1To George Washington from William Hartshorne & Company, 26 November 1785 (Washington Papers)
The Enclosed Letter and Account we recd under cover from our Friend Mr David Pearce of Gloucester New-England with an order on you for the Amount say £63.5.6—as the account is not very plain & you may not be acquainted with the hand writing I have sent a Copy of it —I am Respectfully Yours LS , DLC:GW . In his letter of 6 Nov. enclosing his account with GW, David Pearce indicated that he was...
2Broadside from William Hartshorne & Company, 1 April 1793 (Washington Papers)
we request your attention to the foregoing circular from the late firm of HARTSHORNE and DONALDSON, and to assure you our best endeavours shall be exerted to merit the recommendation there given. —Our Exports consist of Flour, Bread, Wheat and Indian Corn, these are the principal; besides these we have some Tobacco, Pine Plank, Shingles, Staves and Hemp. Flour and Bread may be had at all...
3To George Washington from William Hartshorne & Company, 10 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
We are much Obliged by thy favor of the 6th inst: should any provisions be called for by the French from this River and our Government undertake to pay their drafts for the Amount, we shall be happy to serve them. Yesterday we made a Sale of 250 barrels Spfine Flour for 33/ ⅌ barrel payable in Notes negociable at the Bank of Alexandria in 60 days—we would have sold more but the Purchaser did...