Seixas to Lopez. January 16, 1781

Holding institution: American Jewish Historical Society
Collection: Aaron Lopez papers (P-11)
Location: Box 14, folder 36, doc. 2
Title: Seixas to Lopez. January 16, 1781
Document Type: Typescript copy; Commercial correspondence
Date: 1781-01-16
Creator or Sender: Benjamin Mendes Seixas
Location (creator or sender): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)
Recipient: Aaron Lopez
Location (recipient): Leicester, Massachusetts (USA)
Language: eng
Synopsis: Seixas informs that Mr Howes had received the owed amount in cash, which closed their accounts. Prices are very fluctuating. The city has been in a little confusion within the few days past due to the Pennsylvania Line having mutinied on their march for the city. Political news. He encloses a list of commodities’ prices: West India rum, muscovado sugar, Havannah brown and white sugar, Bohea tea, chocolate, coffee, allum salt, and Port wine.
Existence and location of copies: American Jewish Archives, Aaron Lopez Papers (MS-231), box 1, folder 2 (typescript copy)
Access points: locations: Leicester, Massachusetts (USA); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)
Access points: persons: Mendes Seixas, Benjamin; Howes
Access points: subjects: War; Allum salt; Bohea tea; Chocolate; Coffee; Port wine; Rum; Sugar