Correspondence, 1800 April-1801 January Digital

Contains copies of letters from Thomas Coffin Amory to merchants, dated April 1800 to January 1801. Correspondents include Ebenezer Stocker, Weeks & Tucker, James Hunter & Co., and Philadelphia merchant Isaac Hazlehurst, Jr. (1742-1834) regarding consignment and trade of sugar, raisins, wine, lumber, copper, and iron, the pricing of certain commodities, movement of mercantile vessels, issuance of debenture certificates, condemnation of ships, and market shortages. Other topics include advertising the sale of a ship and cargo owned by Amory, and a potential buyer, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, naval agent Jacob Sheafe (1745-1829). Amory also references the impact of the Quasi-War on trade and French capture of American vessels. In a letter to Canadian firm Forsyth, Smith & Co. on June 16, 1800, regarding the trade of guns, he stated that the American government does not permit exportation of firearms; Amory also requested a report on the condemnation of unnamed New York ships captured off Halifax. A letter on October 6, 1800, offered to buy Java coffee from Forsyth, Smith & Co.