Account of Sales of Stock, [26 November 1761]
Account of Sales of Stock
Copy: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
I.N.3
Sold for Benj: Franklin Esqr4
1761 | ||||||
Novbr. 26 | £700 4 per cents | to Wm: Morris | at 83½ | £584. | 10 | – |
£1000 | to J. Ruddell | at 83⅜ | 833. | 15 | – | |
£1200 | to S: Cazalet | at 83⅜ | 1000. | 10 | – | |
£800 | to T. Brooksbank | at 83¼ | 666. | – | – | |
£1000 | to T. Roberts | at 83¼ | 832. | 10 | – | |
£600 | to Huntridge & Co. | at 83¼ | 449. | 10 | – | |
£500 | to T. Brooksbank | at 83¼ | 416. | 5 | ||
Nov. 27. | £500 | to J. Tench | at 83 | 415 | – | – |
£600 | to T. Bretland | at 82¾ | 496. | 10 | ||
£200 | to W Chapman | at 82¾ | 165. | 10 | ||
£550 | to Ja Cappes | at 82½ | 453. | 15 | ||
£350 | to Maddison & Co. | at 82½ | 288. | 15 | ||
Nov. 28. | £1400 | to J. Linde | at 82⅝ | 1156. | 15 | |
Nov. 30. | £600 | to Sr. W Hart | at 82¾ | 496. | 10 | |
£1000 | to Jo Hilton | at 82⅝ | 826. | 5 | ||
Dec. 1. | £1000 | to Jno Wood | at 82¾ | 827. | 10 | |
£500 | to R Roberts | at 82¾ | 413. | 15 | ||
Dec. 2. | £1200 | to Ja Scott | at 83¼ | 999 | – | – |
£700 | to P How | at 83¼ | 582. | 15 | ||
£600 | to Sr. W Hart | at 83⅜ | 500. | 5 | – | |
£150005 | 12455. | 5 | – | |||
Brokerage | 18. | 15 | ||||
Per E Shervell | £12436. | 10 |
Endorsed: Acct Sales of the £15000 4 per Cents. No. 6.
[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]
3. Isaac Norris’ notation of receipt of this document.
4. James Brown of Henton Brown & Son (see the document immediately below) and his broker, E. Shervell, managed the sale of the £30,000 of stock which BF had bought with the parliamentary grant for 1758.
5. Between Dec. 18 and Dec. 23, 1760, BF bought £15,000 of the 4 per cents, at 92 to 91¾; see above, p. 253.