Letter to G. Gautier l'aîné concerning timber prices
An undated commercial note to G. Gautier l'aîné in Cognac listing current prices for Silesian and Brandenburg pipe staves and the bank agio applied to cash payment.
Commercial correspondence
French
G. Gautier l'aîné
Hamburg
Cognac
Hamburg–Cognac
Cognac trade
Gautier
Timber trade
Pipe staves
Prices
Pipaille de Silesie de 5 1/2 Pieds d'jcy Mls 360 a 370 Court.
[[label: Address panel]] A Monsieur Monsieur G. Gautier Lainé Negt. à Coignac
[[label: Letter text and commercial notes]] Pipaille de Silesie de 5 1/2 Pieds d'jcy Mls 360 a 370 Court. do . . . . . . . do . . . . 4 1/2 do . . . . . . . . 250 a 260. do Pipaille du Brandebourg de 5 1/2 Pieds Mls 330 a 350 do do . . . . . . . do . . . . . . . 4 1/2 Pieds . . 230 a 240 do. N.B. Le Bois Se vend jcy en argent Courant et Se paye Comptant en Banque a 15 a 16 p% d'agio Bien de mes Compliments S.V.P. a Monsieur Sysling toute sa famille se porte parfaittemt. bien
[[label: Address panel]] To Mr. Mr. G. Gautier the Elder Merchant in Cognac
[[label: Letter text and commercial notes]] Silesian pipe staves of 5 1/2 feet here Mls 360 to 370 current. ditto . . . . . . . ditto . . . . 4 1/2 ditto . . . . . . . . 250 to 260. ditto Brandenburg pipe staves of 5 1/2 feet Mls 330 to 350 ditto ditto . . . . . . . ditto . . . . . . . 4 1/2 feet . . 230 to 240 ditto. N.B. Wood is sold here in current money and is paid cash in Bank at 15 to 16 percent agio Many of my compliments please to Mr. Sysling all his family is perfectly well
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Both complete captures, address panel, Hamburg postal evidence, price list, recipient and undated status were directly checked against all four reading variants. Date evidence: No dateline is visible. The P001 docket includes 29 avril, R 10 May and 1754, but this filing and receipt evidence is not treated as the letter date. Origin evidence: Inferred from the HAMBOURG postal mark and Hamburg docket on P001; no dateline is present.
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2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Letter text and commercial notes; 2 digital images.