Resources

Cotton Pricing and Rate Dispute with Toronto Supplier

Negotiation over agreed pricing terms

Genre / FormBusiness correspondence                     

Hierarchical Level              Item                                

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.