This collection contains 4 letters (5 pages) that Boston merchant John Weir wrote to businessman Thomas Savage between March 20, 1760 and May 1, 1760, during a business trip to the Caribbean. The letters concern the shipment of molasses from the Spanish port of "Mounto Christo" (Monte Cristo, Santo Domingo, now the Dominican Republic) to Boston, and include Weir's system for labeling the barrels (March 20, 1760) and his reports on the amount of molasses shipped aboard particular vessels. Weir often reported prices in "pieces of eight" (Spanish dollars). He commented on price differences between Monte Cristo and Boston, as well as on his monetary affairs in Massachusetts, including financial support for his mother (April 28, 1760). Weir frequently mentioned merchant Josiah Newhall; one letter notes that Mrs. Newhall "has arrested Capt. Malcom" on account of undelivered molasses (May 1, 1760).
John Weir, a merchant, lived in Boston, Massachusetts, in the mid-18th century, and worked with Thomas Savage, also of Boston. In the spring of 1760, Weir traveled to the Caribbean port of "Mounto Christo" (Monte Cristo, Santo Domingo, now the Dominican Republic) to oversee exports of molasses to Massachusetts. Weir married Mercy Osborn in Boston on October 22, 1755.
