Appendix: Other documents

Joshua Johnson's Letterbook, 1771-1774: Letters from a Merchant in London to his Partners in Maryland. Originally published by London Record Society, London, 1979.

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'Appendix: Other documents', in Joshua Johnson's Letterbook, 1771-1774: Letters from a Merchant in London to his Partners in Maryland, (London, 1979) pp. 158-161. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-record-soc/vol15/pp158-161 [accessed 25 March 2024]

(B) OTHER DOCUMENTS

161. Tobacco imported into London in 1775

(Northamptonshire Record Office, Fitzwilliam (Burke) MSS. A.xxv.74)

[N.B. All except those marked by asterisk are known Chesapeake merchants. Entries referring to the same firm under different styles are combined. The political uncertainties of 1775 make this an unrepresentative year with some established firms, e.g. O. Hanbury and S. Grove, being less active than usual.]

Appendices

Importers' names Number of hogsheads
William & Robert Molleson 6721
Christopher Court & Thomas Eden 4179
Lyonel Lyde & Co. 3707
James Russell 3566
Dunlop & Wilson 2315
Gale, Fearon & Co. 2096
Joshua Johnson 1883 1899
Wallace & Co. 16
*Herries & Co. [French buying agents] 1824
Samuel Gist 1434
West & Hobson 1292
John Hyndman & Co. 1060
Barlow, Wigginton & Co. [assignees of Perkins, Buchanan & Brown] 957 1057
Brown & Co. 100
John Norton & Son 798
Mildred & Roberts 55 726
John Roberts 671
Robert Cary & Co. 659
Samuel Athawes 566
Osgood Hanbury [& Co.] 554
*Simon Fraser 540
John Bell 533
Duncan Campbell 526
William Lee 431
*John Blackburn 428
[John] Buchanan & Co. [winding-up] 393
*[Thomas] Wooldridge & Co. 390
Samuel Waterman 343
*[Peter] Thellusson & Co. [tobacco exporters] 303
Abraham Lopez Fernandes 295
*[Gilbert] Ross & Co. [?] 250
Silvanus Grove 220
*John Gibson [broker] 202
Frank & Bickerton [winding-up] 165
Maurice Griffith 150
*Latham Arnold [tobacco manufacturer] 144
Thomas & Rowland Hunt 131
*William Davidson [merchant in Rotterdam] 120
*Samuel Coleberg [tobacco exporters] 111
*Clark & Milligan 94
*John Ingram 86
*H. [?] Jones [?] 67
*H. Binnly [?] 56
Thomas Philpot [winding-up] 52
*George Maynard [hosier] 52
*Joseph Robertson 51
50 hogsheads or less (13 names) 330
"Order" [i.e. "other"?] 3037
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162. Statement of Goods Shipped By Joshua Johnson To Wallace, Davidson & Johnson In Maryland

(Maryland Hall of Records, Chancery Papers 2893 (Joshua Johnson v. Charles Wallace and Eleanor Davidson, widow), IA, Exhibit A, no. 5)

1771 July 20 per the Brothers, Capt Williamson £3971.19.1
per the Liberty, Capt Blackwell 23. 1. 7
August 22 per the Nelly Frigate, Capt Greig 86. 2. 7
26 per the Restoration, Capt J. Thomas 23.11.-
December 1 per the Trimly, Capt J. Page 2795.19. 4
6900.13.7
1772 February 25 per the Eden, Capt Nicholson 5599.15. 8
April 15 per the Camden, Capt Richardson 558. 1.10
16 per the Friendship, Capt Robinson 75.11. 6
17 per the Elizabeth, Capt Broffett 48.15.10½
June 22 per the Nancy, Capt Howe 7723.12. 6
July 10 per the Adventure, Capt Maynard 358.18. 7
17 per the Orange Bay, Capt Somervell 14.10. 5
August 20 per the Galloway, Capt Bishoprick 93. 6. 1
14,472.12.5½
1773 February 15 per the Annapolis, Capt Eden 2120.16. 7
May 15 per the Caroline, Capt Lynch 818. -. 1
August 5 per the Molly & Betsy, Capt Nicholson 5172.16. 6
8111.13. 2
1774 February 25 per the Kitty & Nelly, Capt Buchanan 5747. 9. 1
March 23 per the Friendship, Capt Frost 17. 8. 3
March 12 per the Brothers, Capt Craymer 393.19. 7
(July 18 per the Hope, [Capt Howard] 6587. 5.4)*
*Hope stranded on coast of Kent, but forced by underwriters to take some of the goods which were reshipped in Neptune
September 6 per the Neptune, Capt Wickes 2107.11.-
8266. 7.11
1771-1774 TOTAL £37,751. 7. 1½

163. Tobacco Consignments Received By Joshua Johnson In London, 1773-1775

(Maryland Hall of Records, Private Accounts 1530)

Vessel Master Reported From Hhds.
Kitty & Nelly James Buchanan 31 Dec. 1773 Patuxent 275
Elizabeth Thomas Boog 22 Jan. 1774 Patuxent 20
Molly & Betsey Joseph Hinson 8 Apr. 1774 Chester 52
Sally George Buchanan 1 Feb. 1774 Patapsco 122
Peggy Stewart Richard Jackson 7 July 1774 Patuxent 156
Kitty & Nelly James Belt 29 Oct. 1774 Patuxent 545
Brothers George Buchanan 8 Dec. 1774 Patapsco 378
Aston Hall Thomas Parker 9 Jan. 1775 Patapsco 188
Richmond Robert Love 12 Jan. 1775 Wye 95
Generous Friends Richard Nairn 19 Jan. 1775 Potomac 125
Nancy James Buchanan 7 Jan. 1775 Patuxent 423
Patty Thomas Ayres 14 Feb. 1775 Patuxent 12
Annapolis Thomas Eden 15 Feb. 1775 Patuxent 4
Nancy James Buchanan 31 July 1775 Patuxent 431
Kitty & Nelly Elisha Belt 16 Oct. 1775 Patuxent 531
Eleanor George Buchanan 16 Oct. 1775 Patapsco 506
Vanderstegen John McKirdy 27 Nov. 1775 Patuxent 397
Brothers Matthew Craymer 22 Nov. 1775 Patapsco 23
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