. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Iliiiitcr and Cliailcs Dick, thr I"» mer- chants from whom Mercer bought most of his goods and suppUcs. To others, however, payments were made in a complexity of tobacco notes, legal-fee payments, and plain bartei'. Tobacco shipped over- seas was usually handled 1)\' Sydenham & Hodgson. Also involved with tobacco transactions in England were two X'irginia merchants. Major John Champe, a distinguished resident of King George County who lived at Lamb's Creek plantation, and William Jordan, of Richmond County, both of w
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Iliiiitcr and Cliailcs Dick, thr I"» mer- chants from whom Mercer bought most of his goods and suppUcs. To others, however, payments were made in a complexity of tobacco notes, legal-fee payments, and plain bartei'. Tobacco shipped over- seas was usually handled 1)\' Sydenham & Hodgson. Also involved with tobacco transactions in England were two X'irginia merchants. Major John Champe, a distinguished resident of King George County who lived at Lamb's Creek plantation, and William Jordan, of Richmond County, both of whom ar- ranged for purchases of books, furniture, and othei English imports for Mercer. The following arc excerpts from Sydenham & Hodgson's accomu in Ledger G: 1743 June NovciiiIk' I74»j .May Iel> 1747 St-pieinb' 1748 June 1749 Scptcinb' To 8 hhds. tob" con- signed you by the Pri[n]cc of Denmark To 6 hhds by the I larrington To 5 hhds by Cap" Lee LOST To 10 hhds by Cap' Pcrr>' 1.) 10 hhds by Cap« Pcrryinan lo 10 hhds by Cap" Dunaldson Losr 63 29 51 35 IT) 14 162 17 14 lo 24 hhds tob" sold Mr. Jordan Revealed in this account are the hazards of shipping goods ovci-scas in the 18th century. .A partnership apparently figured in the second loss at sea. however, as the following entrv in Ledger G shows: June 1747 By Profit & Loss for the half £«i of 20 hhds by in llic Cumberland & Lost By William Jordan for die other half, lirtween 1747 and 1750 Mercer lost a total of 107 hogsheads of tobacco. Over and above this, however, he shipped overseas tobacco to the amount of £;i lis. diiriiic the same periixl. CLIEMS .Mei-cer's success was gaiticd despite the failures of a great many persons to pay the fees they owed. riijure 8.âWlNt-Boiiii -â >i ..n .-mi. .%,.â ..!.â .â .i. Marlboroui;h. with same arrauKement of initials used ill the .Marlborough tobacco seal. him. In 1745 he listed 303 "In
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