William Swinton Bennett papers, 1821 Dec.

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Bennett, William Swinton, d. 1823. William Swinton Bennett papers, 1821 Dec.

William Swinton Bennett papers, 1821 Dec.

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Letter and enclosure, 24 and 25 Dec. 1821, consist of a business letter of W[illia]m S. Bennett (Charleston, S.C.) to "Messrs. Paul Rapelye & Co.," care of merchant Alex[an]d[e]r McGregor (Liverpool, England) and an enclosed prices current newspaper article clipped from The Courier, commenting on the slowing of the markets during the Christmas holiday season: "Business is now dull owing to the Holydays.... It is the general opinion that Cotton will be lower in this market although the factors and planters are holding back in hopes of a rise in the English markets." Bennett repeats a point stressed earlier in a letter by his colleague in the firm, Jacob Rapelye, the importance of having "Goods out early for a spring market.... [although there was] "no further information of the Rice shipped to New Orleans, except that the Brig Leopard had arrived." He expected the remittance to be in sugars: "I have no doubt we will do well with them that article being now high in our market."

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