Four Old Letters from Demerara, 



IHE writer of the following letters was WiLLlAM 

 Parkinson, owner of Pin, Grove, Mahaica, 

 and his correspondent in Boston, Gakdiner 

 Greene, whose name is perpetuated in Greenfield in 

 the same district. They were written at two very critical 

 periods in the history of Demerara and are well worth 

 preserving. We have to thank Mr. JOHN PARKINSON 

 of Boston for the loan of the original letters : — 



Dear Greene, — I wrote you on the 14th August and 

 sent duplicates ^ different opportunities via Barbados. — 

 Nothing very interesting has happened since, in our 

 political way remaining much as you left us, we are looking 

 out every Day for Colonel KINGSTON who is appointed 

 our Governour. — We have vessels in plenty to take in 

 Freight, but the inhabitants still as backward in ship- 

 ping. — Little ot any provisions have arrived here since 

 you left Barbados, and begin to be very scarce, the Bar- 

 bados Merchants make a fine Hand of it in draining 

 their stores of the relicks of their old Goods, by the 

 demand here, they also do very well by selling their 

 worst worthless lazy Negroes, not above 300 New ones 

 has been yet exported from there, owing to a scarcity, 

 otherwise the great Prices would well induce them. — 

 Produce remains as you left us. Sugar 3 st, Cof!i, 4 st, 

 Cotton 14 st. Rum iC @ 18 st. — I have made another 

 purchase of CLEMENT and RiCHES of 50 or 60 Hhds. 

 fish, which expe6l to .urn out something handsome by, 

 but am very sorry to tell you the poor Betsey loaded w**. 

 9 Hhds. of it, 4 Boxes Candles and about 750 (lbs.) Rope 



