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P&H to Sharp Delany Curator of Customs 1787
Aug 30 1787 5 Boxes of China per Invoice 90L; + exchange 25% resulting figure charged comm at 2 « % Came from Capt Young of Boston
Nov 10 8 Chests of China from Capt Joshua Rich
1 Chest of Chian 28.16.0
1 do do 30L
5 do do 108.L + exchange 25% , deduct 10% "on account fo their high charge" then charged 2 « percent duty
Derby Elias Haskett. "Elias Haskett Derby Merchant House Correspondence: Pickering & Hodge" MSS 37: Box 12, Folder 3. Derby Family Papers, Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA., n.d |