Lot 31873 – 1777 Entire sent by private ship to a wine merchant in Madeira, datelined internally

1777 Entire sent by private ship to a wine merchant in Madeira, datelined internally at end of message « Montserrat / July 13th 1777 », with message talking about receiving butts of wine from St. Kitts (« the expense is so high that we must not have them sent that way again ») and alternate routes through Jamaica or Antigua (« That island being to the windward of this archipel(?) can run down with it in five or six hours. They are sometimes 2 or 3 days in coming from St. Kitts »), with « bishop » arrival ds and « PORTSMOUTH / SHIP-LRE » hs, ms « 10 » rate, fine