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instructed to abate the order, or was requested to cover the deficiency upon the strength of a promise to make a second consignment to him.[1] Many disputes arose between the planters and their English correspondents as to fairness of dealing respecting the charges for commission and as to the quality of goods returned. The original prices
- ↑ Letters of William Fitzhugh, July 11, 1692.
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Mr Richard Jones is credited for 28 hhd. received from abroad the William and John and the Thomas and Ann qt neat 10,938 lbs. @ 6d |
£273.09.00 | |
| Mr Richard Jones is Dr upon yis yeares Account | £177.00.00 | |
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| £ 96.09.00 | ||
| Mr Jones is Dr for goods sent in ye Honor yis yeare | £21.00.00 | |
| Upon a bill | £04.00.00 | |
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| £ 25.01.00 | ” |
See, for a still more interesting example, the account preserved in Records of York County, vol. 1657-1662, p. 297, Va. State Library. See also Ibid., vol. 1675-1684, p. 442; also Records of Elizabeth City County, vol. 1684-1699, p. 395, Va. State Library.
