receiving tea from England. They
having obtained all such necessary information, he shall
return to England & report the same, from which time it is
presumed there will be full employ for such agent without
any additional expence to the Company in preparing such
assortments of tea as may from time to time be required for
this market, and can be best spared from the necessary
demand of Great Britain & Ireland, and also in negotiating
the remittances that may from time to time be received on
account of this concern.

That such an appointment is absolutely necessary must appear
to every one at all acquainted with the nature of the tea
trade, not only properly to regulate these investments, but
also from time to time to preserve proper assortments of tea
for the consumption of Great Britain & Ireland, and indeed
in this particular alone could the directors for some years
past have had such information, from any person in whose
abilities & integrity they could have placed a proper
confidence, and who, from the nature of such trusts, must be
placed above the temptation to any sinister practices the
Company, from the resources of the tea trade alone, would
probably never have been involved in their present
difficulties.

LETTER FROM MESSRS. GREENWOOD & HIGGINSON.

Gentlemen:

We are informed that you have come to a resolution to ship
tea to America, we therefore beg leave to recommend our
friends, Mr. Andrew Lord, and Messrs. Willm. & George
Ancrum,[28] of Charles Town, in South Carolina, merchants,
for the consignments of such part as you may ship to that
place. Both houses are of the first repute, and have been
long established there, and also to tender to you our ship
the London, Alexander Curling, Master, to carry the same
out, who shall be ready to sail whenever you please to
account.

We are, your most humble servants,
GREENWOOD & HIGGINSON.

London, 4 May, 1773.

To the Hon'ble the Court of Directors
of the United Company of Merchants
of England, trading to the East Indies.

LETTER FROM MR. FRED'K PIGOU, JUN^R.

Gentlemen:

Being informed you intend to export teas to several
different settlements in America, to be sold there under
the direction of agents to be appointed. I beg