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Cotton Pricing and Rate Dispute with Toronto Supplier
Negotiation over agreed pricing terms
Genre / FormBusiness correspondence
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Control No. N/A
Publisher / DateI. Cockshutt and clerks, July, 1854
Description
Letter to Ashby Carter & Sons of Toronto concerning a pricing dispute related to cotton. The correspondence clarifies agreed rates and corrects a charge discrepancy, reflecting negotiation practices and cost control in mid-nineteenth-century commercial transactions.