 16, 26b
planters (tobacco), xxii, 54; advances to, 103; bills of, 82, 103-4, 106a, 109a, 112b, 135a; consigning, ix, xi, xx-xxii, xxiv, 73-4a, 80b, 91, 106a, 107, 109a, 110a, b, 112b, 117a, 119, 122a, c, 124a, b, 125b, d, 129, 130a, b, 131b, 132b, 133-5a, 136-7, 143, 144a, b, 146b, 147, 151e, 152b, 153, 157a, b, 158; goods for, xxi, 103-4, 106b, 107, 109a, 110b, 112b, 117b, 118b, 119-20, 122c, 125a, 135b, 136, 151a
plaster of Paris, 140
plate warmer, 22, 27
Plowman, Jonathan, merchant of Baltimore, Md., bills of, 82, 117a, 128b, 132c, 136; correspondent of Fernandes, 131b
Pole [Pool], Charles, Sun Fire Office director, merchant and insurer of Bedford Row, Holborn, 151e
poplin, Irish (a silk and wool fabric), 5a
Porter, E. Harris, of Md. (?), attorney for William Potts of Barbados, 24, 25a, 132a
porter, 17b, 65c, 96a
Portsmouth, Hampshire, 84a
postage, 122a, 130a; see also franking privilege; mail
Potomac River, North and South customs districts, 84b; ships for, 19, 20a, 120, 129; tobacco from, xi, xxii, xxv, 105a, 163
pottery, 29
Potts, William, merchant of Barbados, xviii, 15a, 20a, 24-5a, 26c, 41d, 47b, 49, 52a, 55c, 57-9b, 69, 119, 132a
Powell, Mrs, proprietress of the Virginia Coffee House, Ball Court, London, xxii
Prescotts, Grote, Culverden & Hollingsworth, bankers of Threadneedle St., London, xiii
prices, copper, 123, 127; gold and silver, 98a, c, 99b; *short and *long, xiii, 6b, 17b, 26d, 41b, e, 49, 76; wheat and provisions, xxvi, 13b, 36-7, 65c, 98c, 99a, 151d, 158; see also under tobacco
*primage, 2b, 6d, e, 96a
Prince George's County, Md., xxii
printing supplies, 49; ink and type, 47d
Pritchard, —, shoe dealer of London, 63d, 80a
purchasing goods in London, methods and terms, xiii-xvi, 2a, 6a-c, e, 8, 14, 45a, 47a, 59a, 63b, d, e, 65c, 66b, 80a, 83b, 92a; see also credit; prices, short and long
Purdy, William, broker of Great Tower St., London, 47b, 52c, 59b, 66a, 84b, 85-6, 87b, 88
Purviance (Samuel & Robert), merchants of Baltimore, Md., bills of, 26a, 32
putting-out system, 35a
Quakers, xi, xii, xiv, xix, 98c
Quebec Act, 145a
Queen Anne (Town), Prince George's County, Patuxent River, Md., xxii, 103, 110b, 119, 151e, 152a
Reeder, T. (or J.), of Md., bills of, 98a, 102; cf. Rider
resolutions, non-intercourse, see association
Reynolds, Thomas, merchant of Calvert County, Md., 104, 109b, 110b; and Buchanans, 98c; bills of, 91, 93b
ribbon, 6c, 17a, 26d
Richardson
-, Capt Joseph, master of the Camden,
31b, 34, 35b; arrival, 47c, 108, 11112a; departure, 79; goods via, 31a,
32, 39b, 76a, 162; letters via, 33, 35a,
36-9a, 58, 110a, 132a, 133-4; passengers, 131b
-, Capt Nat., master of the Sophia, arrival,
108, 111-12a; letters via, 77-8, 110a,
112b, 114-16a
Richmond, Christopher, of Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Md., in London, 25a, 26c, 41d, 52b
Rider, —, planter of Md., 135a; cf. Reeder
Ridgate, Thomas Howe, partner in Barnes & Ridgate of Md. and London, 11, 35a, 41e; visits London, 13b, 47c
Ridley, Matthew, merchant of Elkridge Landing and Baltimore, Md., bills of, 113, 117b; in London, 15a, 45a; letters and goods via, 45a, 47a, 52b
Ried, Rev. R., of Md., 31b
rigging, 39b, 60a, 63c, 121b, 124a, 131a, 138
Riggs, —, of Md., 39b
rings, mourning, 102
Roberts
-, John, partner in Mildred & Roberts, 161
-, Roger, dealer in slates of London, 4
Robertson, Joseph, merchant of Lombard St., London, 161
Robinson, Capt, letters via, 32, 35a; master of the Hetty, letters via, 11314; master of the Somerset, letters via, 130a; master of the Friendship, goods via, 162
Rogers, John, of Prince George's County, Md., 18a
Ross & Mills, merchants of Botolph Lane, London, 161
Rosse's Timber Yard, London, 4
Rotterdam, British merchants at, xxvi
Rowlatt (William & John), oilmen of Upper Thames St., London, 26e
Royal Copper Company, 123
Royal Exchange, 41e, 66b
rugs, 6e; see also carpets
Rules, The, area adjacent to King's Bench Prison, 69, 70b
rum, 15a, 26c, 47b, 51b, 55c, 58, 132a
Russell, James (1708-88), Va. and Md. merchant of Hylord's Court, Crutched Friars, London, xii & n, xiii, xvii, xxii, 3a, 11, 18a, 53a, 90, 110b, 122b, 131b, 161; bills on, 2b, 6a, 9, 52a, 59a, 60a, b, 65b, 66b, 72a, 82, 91, 92a, 98a, 102, 132a, 135a, 144b; 'court sycophant', 130b; difficulties, xvi, 60b, 63a, e, 64, 65b, 76b, 117a, 135a; goods shipped by, 2b, 3b, 11, 47c, 63e, 130b; quarrels with Davidson, 9, 53a; ships of, 19, 56, 66b, 67, 119, 129, 130b; tobacco sales, 105a, 121a, 143; tea shipments, xiv n, 6e, 9, 157b, c; trustees for his creditors, xvii, 98, 135a; a trustee for paper money reserve, 101, 122b; visits Md., 98c
sail cloth, xiv, 17a, 35a
sailors, sent from London, 124a; wages,
116a
-, St. George's Fields, Southwark, site of
King's Bench Prison, 62
St. Mary's City, Md., ships for, 19, 21
St. Mary's County, Md., tobacco of, xxii, 110b
salt, 20a
salts (medicinal), 27, 32
Scotland, 33, 41e, 55b
Scots, xii, xvi, xx, 20b, 39b, 42-3, 53b, 130b; anti-American, 148; factors in Chesapeake, 41e, 42-3, 59a
Selby, [Joseph?, of Annapolis], Md., 6e
servants, indentured, shipment of, xxv, 52c, 120, 123, 124a, 125b, 126, 142b, 147, 152c, 154; see also crimps; labourers
Sewell, Capt William, master of the Calvert, in Molleson's service, 102, 112b, 131a, 141, 149, 157c
Sharpe, Col. Horatio (1718-90), governor of Maryland (1753-69), 101, 140, 159
Sheppey, Isle of (lower Thames), 124a
shipbuilding, xx, 39b, 41e, 52c, 55b, 58, 60a, 65a, 67, 72, 103, 114, 120, 127, 128c, 131a, 132b, c, 138, 141, 143; defects, 121a; market for, 47d, 55b, 106a, 112a; see also ships, sales
ships, accounts, 132b (see also captains, accounts); attachment, 84b; availability, 54, 57, 58, 91, 93b, 97a, 106b, 111, 118a, 151e; chartering, xx, xxi, 3b, 9, 67, 87b, 90, 99a, 104, 114, 131a, 142a, 143, 152c; chartering rates, 67, 90, 122b, 124a; firm's own, 72b, c, 74a, 88, 98c, 99b, 135b, 142a, 143; 'general', 67, 128b, 143; outfit costs, xxv, 116b, 118b, 122b, 124a, 125b, d, 128c, 132c, 134, 135b; port charges, 122a, 128b, c, 132b, 134, 142b; sales, xxiv, 131a, 137, 143; sale prices, xx, 39b, 41e, 55b, 59b, 112a, 116a, 118b; 'standing', 128c; timing of, 67, 131a; see also anchor; rigging; sail cloth; shipwrecks
ships (specific): Adventure (S. Maynard), 44, 134, 162; Annapolis (T. Eden), xxv, 20b, 62, 66a, 72b, 85, 87a, 101-4, 142b, 149, 151b, 157c, 158, 162, 163; Aston Hall (T. Parker), 163; Baltimore (J. Hendrick), 129; Betsey (G. Brown), 55c; Betsey (Nichols), 111, 128a, 131a, 142b; Betsey Richmond (Nicholl), 108, 110a; Brothers (G. Buchanan), 163; Brothers (M. Craymer), 138-42a, 150, 162, 163; Brothers (T. Williamson), 2b, 6d, 162; Calvert (W. Sewell), 149, 152a, 158; Camden (J. Richardson), 132a, 133-4, 162; Caroline (W. Dennis), 112a; Caroline (J. Lynch), 107, 162; Caroline (Pearson), 21, 56, 85; Catherine (Sutton), 93a; Dulany (T. Jarrold), 104; Eden (S. Nicholson), 29, 58-9, 85-6, 87b, 162; Eleanor (G. Buchanan), 163; Elizabeth (T. Boog), 113, 132b, 133, 147-8, 151c, 163; Elizabeth (S. Brofett), 36-7, 162; snow Farmer (Tanner), 128b, 132d, 135a, 136-7, 139, 141, 142b, 143-4b, 146a, 151e; Fonseca (Parker), 136; brig Fortune (T. Moore), 47b, 146a; Friendship (W. Frost), 127, 128a, 162; Friendship (Robinson), 162; Galloway (R. Bishoprick), 66b, 162; Generous Friends (R. Nairn), 163; Hetty (Robinson), 113-14; brig Hope (Howard), 146a, 147, 149-51a, 152a, 153, 155-7a, 162; Industry (Magruder), 142a, 143; Industry (Nichols), 122a, 124a; brig Isabella Ann (B. Dashiell), 147, 151b, d, 152c; Jenny & Polly (Lawrence), 118a, 119-20; Kitty (J. Mallet), 107, 109a, 110a; Kitty & Nelly (E. Belt), 163; Kitty & Nelly (J. Belt), 163; Kitty & Nelly (J. Buchanan), belonging to firm, named after Mrs Wallace and Mrs Davidson, xxiv, xxv, 98c, 102-6b, 108, 109b, 110a, 112a, b, 115, 116a, b, 117a, 118b, 119-24a, 125a, b, d, 126-8c, 130a, 132b, 135b-7, 141, 142b, 144b, 145b, 147, 151b, c, e, 152a, c, 157c, 162, 163; Letisia (Perry), 121a; Letisie (J. McKirdy), 110e; Liberty (Blackwell), 162; Lovely Lass (A. Weid), 152c; Mary & Elizabeth (T. Mesnard), 91, 92a; Maryland Planter (Lane), 104, 105b; Molly (W. Maynard), 126, 128a; Molly & Betsey (S. Nicholson), 94, 96a, 134, 136-7, 141, 151c, 162; Molly & Betsey (J. Hinson), 163; Morning Star (Demster), 122a, b, 124b, 125d, 135b, 136, 144b, 146a, 151b; Nancy (J. Buchanan), belonging to firm, named after Mrs T. Johnson, Jr., 121a, 141, 144b, 152c, 160a, 163; Nancy (Coulson), 72a, 73, 107; Nancy (T. How), 42, 52b, 59b, 162; Nelly Frigate (A. Greig), 68, 100-2, 105a, 142b, 145a, b, 146a, b, 149, 162; Neptune (L. Wickes), 162; Orange Bay (N. Somerville), 45a, 162; Patty (T. Ayres), 163; Peggy Stewart (R. Jackson), xiv n, 132d, 135a, 141, 144a, b, 145a, 146a-50, 151b, e, 152a, 153-5, 157b, c, 163; tea on, 157b; Philadelphia Packet (Osborne), 90; Restoration (J. Thomas), 162; Richmond (R. Love), 106a, b, 163; Sally (G. Buchanan), 118a, 128a, 133, 151c, 163; Sally (S. Jones), 86; schooner Sally (J. Leighton), 47b; Sir William Johnson (G. Deane), 99a; Somerset (Robinson), 130a, 135a; Sophia (N. Richardson), 114, 115; Speedwell (Clark), 158; Trimley (J. Page), 21, 162; unnamed ship, 17b; unnamed schooner of I. Harris, 118c, 145b; Vanderstegen (J. McKirdy), 163; William (Heffernand), 56
shipwrecks, 113, 118c, 122a, 124a, 155-6
shirtings, 26d
shoes and boots, xiv, xix, 6a, e, 8, 10, 35b-7, 41c, 45a, 52b, 63d, 80a, 123, 138; calamanco, 13a
*shop notes, 6a, 7, 14
shot, gun-, xiv, 59
Sicily, 99a
silks, xiv, xv, 6b, 17a, b, 41b, 139; bandanna handkerchiefs, 125a; damask, 5a, 123; grave India Persian, 125a; grogram, 5a; hatband crape, 28, 41e; Persian taffetas, 17b
silver, dollars consigned, 98a, 99b, 101; silversmiths, 98a; see also prices
Skinner, Margaret (Mrs James Johnson), 100
slate (roofing), 4
Smith
-, Capt —, 52b; departure, 28; letters
via, 25a, 26a, 54
-, —, a London supplier, 41b
-, A. H., of Md., bills of, 91, 103, 144b, 158
-, Thomas, shoe warehouse in St. Paul's
Churchyard, London, 41c
Smithson, William, of Harford County, Md., bills of, 47a, 49
smoke of London, 57
soldiers, guarding shipwreck, 156
Somerville (Somervell), Capt N., master of the Orange Bay, 162
Southerton, Henry Greenfield, planter of St. Mary's County, Md., 158
Spain, crop failure in, 13b, 99a
specie, from America, 82, 98a, 99b, 151a; insured, 144a; prices, 98a
spectacles, 80c
Spenlove, Francis, mercer of Cornhill, London, 41b
spirits, 3b, 15a, 55c; see also rum
Sprigg
-, Richard, clerk of Dorchester County,
Eastern Shore, Md., 16
-, Thomas, planter of Anne Arundel
County and clerk of Frederick
County, Md., 2a, 60a
Sprigs, Benjamin, emigrant labourer, 34, 35b, 47c
staves, pipe, 67
Stephenson, Daniel, of Md., bill of, 26a; letters via, 78-9
Stevenson or Stephenson, Dr. John, of Baltimore, Md., bills of, 47a, 49
Stewart, Anthony, son-in-law of James Dick, partner in James Dick & Stewart, 31b, 35b, 53a, 78; bills of, 2b, 98a; letters via, 11, 29, 35a; visits London, 10, 11, 13b, 16, 26b, 29
Stewart (John) & Campbell, Va. and Md. merchants of Black Raven Court, Seething Lane, London, bill on, 6a; see also Campbell, Duncan
Stone, J[ohn?], of Anne Arundel County, Md., bills of, 59a, 60b, 66b, 82
store system, xi
Strahan
-, Mrs —, of Md., mother (?) of Mrs
Davidson, 3b, 11, 15c, 18a, 53b
-, Miss [Peggy], of Md., sister of Mrs
Davidson, 3b, 15c, 22
sugar, xiv, 6a, 15a, 19, 26c, d, 29, 41b, 44, 47b, 51b, 57, 59a, 63e, 65a
Supreme Court (U.S.), ix
Sutton, Capt, master of the Catherine, letters via, 93a, 94
Sutton & Schombart, merchants of Barge Yard, Bucklersbury, London, xxv, xxvi
Swan St., Minories, no. 1, Johnson's residence at, xxii
tailor, 26e
Tanner, Capt, master of snow Farmer, 132d
Tasker, Mrs Anne, wealthy widow of Annapolis, xi, 60a, 76a, 81
Tate, John, warehouseman of Bucklersbury, London, xv, 151a
Taylor, Edward Farmer, brazier of Little Tower St., London, 41d
tea, auction sales, xiv, 26a, d, 41b; bonds for, 47b, 52c, 66a, 87b, 102; shipments to America, xiv n, 2b, 6e, 8, 9, 11, 20b, 41b, 59a, 63e, 65c, 84b, 85-6, 88, 101, 131b, 157b, c; shipments lost at Boston, 130a; use, 16; varieties: bohea, 65c, congo, 41b, 65c, green, 65c
Tewkesbury, Glos., xiv, 35a
Thellusson (Peter) & Co., merchants of Philpot Lane, London, 161
Thomas
-, Capt James, master of the Restoration,
10; goods via, 162; letters via, 10, 13a,
14, 47d, 49, 50
-, William, III (1735-90), planter and
assemblyman of Talbot County, Md.,
bills drawn by, 15a, 17a, 19
Thompson, Dr. —, of Md., lost at sea, 1
Thornton, John (1720-90), Russia merchant of London, xxvii
Tilghman
-, —, of Md., bill of, 51a; see also
Hemsley
-, Lloyd, Marylander in London, 45a
tobacco, *allowance, 80b, 151c; ban on exportation, 131b; brokers, xxiii, 131b; consignment trade, ix, xi, xiv, xvi, xix-xxvi, 15a, 42, 52c, 54, 55b, 62, 67, 70a, b, 72b, c, 73-4a, 80b, 83a, 87b, 97b, 98b, 103-4, 106a, b, c, 109a, 110b-e, 112a-14, 117a-18b, 119-20, 122a, c, 123, 125c, d, 129, 132a, b, 135b, 137, 141, 143, 144b, 151b-e, 152b, 153, 157a, b, 159, 160a, b, 163; crops in Md. and Va., xvii, 111, 146a; damaged, 69, 70a, 75b, 116b, 117a, 128a, 132d, 134, 149, 151b, 158; duties on, 60b, 72c; export shipments, xxi n, 128a, 130a; foreign markets, xi, xxv, 58, 59b, 75b, 110a, 112a, 114, 118c, 142b, 143, 157c; insured, see insurance; manufacturers, 31b, 142b; merchants, see merchants; prices, xvi, xx, xxvi, 14, 16, 47c, 49, 53b, 54, 58, 59b, 61, 67, 69, 72c, 75b, 80b, 84a, 86, 93b, 99a, 105a, 107-8, 118c, 122c, 125c, 127, 131a, b, 132d, 135a, 136-7, 141, 142b, 143, 144b, 146b, 147, 157a, c, 158, 160; purchased by French agents, 31a, 143, 160b; purchased in Md., xx, 47c, 52c, 53b, 54, 55b, 58, 59b, 60b, 63c, 93b, 109b, 110b, c, 120, 128c, 129, 131b, 136, 141, 146b; sales 'at mast', 144b; sales in London, xxiii, xxv-xxvi, 72c, 75b, 80b, 92a, 99a, 104, 107-8, 110a, 111-12a, 116b, 117a, 118b, 120-1b, 122c, 125c, 1278a, 130a, 131a, 132a, d, 133, 135a, 136-7, 141, 144a, b, 145a, b, 146b, 149, 151b, e, 152a, 153, 157b, c, 160; shipped to London, x, xi, 5a, 8, 52c, 60b, 63c, 67, 70a, 74a, 75b, 84a, 86, 89, 90, 93b, 101, 104, 106a, 116a, 118b, 122a, b, 127, 128b, 132d, 135a, 141, 144a, 149, 151b, 157a; 'town trade', 151c; trade, structure of, xi-xii, 53b, 55a, b, 143
Tower (Great) St., no. 6, Johnson's counting house at, xxii
tradesmen (suppliers to export merchants), xiv-xvi, xix, 2a, 3a, 11, 13b, 14, 15b, 17a, 25a, 26b, d, e, 39a, 41a-d, 47a, b, 49, 52a, b, 54, 58, 60b, 61, 63b, d, e, 65b, 73, 76b, 77, 80a, c, 83b, 84a, 86-7b, 89, 91, 92a, b, 93a, 94-6b, 97b, 101, 105b, 110a, 114, 117a, b, 120, 122c, 146a, 148-50
Treasury, lords of, 53a, 71, 81
Trent, Peterfield, merchant of Va., 78
trunks, 41b, 95
Turner
-, Miss —, of Md., 6c, 13a, 102
-, [John?], merchant of Md., 51a, 55c
-, turnip-slicing machine, 41d
Tyler
-, Robert, Esq., assemblyman of Prince
George's County, Md., 119, 125a
-, Samuel, planter of Prince George's
County, Md., 152a, 157c
Ussher, [W. ?], merchant of Baltimore, Md., 135b
Vallette, Elie, of Annapolis, Md. (d. 1780), clerk of the prerogative office, the secretary's office and the Provincial Court, 6a
Vardon & Franklin, ironmongers of Gracechurch St., London, 6b
Varduc see Verduc
vegetables, 37
Verduc, Kerloguen, Payan & Co., merchants of Cadiz, failure of, 31b
Virginia, bills from, 78; capes of, 52b, 135a; letters via, xxiv, 53a, 54-5a, 66b, 86, 88, 144a, 145a; ships from, 145a, 146b; tobacco from, xi; traders to, xi-xii, xxiii, 31b, 55c, 94, 101; travellers to, 92b
Waid see Weid
Walker, Capt, letters via, 144a, 145a
Wallace
-, Charles (1727-1812), merchant and
legislator of Annapolis, Md., partner
in Wallace, Davidson & Johnson, etc.,
xxii, 3, 23, 26c, 83a, 84a, 103, 110b,
125a, 132d, 153; background, ix-x,
xii n, xviii; contractor for building
the new State House, Annapolis, 3c,
11, 51b, 132b, 140, 156; goods for,
6d, 35b, 80c, 138; lawsuit, viii, xxvii;
letters from, 15a, 16, 107, 110d;
letters to, viii, 4, 5a, 12, 16, 22, 27, 33,
46, 62, 74a, d, 87a, 109a, 123, 127, 140
-, Mrs Charles (Cathy), 12, 15c, 33, 87b;
goods for, 5a, b, 12, 123; Polly, her
daughter (?), 12, 15c, 33, 87b
Wallace (Charles) & Co., merchants of Annapolis, former firm trading to Iberia, x, 72a, 99a, 113
Wallace & Davidson, original style used by Annapolis office of firm (Wallace, Davidson & Johnson), 11, 123; letter from, 71; letters to, xxviii n
Wallace, Davidson & Johnson, merchants of Annapolis and London, viii-ix, x-xi, 3a, 18; accounts, xxv-xxvii, 9, 17a, 20a, 24-5b, 28, 31b, 32, 39a, 41a, 43, 47a, 48-9, 51a, 52a, 53a, 56, 60a, 63a, 80a, 93a, 96a, 98a, 101-2, 106c, 109a, 110d, 116b, 117a, 118b, c, 125a, 128a, 132b, 138, 142b, 151a, c; activities, xii-xvi, 161; earnings, xxvii, 144b; finances, xi, 6a, 45b, 83a, b, 86, 114, 118c, 123; goods consigned to, 7, 10, 13a, 17a, 19, 26a, 29, 30, 32, 35a, 36, 41a, 42, 44, 45a, 65a, 80a, 95, 96a, 122c, 162; letters to Annapolis office, xxviii n, 1-158 passim; longrange plans, xix-xxi, 51b, 52a, 54, 55b, 70b, 72b, 74a, 75b, 87a, 97b, 98b, 114, 118c, 142a, 151d; sales in Md., 47b, 51b, 132c; style used by firm, 103, 110c, 113, 118c
war, rumours of, 139
Ward, Jo[hn], of Anne Arundel County, Md., bills of, 47a, 49
warehouse, tobacco inspection, xxii, 103
warehousemen, xv, xvi, xix; see also tradesmen
Warfield, Philemon, planter of Anne Arundel County, Md., bills of, 110e
watches see clocks
Waterman, Samuel, Va. merchant of Finch Lane, London, 161
Waters, Nathan, of Anne Arundel County, Md., 35b
Watson & Scott, shoe dealers of London (?), xix, 45, 52b, 72c
weather, in England, 98c, 108; in Europe, 110a, 112a, 114, 118c; in London, 5b, 37, 57, 116a; in Md. and Va., 16, 40, 146b, 147; see also wind
Weatherton, —, 11
Weems, John, Jr., of Calvert County, Md., bills of, 82
Weid (Waid), Capt Andrew, master of the Lovely Lass, 152c
Wells, Richard, of Anne Arundel County, Md., bill of, 82
West, Stephen, senior partner in West & Hobson, 15b, 53a, 58, 125c, 141, 144a, 150
West & Hobson, merchants of Prince George's County, Md., and Catherine Court, Tower Hill, London, xii, xvii, 19, 44, 55a, 60a, 65b, 75b, 82, 98a, 109b, 118c, 119, 128b, 132a, 161; difficulties, 60b, 63a, 65b
West Indies, xi, xv & n, xxiv, 41b, 55b, 98a; see also Barbados
West River, Md., tea for, 6e
Western Shore, Md., tobacco of, 110c, e
whalebone, 30
wheat, x, xxiv, 6e, 16, 128c, 152c; crops, 98c, 99a, 146b; importation permitted, 36; prices, xvi, xxvi, 13b, 99a, 152c, 158; purchases in America, 14, 53b, 98c; speculators in, 47d, 98c, 99a; see also flour
Wheat, Francis or Henry, of Prince George's County, Md., 25b, 26a
Whetcroft [Whitchcroft], William, watchmaker of Annapolis, Md., 60a, 63c, 65a, 80a, 130a, 138
Whitehaven, Cumberland, xi, 14, 26a, 132a
Wickes, Capt Lambert (1735-77), of Chester, Md., master of the Neptune, goods via, 162; letter via, 149; refuses tea, 157c
Wigginton, John, partner in Barlow, Wigginton & Francis, 97a
Wight, Isle of, xxiv, 20a, 122a
Wilkes, John (1727-97), alderman of London, 2b
Wilkins, Charles, oilman of Great Tower St., London, 63d
Wilkinson, —, clerk (?) of O. Hanbury & Co., 13a
Williams
-, John, inspector-general of customs
(North America), 53a
-, John or William, shoe manufacturer of
Bristol, 41c
-, Theophilus, insurance broker of Antigallican Coffeehouse, Threadneedle
St., London, xxiii
-, T[homas Charles], merchant of Annapolis in London, 151e; ships tea, 157b
-, William, of Annapolis, Md., bill of,
132a, 145b
Williams (Thomas Charles, James & Joseph), merchants of Annapolis, 89
Williamson, Capt Thomas, master of the Brothers, arrival, 15a, 17b, 20b, 25a; goods sent by, 2b, 6a, 20a, 41b, 162; letters via, 3a, 4, 5a, 6a, 7, 8
Wilsoon, Capt, goods via, 98c
wind conditions for sailing, xxiv, 21, 28-9, 37-8, 52b, 66a, 67, 97a, 105a, 112a, 114, 126, 135a, 139, 141, 145a, 146b
wine, xv n, 17b, 59b, 66a, 87b
Withers, Robert, wholesale saddler of Fenchurch St., London, 63d
Wolstenholme, Daniel, of St. Mary's City, Md., collector of North Potomac customs district (1760-76), agent of O. Hanbury & Co., 2a, 3a, 19, 47b, 52c, 83a, 84b, 86
Woodstock, Oxon., xiv, 35a
wool cards, 17a
Wooldridge, Thomas, merchant of the Crescent, Minories, London, 161
Woolf, Capt, 70a, 160
woollen cloth, xiv, xv, xix, 6b, 12, 18a, 41b, 89, 93a, 96a, b, 151e; shalloons, 56; spotted flannels, 41a, 44; 'Welsh cottons', xiv, 128a
woollen drapers, 6b, 132c, 151a
woollen manufacturers, 14, 132c
Wootton, —, storekeeper at Queen Anne Town, Md., affiliated with Eden & Co., 152a
Worthington, [William?], merchant of Annapolis, Md., 63d
Wray, Capt Keith, in London, 23, 100
Wright, [Turbutt or Thomas], of Queen Anne's County, Md., 152c
Wye River, Eastern Shore, Md., 70a, 152b, 160; tobacco of, xxv, 157b, 163
Yarmouth, Great, Norfolk, ix
Yates, —, of London, 74b
Young
-, Arthur (1741-1820), agricultural writer,
41d
-, Henry, of Md., bill of, 82