Thomas Hewitt letterbook containing outgoing correspondence
TitelThomas Hewitt letterbook containing outgoing correspondence
SignaturU15B/B/2
Datum
1789 - 1802
Datum 1789 - 1802
Form und InhaltPartially completed copy letter book of Thomas Hewitt, containing outward correspondence. Includes commentary on wider events effecting trade.
Correspondents include:
Mr John Hickey and four others, 15th July 1789, re butter
Richard Byrne, 18th July 1789 re. bill of loading for 50 casks of butter.
Thomas Wood, London, 27 August, 1789
Charles John Warner Esq., St Vincents, 29 December, 1789, re sugar, mentions French revolution.
Mr John Wilkey, Truro, 24th October 1789 re. butter
Mr Westcomb Forster, Bristol, 6 November 1789, Tallow
Mr. Joseph Pike, Chudleigh, 18th March 1790
Mr Westcomb Forster, Bristol, April 23 1790
Mr Joseph Pike, Chudleigh, Devon, Cork 23 April 1790, timber and bark, butter
Mr Adams Carr, St Vincents, January 14th 1793, re. provisions.
Jan 2nd 1797: Mentions French Fleet at Bantry Bay; 'our situation ever since I recieved your letter has been such as prevented my reply nor is our alarm yet over. The French Fleet Anchored in Bantry Bay on the 22nd with 13 or 14 Ships of the Line & Four Smaller vessels full of land forces. The Wind prevented their getting far into the bay on the 27th they were all blown out, since that time six or seven of them are returned and are at anchor...we have now A large force to the Westward that will dispute every inch of lande with them if they advance...'
Further commentary on the French is given in other letters from the time
Right Honble Joshua Cooper, Sligo, December 18th 1798
Mr John Allen, Waterford, Nov. 1799, re. Tallow
Correspondents include:
Mr John Hickey and four others, 15th July 1789, re butter
Richard Byrne, 18th July 1789 re. bill of loading for 50 casks of butter.
Thomas Wood, London, 27 August, 1789
Charles John Warner Esq., St Vincents, 29 December, 1789, re sugar, mentions French revolution.
Mr John Wilkey, Truro, 24th October 1789 re. butter
Mr Westcomb Forster, Bristol, 6 November 1789, Tallow
Mr. Joseph Pike, Chudleigh, 18th March 1790
Mr Westcomb Forster, Bristol, April 23 1790
Mr Joseph Pike, Chudleigh, Devon, Cork 23 April 1790, timber and bark, butter
Mr Adams Carr, St Vincents, January 14th 1793, re. provisions.
Jan 2nd 1797: Mentions French Fleet at Bantry Bay; 'our situation ever since I recieved your letter has been such as prevented my reply nor is our alarm yet over. The French Fleet Anchored in Bantry Bay on the 22nd with 13 or 14 Ships of the Line & Four Smaller vessels full of land forces. The Wind prevented their getting far into the bay on the 27th they were all blown out, since that time six or seven of them are returned and are at anchor...we have now A large force to the Westward that will dispute every inch of lande with them if they advance...'
Further commentary on the French is given in other letters from the time
Right Honble Joshua Cooper, Sligo, December 18th 1798
Mr John Allen, Waterford, Nov. 1799, re. Tallow
Umfangc100pp
PersonenschlagwortHewitt, Thomas | Merchant/Distiller, Cork | d1870
SchlagwortTrade and Commerce, Business Records, Merchants, French Fleet, Bantry Bay 1796, French Invasion, 1796
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