Disbursements and sales accounts, shipping agreements, and correspondence with Joseph Winthrop re shipping rum into Charleston, S.C., and returning with rice to Massachusetts; and shipping rosters, 23 Aug. 1791 and 10 Jan. 1797, for voyages of the ship William under Capt. William Russell in 1791 and for Capt. William Picket in 1797. Two letters, 25 February and 1 Mar. 1792, concern a voyage from Charleston, S.C., to Copenhagen, Denmark, under Capt. William Russell, with a cargo of rice and tobacco; letter, 25 Feb. 1792, from William Russell announcing plans to sail from Charleston, S.C., to Copenhagen, Denmark, with a cargo of rice and tobacco; letter, 1 Mar. 1792, from Joseph Winthrop, Charleston, S.C., reporting that Russell had sailed and presenting a bill for services rendered in procuring Russell's freight. Among the correspondence is a letter, 12 Apr. 1794, from Joseph Emerson regarding the purchase of a sloop and riggings required for it and a 28 Oct. 1795 letter from ship captain John Moulton discussing his arrival at Charleston from Europe, requesting further instructions, and noting differences in costs of supplies and wages. Letter, 13 Feb. 1797, from William Picket, Charleston, S.C., responding to rumors of an embargo and questioning how he should proceed with regard to protecting the ship William [a reference to the threat posed by French privateers during the undeclared naval conflict (quasi-war) with France]; letter, 6 Mar. 1797, from William Picket advising that necessary repairs to the William be made in Newburyport, Mass., rather than Charleston, S.C. Letters, 25 Feb. and 23 Mar. 1799, from Elijah Mayhew, Charleston, S.C., re the sale of the brig Columbia; and letter, 15 Dec. 1800, (Charleston, S.C.), from merchant Joseph Winthrop advising Brown that he had hired Captain Thomas and chartered Brown's ship, Charles, and for a trans-Atlantic voyage with a cargo of sugar, coffee, cotton, and tobacco bound for Falmouth, England. Goods were to be sold either at French ports, if open to American commerce, or in London. Letter contains additional information on anticipated rates for goods shipped, reports that he had sold fifty barrels of beef shipped to Charleston aboard the Charles for $11 per barrel, and comments on local prices for hay and pine boards.
