Lowe to Quarles. Contents of letter of 28 June, kept until 7 July, including Company's...

Lowe to Quarles. Contents of letter of 28 June, kept until 7 July, including Company's order banning shipping until winter and a request to Quarles to send 80 or 100 Readings to Emden if seas clear of Dunkirkers. Understands by Quarles's letter of 10 July he has sent 22 cloths to Emden at a price to be fixed by Lowe. Discusses disposal of consignment and possibility of obtaining further batches. Surprised Quarles has not sold the madder. Price has fallen in Stade and will fall further, so advises him to sell quickly. Glad did not buy as much as Quarles had wanted as they are likely to lose on the transaction. Financial matters. Contents of letter of 13 July. Details of recent sales. Only 8 cloths unsold, which he hopes to sell before the ships leave and he makes up his accounts. Ships will leave carrying 90 tuns of stockfish each. Goods still dear and Company not buying much - details of prices - Lowe thinks them likely to rise rather than fall. The fate of the 2 packs of cloths Quarles sent by extraordinary means. Lowe's dealings with the customs officers at Stade. How to evade declaring cloth. Difficulties caused by annual imposition of oath that no cloth has been shipped except that coming in at authorised places of entry. Exchange rate.