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Autograph letter signed

to Joshua Mauger

18 October 1763

Watson, Brook, 1735-1807

Discusses ships, Mauger's brother and the price of beaver fur.

GLC03902.001
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Joshua Mauger

25 October 1763

Watson, Brook, 1735-1807

The price of beaver is low so he will wait before trying to sell the shipment. Also mentions rising bankruptcy among English merchants. He is ill.

GLC03902.002
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Joshua Mauger

25 June 1765

Watson, Brook, 1735-1807

A Captain Richard Linthorne from Poole wishes to purchase a ship. Watson hopes the captain's destination is Halifax or Holland rather than America; any number of ships are willing to go to the former destinations. [Written during the stamp act...

GLC03902.003
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Joshua Mauger

19 December 1765

Watson, Brook, 1735-1807

Discusses business matters. Reports at length on his talk with Lord Halifax about the Stamp Act and the situation in America. Provides a view into the British debate over handling the discord in the American colonies in such a way that will both...

GLC03902.004
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Joshua Mauger

18 July 1772

Watson, Brook, 1735-1807

Regarding finances. He needs records from Mauger's bankers to make his account current.

GLC03902.005

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