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The Letters of John Paige, London Merchant, 1648-58
… pack them. I mean cochineal, campechena and sylvester, and indigo, etc., for there's deceit in those commodities and come many false packed. If you buy any indigo and find it hard-backed, meddle not with it. I wonder … a drug, worth 5s per lb; sylvester, 2s 10d per lb; indigo Guatemala, 4s 6d per lb. Send no Campeachy wood. …
The Letters of John Paige, London Merchant, 1648-58
… lb; cochineal mesteque, 20s per lb; campechena, 5s per lb; indigo Guatemala, 4s 6d per lb; Havana sugars white, 6 per … 22s per lb; campechena, 5s per lb; sylvester, 2s per lb; indigo Guatemala, 4s 6d per lb; Havana sugars white, 6 per … upon it; cochineal, 30s per lb; campechena, 6s per lb; indigo, if not hardbacked, worth 5s per lb; Varinas tobacco, …
The Letters of John Paige, London Merchant, 1648-58
… bear great prices: hides, 7 per lb; logwood, 27 per t; indigo, 5s 6d; cochineal, 27s per lb; campechena, 6s 6d per … t; cochineal mesteque, 26s per lb; campechena, 6s per lb; indigo, 5s 4d per lb; Varinas tobacco, if good, 6s per lb; … worth 8d per lb; logwood, 25 per t; campechena, 6s per lb; indigo, 5s per lb; Varinas tobacco, 6s per lb if good; ginger …
The Letters of John Paige, London Merchant, 1648-58
… per t; campechena, 7s; sylvester, 3s 4d; cochineal, 28s; indigo, 5s. Wines a very drug here. Here I send you a coranto … per lb; campechena, 7s [per lb]; sylvester, 3s 4d per lb; indigo, if good, 4s 6d per lb; ginger, 26s per cwt; Havana … be able to make home something in these dangerous times. Indigo not worth 3s 10d per lb; cochineal, 22s per lb; hides, …
The Letters of John Paige, London Merchant, 1648-58
… Cartagena, being about 300 ts, 20 guns, laden with hides, indigo, tobacco and some silver, supposed to be worth 50,000 … which is burnt. They ask 66 Rs per hide; 8 Rs per lb for indigo; 120 Ds per ruff [?rove] for cochineal. For logwood, … here those very commodities are low, as hides 8d per lb; indigo a very drug, not worth 4s per lb, besides great custom …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… BLUE and STONE BLUE. It was probably a form of processed INDIGO. Not found in the OED See also BETTISONS ROYAL TRUE …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… parish; and there are various cooperages, breweries, an indigo-manufactory, and a rope-walk. Since the formation of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… The colour made by dyeing TEXTILEs black using WOAD or INDIGO overlaid with MADDER. Prejudice about the alternative …
Memorials of London and London Life
… tempered with oil, and not brasil [a coarse red], or indigo of Baldas [? Bagdad], or any other bad colour." …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… alum from Constantinople, the produce of Macedonia, woad, indigo, hepatick aloes, gum cistus, ostrich feathers, &c. &c. …