Potomac landings . ading combined a com-mercial statement with a pious hope is witnessed bythis bill for merchandise shipped from London on aclipper-ship Potomac-bound: Shipped by the Grace of God, in good order andwell conditioned by William Lee in and upon the goodship called the Friendship, whereof is Master unto Godfor the present Voyage, William Roman, and now ridingat Anchor in the river Thames and by Gods Gracebound for Virginia, to say one case. One Trunk, oneBox of Merchandise, being marked and numbered asin the margin and are to be delivered in like good orderand well conditioned at
Potomac landings . ading combined a com-mercial statement with a pious hope is witnessed bythis bill for merchandise shipped from London on aclipper-ship Potomac-bound: Shipped by the Grace of God, in good order andwell conditioned by William Lee in and upon the goodship called the Friendship, whereof is Master unto Godfor the present Voyage, William Roman, and now ridingat Anchor in the river Thames and by Gods Gracebound for Virginia, to say one case. One Trunk, oneBox of Merchandise, being marked and numbered asin the margin and are to be delivered in like good orderand well conditioned at the aforesaid Port of Virginia(the danger of the sea only excepted) unto Mrs. AnnaW ashington at Popes Creek, Potomak River or to herassigns. Freight for the said goods being paid withPrimage and Average accustomed. In witness whereof the Master or Purser of the saidShip hath affirmed three Bills of Lading, all of thisTenor and Date, the one of which Three Bills beingaccomplished the other two to stand void. And so. Cross Manor House POTOMAC LANDINGS 85 God send the good Ship to her desired Port of Safety—Amen. Dated at London 24 Dec. 1773. *WiUiam Roman. It dominated not only the soil but life as well. Up tothe Revolution exchange was in terms of pounds to-bacco, the hundred pounds varying from ten to twentyshillings value. It is true a coin was designed forCalvert and a mint was set up at St. Marys, but thecoins are believed to have had little circulation in spiteof an Act of the Assembly in 1662 requiring every house-holder in the Province to buy at least ten shillings forevery taxable person in the family, and to give tobaccofor it at the rate of two pence per pound. English andSpanish coins shared what circulation was given metalmoney on either shore of the river, which was merely forpocket expenses as distinguished from general trade. Tobacco was the currency with which land wasbought, and in which taxes, labour, and the clergy werepaid. Ships were measured in tobacco c
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