| Description | Portskewett, on receiving the enclosed he immediately sent it to the nearest post office to be forwarded, two other packets were found at the same time, apparently dropped from some traveller's pocket, one was addressed to Messrs Neale, Ligon and Booth, merchants, London, and the other to Messrs Crisp and Company, merchants, London
Enclosure, Stephen Sayre to Lord Dartmouth, 13 Dec 1766, Philadelphia, the merchants of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia and probably all the colonies, expected, according to the advice received from the merchants of London, that their trade would be extended, but they declare it has been lessened by the laws passed last session, the merchants of Boston and New York have petitioned for redress, and those of this town will probably do the same unless it is felt to be impracticable, remarks on the importation of sugar, and prohibition of all foreign rum, the fishery much injured by Governor Palliser and his officers, and fears it will decrease under such severity and partial behaviour, concern at the fresh arrival of troops, inconvenience caused by Parliament destroying the paper currency to the Colonies |