Bush to Lopez. August 21, 1781
Item
Holding institution
Collection
Cornelius Ter Bush letters (SC-12300)
Title
Bush to Lopez. August 21, 1781
Document Type
Date
1781-08-21
Creator or Sender
Cornelius Ter Bush
Location (creator or sender)
Fishkills, New York (USA)
Recipient
Aaron Lopez
Location (recipient)
Leicester, Massachusetts (USA)
Language
eng
Synopsis
Bush will set out for Leicester on 28. He transmitted the goods to Josiah Hewes on July 14, but he had not received them at the end of the month. Bush justifies that he sent the goods by a careful hand and he took a receipt for them. Captain Wiley has 2 tons of bar iron at Mr Ellison's store, and Mr Tillinghast was offering it for sale, but he will not sell the iron unless he could get the cash down. Prices of commodities: Bohea tea, sugar, coffee, ginger, handkerchief, pepper, bar iron, rum, salt.
Existence and location of originals
New York State Library, Champlin Collection of autographs