1IV. Farell & Jones to Wayles & Randolph, 3 February 1772 (Jefferson Papers)
Our Friends Messrs. John Powell & Co: being desirous of sending a Ship with Slaves to your Market, have apply’d to us to give Security, which we have promis’d to do on your behalf’s .—They have lodged orders at Dominica for Capt. Walter Robe in the Hungerford that if he does not arrive there before a certain day, to proceed to Virginia. In that case he may be with you in all May & they expect...
2V. Farell & Jones to Wayles & Randolph, 6 April 1772 (Jefferson Papers)
We wrote you the 3rd February by the York that we had engag’d with our Friends Messrs. John Powell & Co: for the Consignment of an African ship to your address, which we now confirm. At that time it was uncertain which ships would go to Virginia, but by Letters from the Coast we find the Hungerford Capt. Robe will be detain’d there so long that she cannot get to the West Indies before the 10th...
3XI. Farell & Jones to Wayles & Randolph, 23 April 1773 (Jefferson Papers)
We duly received your Favour of the 30th Decem.⅌ the Prince of Wales with Fifty hhds Tobacco shipt thereon to our address, which you may depend shall be made the utmost of for your Interest. Some hhds of this parcell are pretty good, the generality of them of a middling quality, but many of them particularly those from Cedar Point are very bad being moist tender foul and bad scented. Your...
4XVIII. Farell & Jones to Wayles & Randolph, 10 August 1774 (Jefferson Papers)
Inclosed we transmit you Account Sales of your several parcells Tobacco viz. 50 hhds ⅌ Prince of Wales £358.. 6..4 11 ⅌ Spr. Nancy 48..11..6 1 ⅌ Elizabeth 5..17..9 which we assure you was the utmost this Market wou’d afford for them and we hope will prove to your satisfaction. We Remain Gent Your mo Obed Servts RC ( Vi : USCC ); addressed: “Messrs. Wayles & Randolph James river Virginia ⅌...
5XIX. Farell & Jones to Richard Randolph, 15 December 1774 (Jefferson Papers)
We wrote you very fully the 10th Augt by the Virginian since which we have none of your favors. We were in hopes by this time to have transmitted you Account Sales of your 34 hhds. Tobacco consigned us by the True Patriot but we have still 21 hhds unsold. So soon as they are disposed of we will forward you Account Sales. Our prices begin to look up and should the report of your not raising any...