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1812 Merchant's Letter
1812216429Portland Maine 1812. unbound. 1 page 10 x 8 inches Portland Maine August 6 1812. Interesting merchant's letter written during the War of 1812 while under British occupation requesting an accounting based on an unpaid invoice in part: ".shipped on board the Schooner Eagle.twenty jugs of the extract of the bark of Angostura which I consigned to the House of Mssrs. Anth Merchants in Havana.which has arrived out.but I have not received any remittance on account of it yet. My orders were for them to sell it and remit the proceeds in molasses and sugar." Two-inch closed tear at the right margin; otherwise very good.<br/> <br/> It's possible that this letter is not from a disgruntled merchant but from a smuggler who has been cheated. Smuggling and Piracy as well as the pursuit of Prizes of War the capturing of another nation's vessel and cargo for profit were commonplace during the War of 1812.<br/> <br/> unknown
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