June 27th 1814 BARNEY VICTORIOUS!, Deserters, and Sales - Baltimore Patriot

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Sunday Night , 9 o'clock.

            We stop the press to publish the following interesting information, just received from our correspondent at Benedict - - Nat. Int.

            BENEDICT,  JUNE 26

            Sunday morning 6 o'clock

            "There has been since day–break they continued firing in St. Leonard's creek.   Having been this morning on a high hill above this place, I have both seen and heard it.

            The mass of several very large British vessels are distinctly seen with a glass over the land which intervenes, and the smoke of every gun is visible as it rises above the trees.

            We are in fear for Barney, the British having been greatly reinforced, as appears by the number of vessels there. On the first news which reaches us of the results, I will write you."

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Postscript No. 2. 

BARNEY VICTORIOUS!

Patriot office, 3 o'clock Monday.

            We have just seen a gentleman from St. Leonard's Creek, whose date, that

On Sunday morning Com. BARNEY attacked the enemy, consisting of a razee and frigate, and after an action of one hour and a half, compelled them to set sail and stand down the River —  the Commodore then come [sic] out of St. Leonard's Creek and stood up the Patuxent.

            On their way down, off point patients, the British part Dr. Somerville's house. The British were set fire to three times by hotshot.— Three killed and eight wounded on board the Flotilla.

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MARSHALL'S SALE.

                                        United States,

Maryland District.

By virtue and pursuance of an order to me directed, from the Hon. James Houston Esq.  judge of the District Court of the United States, in and for Maryland District, will be exposed to Public Sale, at the lower end of Frederick–street Dock, on FRIDAY, the first day of July next, at 11 o'clock, for cash,

The Schooner

MIRA,

her Tackle, Apparel, and furniture, as she now lives.

THOS. RUTTER,  Marshall.

June 24

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SALE BY AUCTION.

On TUESDAY, the 28th inst. at 10:30 o'clock, at the Auction Room head of Frederick Street Dock—

A Variety of Dry Goods,

And at 12 o'clock,

10 pipes French Brandy (high proof & well flavoured, warranted pure, as imported)

50 cases Old Claret, imported in 1810

11/2 pipes Teneriffe Wine

15 cases Martinique Cordial

five have pipes Madeira Wine

12 hhds Muscovado Sugar

50 bags St. Domingo Coffee

10 tierces fresh Rice

three chests Hyson Skin Tea.

                                    Wm. VANCE & Co, Auc'ts

June 25

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Charitable Marine Society of Baltimore.

The Stated Yearly Meeting of this Society, for the election of officers, collection of dues, and the transaction of other important business, will be held on MONDAY, the 27th instant, at 7 o'clock, P. M. At Pamphillion's Hotel, Fell's Point.

            Punctual attendance of the members is respectfully requested on this occasion; and the payment of all arrearages and dues is most earnestly solicited.

            By order of the Pres.,

NATHANIEL KNIGHT, Sect.

June 23

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50 Dollars Reward.

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DESERTED on the 23d inst. in full uniform, which he may have since changed, WILLIAM HUTTON, born in Cumberland county,Penn aged 27 years, 5 feet, 10 1-2 inches high, fair complexion, grey eyes, black hair and by profession a Shoe Maker, but is fond of driving horses, and has been hired for a siege driver; as a mother and several relatives in Baltimore, where it is supposed he is now lurking. The above reward will be given to any person who will take up said deserter and deliver him to the commanding officer of this place, or by any other officer to whom he may be delivered, who commands a post, Garrison or district.

                             F. EVANS Capt. Art.

Fort M'Henry.

June 24

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100 DOLLARS REWARD.

On Friday Evening, t10th inst. a White Trunk marked G. Paul, Baltimore, with leather straps buckled on each in, was missed from our store, containing very valuable Goods.

            It may have been delivered to some person in mistake, in which case a generous reward will be given for its return, if required; but is stolen and any of the articles enumerated below offered for sale, we caution the public against purchasing them, and offer a large reward for the chief if convicted of the act, or $100 for the recovery of the goods— contents as follows:

22        India Mulmul embroidered Dresses

16        do                    do        Children's Frocks

7          pieces colored cambric Shawls

2 1-2   do 8-4 Levantine Shawls

5          do embroidered        do        do

8          doz. Ladies' short white Kid Gloves

6          do        Silk Handkerchief

3          band–boxes fringed playing Ribbons, Nos. 3,4, and  4-7

1          band–box Silk Cords, 35 pieces.

                        WM. M'DONALD & SON.

            The National Intelligencer, at Washington will please copy the above eight times, daily.[1]

                       

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[1] Baltimore Patriot, published as Baltimore Patriot & Evening Advertiser.; Date: 06-27-1814; Volume: 3; Issue: 151;Page: [3]; Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Column six right side of page complete trasncribed by John Peter Thompson, 25^th June 2014

For Sale in Baltimore June 21, 1814: Glazier's Diamonds, Claret, Sugar, &c.

Glazier's Diamonds, Claret,

                Sugar, &c.

4 doz Glazier's Diamonds,

20 casks Claret,

60 boxes      do

 6 bhds  Muscovado Sugar,

30 casks  Allum,

 5 pipes Cogniac [sic] Brandy,

            St Domingo Coffee, Sugar of Lead [1], and

            China Vermillion

                        for sale at No. 9 Spear's wharf

            ALEXANDER MITCHELL.

June 21                                               [illegible][2]

Glazier's Diamond - Advertisement Jun 21, 1814
Baltimore Patriot & Evening Advertiser

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[1] Smithsonian.com:  

"Lead acetate, also known as sugar of lead, is a salt that (ironically) has a sweet flavor—a fairly unusual quality in poisons,  which are more likely to taste bitter, signaling to the taster that they are unsafe for consumption. The ancient Romans used the compound—which they called sapa—to sweeten wine, and the aristocratic segments of the population could toss back as much as two liters a day (about three bottles’ worth, although wine was usually diluted with water). There is debate as to whether the wine alone could have produced the traditional physiological effects of lead poisoning, such as organ failure, infertility and dementia—the little things that help facilitate the fall of an empire.

Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/sugar-of-lead-a-deadly-sweetener-89984487/#f5AbIkpEscoFw31h.99

[2] Baltimore Patriot & Evening Advertiser.; Date: 06-21-1814; Volume: 3; Issue: 146; Page: [3].

Transcribed by John Peter  Thompson, 21 June 2014.

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[2] Baltimore Patriot & Evening Advertiser.; Date: 06-21-1814; Volume: 3; Issue: 146; Page: [3].

Transcribed by John Peter  Thompson, 21 June 2014.

Sure Sign of Spring - Garden Seed for Sale - Georgetown, Feb. 26, 1814

Ott & Bunyie,
Vegetable Seed for Sale
February 26, 1814
Federal Republican Newspaper
Georgetown, District of Columbia

GARDEN SEED.

The subscriber has just received, a General

Assortment of

FRESH GARDEN SEEDS,

AMONG WHICH ARE,

Early York                                          CABBAGES

Battersea                                                        "

Drum- Head                                                   "          

Green & Yellow Savoy,                                 "          

Early Short- Top & Salmon RADISHES

Solid and Red CELERY

Double PARSLEY, Red BEAT

PARSNIP and CARROT Seed

White and Brown ONION

Early and Late CAULIFLOWER

VEGETABLE OYSTER

MIXED ENDIVE, LETTUCE

EARLY CUCUMBER- all of which have

been tried, and found to vegetate.

He has on hand, as usual,

a large and General Assortment of

DRUGS, PATENT & and OTHER FAMILY

MEDICINES

CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS

PAINTS, OILS, DIE STUFFS,

PERFUMERY, SPICES,

HAVANA SEGARS of a superior quality &c.

All of which he is disposed to sell on the lowest terms.    JOHN OTT.

                                                                                                                        Chemist and Druggist.

N.B. For the accommodation of his friends

and the public, he keeps his Fountains of

SODA & ROCHELLE WATER

running during the winter.

Georgetown, Feb. 17.  co18t

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GARDEN SEEDS, &c.

            The subscriber being executor on the estate

of the late Thomas Main, Gardener, near

Georgetown, has for sale at his store, opposite the post office, Georgetown,

            Beans and Peas of different sorts

            Early York and other Cabbages,

            Turnip, Onion And a variety of other Garden seeds

                        Also, at the Nursery

some thousand plants of the Pirate cancer

Hedge Thorne, a variety of Fruit Trees

Purple Each, Paper Mulberry

Catava, Chinese Arborvitae

Honey Locust, Flowering Bushes, &c.

                        WILLIAM BUNYIE [sic].

February 15 - co[3]t*[1]

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[1]  Federal Republican; Date: 02-26-1814; Page: [1]; Georgetown, District of Columbia.

Transcribed by John Peter Thompson, February 26th, 2014.

Thomas Main, a gardener from Scotland, settled in the District of Columbia around 1804. His nursery may have been the earliest in the District of Columbia.

"In 1805, Thomas Jefferson ordered 4,000 thorns from the Thomas Main nursery to plant at Monticello as a live fence.Main called this particular species the "American hedge thorn" and it grew abundantly around Washington." quoted from the website - Washington Hawthorn at http://www.monticello.org/site/house-and-gardens/washington-hawthorn 

Imprisoned for Failure to Repay Debt in 1813 Maryland - John Ball of Prince George's County Petitions for Release from Prison

Maryland — Prince Georges [sic] county, to wit[1]

Application being made to me the subscriber, in the recess of Prince Georges county court, as an associate judge of the first judicial district of Maryland, by petition in writing of John Ball of Prince Georges county, praying for the benefit of the "Act for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors" and the supplements thereto, on the terms mentioned in the said acts, a schedule of his property and a list of his creditors on oath, as far as he can ascertain them being and next to his petition, and the said John Ball having satisfied me by competent testimony that he has resided in the state of Maryland two years immediately preceding the time of his application; having also satisfied me that he is now in confinement for debts, and praying to be discharged therefrom. I do therefore order and adjudge that the said John Ball be discharged from his imprisonment, and that by causing disorder to be inserted in the National Intelligencer, weekly for three months successfully before the first Monday in April next, give notice to his creditors to appear before Prince Georges county court on the first Monday in April next, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said John Ball should not have the benefit of the several acts as prayed. Given under my hand this sixth day of October 1812.

                                                            DANIEL CLARKE.

            January 1 ..w3m [2]

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[1] Debt, failure to repay a loan, was a serious matter in Maryland during the colonial, revolutionary, and Antibeluum periods in Maryland. Failure to repay could and did result in imprisonment.  Any attempt to explain Maryland's confusing, complicated, complex, contradictory and inconsistent insolvency and bankruptcy laws is beyond the scope of a mere footnote. In a very real sense much of Maryland's political history is the tale of relations and resulting tensions between creditors and debtors. Those who lent and those who borrowed were at odds as to personal, social, ethical and moral responsibilities. When criminal fraud was layered upn economic inability to repay a loan, penalties and punishment quickly became entangled.

In the decades immediately following the founding of the English colony of Maryland by the Calvert family, the role of creditors was firmly established. Legislation was introduced as early as 1637 to address default on loans. A debtor could find his future labor indentured to his creditor or creditors. In other words he would become bound contractually to work off the debt. Almost at once, debtors asked for relief. For example if a debt was called in during the growing season and the debtor physically held so that he could not plant, cultivate and harvest his crop of tobacco, it then stood to reason he could in no way pay off his financial obligation to the creditor that had brought legal claim against him.

Conditions of imprisonment for debt could be extreme in Prince George's County as well as the rest of the State of Maryland. In 1731, the General Assembly order an investigation of debtor's prison conditions and the treatment of prisoners by the county sheriff, Richard Lee.  . On Friday July 23, 1731,

"Mr Ralph Crabb in Obedience to an Order made at last Sessions of Assembly Ordering him and Mr Edward Sprigg to repair to the Gaol of the Sherriff of Prince Georges County and to Examine the Prisoners Concerning their being beat & abused by the said Sherriff Return to the House the Depositions of Several prisoners by them taken with a Recognizance taken of the said Sherriff for to keep the peace & be of Good Behaviour.(Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, May, 1730-August, 1732. Volume 37, Page 237).

see also:  Volume 37, Page 118 "Whereas this House is Informed that Mr Richard Lee Sherrif of Prince Georges County hath during the Sitting of this Assembly beat and Abused Some Languishing Prisoners in his Custody and threatned others with Cruel and Severe Usage for Petitioning the Assembly for their Liberty and this House having taken the said Information into Consideration and being of Opinion that if the Same be true such Treatment is inhuman Cruel and a Violation of the Libertys of the Brittish Subject as also an Insult on and a Violent breach of the Priviledges of this House. It is Ordered and Resolved by this House that Mr Ralph Crabb and Mr Edward Sprigg Justices of the Peace of Prince Georges County and Members of this House Repair in some Convenient time to the Gaol of the said Sherrif And in his the said Sherrifs presence Examine' the prisoners and such other Persons as Can Inform them of the Truth of the Complaint made against the said Sherrif and return the Examinations to be by them taken to this House the next Session of Assembly in Order to be Considered, and if they find the facts Charged Against the said Sherrif to be true that they Cause him to Enter into Recognizance with Sufficient Suritys to be of good behaviour and to keep the peace in the Interim with all the good people of this Province Especially to the said prisoners."  

By the end of the Proprietary government and the establishment of the State of Maryland the contours of credit versus debt; Senate versus House of Delegates; specie (coins and precious metals) versus paper money;  Federalists versus Democratic-Republicans (Anti-Federalists or Jeffersonian Democrats); restrictive property requirements for voter qualifications versus universal enfranchisement for western European males; the Potomac Valley, Georgetown, and Bladensburg versus the Patuxent River planters, Baltimore merchants, and the Chesapeake watermen; - were shaping the political discourse and the history of Maryland.

  

[2]  Daily National Intelligencer; Date: 02-12-1813; Volume: I; Issue: 37; Page: [4]; Location: Washington (DC), District of Columbia.

Transcribed by John Peter Thompson, February 12^th, 2014

Church's "Organic" Skin Care Lotion for Sale at G & R Waite's in Baltimore 1814

Baltimore Patriot & Evening Advertiser.; Date: 02-10-1814;
Church's Skin Care Lotion
G & R Waite''s, Baltimore 

FACE and SKIN.

JUST received at G. & R. WAITE'S Truly Fortunate Lottery Office and Stationary Store, corner of St. Paul's lane and Market-street [Baltimore, Maryland, USA]—

a fresh supply of

Church's Genuine Vegetable

LOTION;

which effectively and speedily cure all eruptions and humors in the face and skin, particularly the following, viz:

Freckles— Shingles— Temples— Blotches—Tetters— Ringworms— Tan—Sunburn—Prickly Heat— Redness of the nose, arms, &c.— Scorbutic and Cutaneous eruptions of every description.[1]

               This Lotion is excelled by no other in the world. It has been administered by the proprietor for several years in Europe and America with the greatest success. By the ample application of this fluid, might and morning, it will remove the most rancorous and alarming scurvy in the face. It is perfectly safe, yet powerful, and possesses all the good qualities of the most celebrated cosmetics, without any of their doubtful affects. It is therefore recommended as a certain and efficacious remedy, and a valuable and almost indispensable appendage to the toilet, infinitely superior to the common tra[s]h — Cream drawn from Violets and Milk of Roses! Suffice it however to say, it has been administered to many thousands in the United States and West Indies, with the greatest and most unparalleled success, and without even a single complaint of its efficacy. A small bottle at 75 cents, will be found sufficient to prove its value.[2]

               †‡†A few bottles of CLOUT genuine Durable Ink for Writing on Linen with a pen, may be had as above — price 50 cents.[3]

               april 29[4]

              

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[1] TETTER :  any of various vesicular skin diseases (as ringworm, eczema, and herpes).SCORBUTIC:  of, relating to, producing, or affected with scurvy. CUTANEOUS :  of, relating to, or affecting the skin. © 2014 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.

  

[2] about $7.55 in 2010 dollars.

[3] about $5.16 in 2010 dollars.

[4] Baltimore Patriot & Evening Advertiser.; Date: 02-10-1814; Volume: 3; Issue: 34; Page: [4]; Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Transcribed by John Peter Thompson, February 10^th, 2014 

RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the night of the 13th inst. 1814, a Mulatto Woman called BETSEY COLE

FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.[1]

               RAN AWAY from the subscriber on the night of the 13th inst. a Mulatto Woman called BETSEY COLE, aged about nineteen years; she is uncommonly handsome and has long black curly hair; and carried with her a blue striped country cloth frock, a drab cloth shawl and other clothing.  Also went off at the same time a Mulatto Boy, named LEWIS, about 17 years old;  he has a conspicuous mark under his right eye, occassioned by the kick of a horse, which has blackened the skin; he has black curly hair and is very small for his age — his clothing consisted of a drab great coat, one pair mixed cloth pantaloons, a brown over jacket and plumb colored coatee —  Twenty dollars will be paid for either of the above runaways if taken without this district and ten dollars if within it.

                                                                           ALEXANDER MOORE.

               Alexandria, Jan 21 _ [?][2]

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[1] $40.00 in 1814 was equal to appr. $413.00  in 2010.

[2] Daily National Intelligencer; Date: 02-09-1814; Volume: II; Issue: 345; Page: [1]; Location: Washington (DC), District of Columbia.

Transcribed by John Peter Thompson, February 9th, 2014.

Groceries for Sale in Baltimore February 1814 - STILLES & WILLIAMS

Sugar, Tea and Coffee.

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The subscribers are selling Sugar, Tea and Coffee, with an extensive variety of Groceries at prices much below what speculation had advanced them to — Apply to

STILLES & WILLIAMS,

Corner of Market and South streets [Baltimore, Maryland, USA]

Who have on hand,

A few bags of old Java Coffee

200 bottles Lemon Juice (in fine order)

20 qr. [?] casks Teneriffe Wine

2 puncheons Old 4th proof Spirits [1]

50 bags Bordeaux Almonds

A few dozen bottles Japan Soy (a scarce and highly esteemed Catsup)

10 kegs pure Ground Ginger

100 boxes Mould and Dipt Candles, all sizes

and warranted to burn well

Spermaceti and White Wax do.

10 kegs Sweet scent Chewing Tobacco,

(that will be sold very low)

White and Yellow Soap in boxes

Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves and CAssia

10 boxes best Fig Blue

A few bottles India Curry (much admired and very scarce)

A few doz. Jars Pickled Oysters

India Straw Passage Matts

Burgundy, Claret & Vin de Grave

in cases of oe doz. bottles

Maderia [sic] and Port Wines in bottles and

on Tap, of choice quality

With a number of other articles, all of which will be sold at fair prices

Jan 19 [2]

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[1] 1 puncheon = 318.226432 liters

[2] Baltimore Patriot & Evening Advertiser.; Date: 02-07-1814; Volume: 3; Issue: 31; Page: [3]; Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Transcribed by John  Peter Thompson, February 7t^h, 2014.

Playing Cards for Sale, Baltimore, Maryland, February 1814

Baltimore Patriot & Evening Advertiser. 02-07-1814
Playing Cards - Advertisement

PLAYING CARDS.

The subscriber has for sale, a few boxes of

Eagle

Harry 8th

Eagle Merry Andrew

Merry Andrew and

Highlander

of the very best manufacture, which will sell on the usual moderate terms.

As usual,

Miscellaneo[us] and School Books, Bibles, Testaments — Writing Paper,Pen-Knives and other Stationary Articles.  Country orders put up.   JOSEPH ROBINSON,

Printing Office and Book-Store, 96, Market-st.

               Sept 17 [1]

An uncut sheet of eighteenth-century French playing cards.
 © 2014 The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 

 

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[1] Baltimore Patriot, published as Baltimore Patriot & Evening Advertiser.; Date: 02-07-1814; Volume: 3; Issue: 31; Page: [4]; Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Transcribed by John Peter Thompson. February 6^th, 2014.

Margaret Adams - Estate Sale 1814

PUBLIC SALE.

                On SATURDAY, the 18th day of March next, will be exposed for sale, all the remaining SLAVES late of MARGARET ADAMS, deceased — amongst whom are several valuable men and women servants.  Also, several Cows and Young Cattle, together with a Horse, a Sow, and all the Household Furniture, Farming Utensils, &c. &c. belonging to the estate.

              

               The sale will be at the house lately occupied by Margaret Adams in Bladensburgh; to be peremptory, and for cash, on delivery.  Any person wishing to purchase any part of this property at private sale, will please apply to RICHARD T. LOWNDES, ESQ. of Bladensburgh, who is authorised [sic] to dispose of the same, any time prior to the public sale.

                                                            BENJAMIN ARMITAGE.

               fEB. 3                                                                              CO19T* [1]

              

              

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[1]  Federal Republican; Date: 02-07-1814; Volume: VIII; Issue: 1097; Page: [1]; Location: Georgetown, District of Columbia.

Transcribed by John Peter Thompson, February 3^rd, 2014.

Mrs. E. Rose, Jun. offers for Sale: "ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, WREATHS, TRIMMINGS, &c." February 2, 1814

MRS. E. ROSE, JUN.

FROM PHILADELPHIA.

               Respectfully informs the Ladies that she has always on hand an elegant assortment of

ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, WREATHS,

TRIMMINGS, &c.

Of a superior quality, for sale, on reasonable terms, near the Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Washington city.            Jan 28 [1]

"Silk flowers are an exquisite beauty"
Alicia Hodkins 2012

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[1] Daily National Intelligencer; Date: 02-02-1814; Volume: II; Issue: 339; Page: [4]; Location: Washington (DC), District of Columbia.

Transcribed by John Peter Thompson, February 2^nd, 2014.

BtB1814 WHOLESALE PRICES for HOME and FARM MERCHANDIZE January 22, 1814

Baltimore Price Current
01-22-1814
Baltimore, Maryland.

Beyond the Battle of Bladensburg 1814   WHOLESALE PRICES for HOME and FARM MERCHANDIZE[1]
Articles.	Per	Prices.		Remarks.	Duties.
ALUM[2]....                              .........	cwt.[3]	....	....	scarce	Free
Almonds, soft shelled...	lb.	..25	....		4 cents per lb.
Anchors.......................................	-	..10	.. 11		3 cents per lb.
BREAD, ship, per 100..	lb.	..  ..	..  ..
— navy .........................	—	5..	..  ..
— pilot .........................	—	6  50	..  ..
BEEF. Northern mess ..	bbl.	13  50	14 ..	} nominal
—  cargo No. 1 ...........	—	11 50	12 ..
—  do.     No. 2 ...........	—	10  ..	..  ..
Bacon .........................................	lb.	..  ..	..  ..	none
Butter, for, exportation		..20	..25	scarce
Brimstone, roll	cwt.	..  ..	—  ..
COCOA, Carracas ...........	lb.	..  ..	..  ..		6 cents per lb.
—  island .......................	..  ..	..  ..	..  ..	} none	do.      do.
COFFEE, Batavia ............	lb.	..  ..	..  ..		10 cents per lb.
—  Bourbon	—	..  ..	..  ..		do.      do.
—  W.... best green	—	..  30	..  ..	} nominal	do.      do.
—  Ditto common	—	..  25	..  ..		do.      do.
Copperas[4]  .....................	cwt.	..  —	..  ..
Copper, Eng. sheathing	lb.	..  60	..  65	scarce	Free
—  American  do.	—	..  60	..  65	none	3 cents per lb.
COTTON  W. I. island..	—	..  ..	..  ..
—  Louisiana	—	..  30	..  32	} nominal
—  Georgia upland	—	..  28	..  30
—  Sea Island	—	..  ..	..  ..
Currants, Zant ................	—	..  ..	..  ..		3 cents per lb.
CORDAGE, Baltimore ...	—	..  15	..  17
—  Russia ....................	—	..  ..	.. 12		5 cents per lb.
—  Hempen Yarn	—	..   12	..  13
Chocolate	—	..  ..	..  —
CANDLES, mould .........	—	..   25	..  ..
—  dipt.........................	—	..   20	..  ..
—  Spermaceti[5] ........	—	..   60	..  ..
CHEESE, American .....	—	..   19	..   20
—  English (best)	—	..  ..	..  ..		14 cents per ib.
COAL, pit, foreign......	bu.	..  ..	..  ..	none	10 cents per bushl
—      do. American	—	..   95	1  ..
Cigars, Spanish ...........	1000	8  ..	16  ..		100 cents per 1000
DUCK[6], Russia. 1_3 ....	blt.	10   ..	42  ..	} nominal	} 27  1-2 p c ad.
—  Holland, 1sy quality	—	..  ..	..  ..
—  Ravens .........................	—	20  ..	.. ..
British Canvass ...............	yard	..  ..	..  ..
Russia Sheetings ............	pc.	25  ..	27  ..
FISH, cod, dry ..................	qut.	..   50	5  ..	scarce	100 cts per qnt
—  salmon ....................	bbl.	—    ..	..  ..	none	200 cta per bbl
—  herrings (new) .....	—	..  —	5  50		80 cts. per do.
—  mackerel .................	—	..	—    ..	none	120 cts per do.
—  shad	—	9  50	10  ..	scarce	80 cts. per do.
FURS, beaver ...................	lb.	3  ..	4  ..	} nominal
—  fox ...............................	skin	..   50	..   75
—  bear ...........................	—	1	3   ..
* FLOUR, suprf. wharfe	bbl.	6  25	..  ..	} nominal	} * store prices
—  do. W. C'try	—	6  25	..  —
—  fine ..........................	—	5  75	.  ..
—  middlings .............	—	..  ..	..  ..
—  rye ...........................	—	..	..  ..
FLAX-SEED, rough ...........	bu.	..  80	..   85
—  cleansed ..................	csk.	..  ..	..  ..
Flax ...................................	lb.	..   16	..   16	scarce
GINSENG ............................	—	..   37	..   40
Gunpowder, English ...	25lb			none	8 cents per lb.
Do. Baltimore manufac.	—	17  ..	18  ..
GRAIN, Indian corn ...	bu.	..   70	..   75	(new) 65.
—  wheat, Virginia ..	—	..  ..	..  ..
—  do Maryland,	—	1  25	..  ..
—  rye ...........................	—	1  ..	..  —
—  barley .......................... Virg	—	1  25	..  ..	scarce
—  clover seed ................	—	..  ..	..  ..	} out of season
—  hemp seed .................	—	..  ..	..  ..
—  oats	—	..   60	..   75	}
—  peas	—	1   ..	..  ..
GLASS, Hamb'g 10 by 12	box	16  50	17  ..		320 cents per
—   Boston ..       8 by 10	—	..  ..	..  ..	none	100 square feet
—   Baltimore    8 by 10	—	15   ..	..  ..
HEMP, Russia, clean .......	ton.	350  ..	..  ..		200 cents per cwt.
—  country dew rot	lb.	..   10
—     —     water rot	—	..   14	..  ..
Handkerch'fs Bandanna	pc.	8  50	9  ..	}         nominal	27 1-2 p cent ad
—————— Madras	—	7  50	10  ..		do.           do.
Hops, fresh .....................	lb.	..   30	..  ..
Hides, dried ...................	—	..  ..	..  ..
Hogs, lard .......................	—	..   13	..   14
IRON, pig ...........................	ton	40   ..	45   ..		27 1.2 per ct ad va. [?]
—   country bar ............	—	130  ..	140  ..
—   Russia .......................	—	125  ..	..  ..		do.           do.
—   Swedes, best ..........	—	125  ..	..  ..		do.           do.
—   hoop ..........................	—	155  ..	160  ..		2 cents per lb.
—   sheet .........................	—	240  ..	260  ..		3 cents per lb.
—   nail rods ..................	—	140  ..	150  ..		2 cents per lb.
—   castings ...................	—	95   ..	100  ..		50 1 2 per ct. ad
INDIGO, Calcutta ..........	lb.	..	..   —		50 cents per lb.
—   Flotant ..................	—	—	..   —		50 cents per lb.
—   New-Orleans ..	—	2  ..	..  ..	none
LEAD, pig ...................	cwt.	25   ..	..  ..		2 cents per lb.
—    bar .....................	—	..  ..	..  ..		do.           do.
—    sheet .................	—	—     ..	..  ..	none	do.           do.
——   white dry  .....	—	24   ..	..  ..	}         nominal	4 cents per lb.
——   ground in oil	—	25   ..	26  ..		do.           do.
Leather, soal  ..............	lb.	..  ..	—     ..		-2 pr ct. ad.
Lemons, Lisbon .........	box	..  ..	..  ..	none	32 1-2 pr. ct.
LUMBER ......................[7]	C . t.	..  ..	..  ..	}nom'l  [8]	[9]
oak timber & scant[10] ...	—	1  75	..  ..
—   boards, all sizes	—	1  75	2  ..
Pine, scantling do.	—	1  25	1  50
—   boards 4-4 .....	—	1  50	..  ..
—       do.      5-4 ....	—	1  50	2  50
White do. com.  4-4	—	1  50	..  ..
—        do. clear 4-4	—	2  50	..  ..
Shing. cyp/ 18 inch	—	..  ..	..  ..	} none
—        junip. 24 do.	—	..  ..	..  ..
—         do.   com. do.		..  ..	..  ..
Staves W. O.  pipe	—	50  ..	..  ..	}nominal
—       do.     hhd.	—	35  ..
—       do.     bbl.	—	14  ..
—       R. O.  bhd.	—	8  ..
—       do.     hhd.	—	16  ..
MOLASSES, Havana ..	gal.	..  ..	..  ..		10 cents per gall.
—    Trinidad, &c.	—	..  ..	..  ..		do.        do.
—    Sugar-House —	—	..  ..	..  ..
MEAL, corn, kiln dried	bbl	4  25	..   ..
Madder[11]	lb.	..	..   ..
NAILS; from 8 to 20d ..	lb.	..    9	..   12
Nankins, short[12]  ...................	pc.	..  ..	..  ..		32 1-2 per ct ad va
NAVAL STORES, tar .............	bbl.	6   ..	..  ..	}nominal [13]	}
—    pitch	—	..  ..	..  ..
—    turpentine (soft)	—	4   50	5   ..
—    rosin ..........................	—	..  ..	..  ..
—    spirits turpentine	gal.	1   50	..  ..
—    varnish, bright ......	—	..   50	..  ..
—    ....... black ..	—	..  ..	..  .
OIL, Florence, 30 flasks	case	12	12  50		32 1 2 p. ct. ad.va.
—    Bordeaux 12 bttle ..	—	12   ..	15   ..		do.           do.
—    whale, common ..	gal.	1   25	..  ..
—    spermaceti ...........	—	1   75	2   25
—    linseed, foreign  ..	—	..  ..	..  ..		32 1-2 p. ct. ad.va.
—       do.    American	—	..  ..	..  ..
—    liver ........................	bbl.	..  ..	..  ..	none
OCHRE, yellow, dry  ..	cwt.	3   ..	5  ..	nominal	2 cents per lb.
—    ground in oil  ..	—	10   ..	..  ..		3 cents per lb.
PORK. northern mess  ..	bbl.	25    .	..  ..	}nominal[14]
—    prime .......................	—	20  —	..  ..
—    cargo .......................	—	—   .. .	..  ..
—    Baltimore navy.	­—	22   ..	..  ..
—    ..................  prime ....	—	20   ..	..  ..
—     Ohio mess  ....	—	..  ..	..  ..
—     ....     prime ....	—	..  ..	..  ..
Piece Goods (Indian)	rupe	..  ..	..  ..	nominal	27 1-2 p. ct. ad. va.
Plaster Paris (cargo pr)	ton	..	..  ..		16 cents per gall.
PORTER, London[15]  ......	doz.	..   ..	..  ..	none	16 cents per gall.
——     American ....	—	..  ..	4  ..	Botles included
RAISINS, Malaga  .. —          bloom ....   } fresh —          muscatel	csk.	14   ..	..  ..		3 cents per lb.
	box	6   50	—		4 cents per lb.
	—	7   ..	..  ..		4    do.
RICE,                           per 100	lb.	..  .	..  ..
SOAP, American, white	—	..   15	..  ..
—       ditto brown  .....	—	..   11	..   12
—       Castile ................	—	..  ..	..  ..		4 cents per lb.
Snake Root, black[16] ....	—	..   50	..    ­—	none
Salt-petre, rough Amer.	—	..   33	..  ..
——            refined	—	..   50	..   35
Spirits, Brandy Fr.  4th p	gal.	..  ..	..  ..		64 cents per gallon
——      Cogniac       4th p	—	..  ..	..  ..		64   do.              do.
——      Barcelona,  1st p	—	..  ..	..  ..		50  do.               do.
——              do.         4th p	—	..  —	..  ..		64   do.              do.
——      GIN, Holl.      1st p	—	..  ..	..  ..	none	56  do.               do.
——      do.                 4th p	—	..	..  ..	}  [17]   nominal	58  do.               do.
——      do.   Baltimore.	—	..  ..	..  ..
——      do.  in cases	—	.    ..	..  ..
——      RUM, Jam.     4th p	—	..  ..	—  —		64   do.              do.
——      St. Croix   3 & 4  p	—	..  ..	..  ..		56 a 64 cts p.   do.
——      do. Antig. 3 & 4  p	—	..  ..	..  ..	scarce	56     8a              do.
.........      Windward  }   2d ——      Island               3d	—	..  ..	..  ..		50     do.
	—	..  ..	..  ..		56     do.
——      Baltimore       4th	—	..  ..	..  ..
——      WHISKEY        1st p	—	..   70	..   72	} [18]
——     Apple Brandy ..	—	..  ..	..  ..
SUGARS, Havana white ....	cwt.	25   ..	—  ..		6 cents per lb.
—         ..............   brown	—	23  50	24   ..		5                   do.
—         clayed white ....	—	..  ..	..  ..		6  do.  do.   do.
—         ............  brown  ..	—	..  ..	..  ..		5          do.   do.
—         Muscov.[19]  1st qual	—	25   ..	— ..		5  do.  do.   do.
—         Louisiana  ...............	—	..	..
—         India  1st quality	—	..  ..	..  ..		5 cents per lb.
—        loaf............................	lb.	..   34	..		15      do.
—        lump ........................	—	..   32	.		13  do.      do.
SPICES, Cinnamon  .....	lb.	12   ..			10 cents per lb.
—        Cloves ..............	—	illegible	illegible		10 cents per lb.
—        Cassia  .............	—	..	..  ..		cents per lb.
—        Ginger, rase[20]	—	..  ..	..  ..		32  1-2 cents ad. va.
—        Do.        ground.	lb.	..	..  ..		Do.
—        Mace[21]  ..............	—	..	..  ..		250 cents per lb.
—        Nutmegs  ..........	—	..	..  ..		100 cents per lb.
—        Pepper ...............	—		..  ..		12 cents per lb.
—        Pimento [Jam.]	—	..	..  ..	}nominal	do.       do.
SALT, St. Ubes[22]  .........	bu.[23]	..  ..	..   —		} (FREE.)
—        Lisbon ..............	—	..	—  ..
—        Cadiz  ................	—	..	..  ..
—        Liverpool, blown	—		..
—        ..................  ground	—		..
—        Turk's-Island[24]	—	..	..  ..
—        Isle of May[25]	—	..  ..	..  ..
STEEL, Lon.cwly no. 3	fag.	..  ..	—  ..		200 cents per 100 lb.
—        German,       per 100	lb.	..	..		do.
—        London blistered	—	..	..		do.
—        Country    do.	cwt.	..	..  ..	}nominal	do.
Shot, American all sizes	—	..	25   ..
SKINS, deer, in hair  ......	lb.	..	..  ..
—        Red  .....................	—	24 lb	..   25
—        Grey ....................	—	..  ..	..  ..
—        Goat skins  ........	pc.	..   60	..   75
TOBACCO, Maryland  ..	cwt.	..  ..	..  ..		*Second qualities of Patuxent, are dollars less. Potowmac & Eastern-shore dollar less.
—        fine yellow   *1st	c.lb	..  ..	..  ..
—        Up. Patuxent 1st	—	4   ..	6   ..
—        Lr. Patuxent 1st	—	3   ..	4   ..	}nominal
—        Potowmac 1st	—	3   ..	4   ..
—        Eastern shore 1st	—	..  ..	..
—        Virginia fat ..........	—	8   ..	10   ..
—        Do.              middling	—	..	..   ..
—        Rappahannock ..	—	..  ..	..  ..
—        Kentucky  ...........	—	6   ..	7   ..
TEAS from China
—        Bohea .................	lb.	..  ..	..  ..		24 cents per lb.
—        Souchong .............	—		..  ..		36 do.     do.
—        Hyson skin ..........	—		..		40 do.     do.
—        Young hyson ........	—	..			40 do.     do.
—        Hyson .....................	—	..			64 do.     do.
—        Imperial ...............	—		..		64 do.     do.
Tallow, American  ....	—	16	..   17
Tin, block ....................	—	—	..
—   in plates	box	..	..	scarce
WOOD, logwood, bay  ..	ton	..	..	} nominal
—        Campeachy[26] ......	—	..	..
—        Fustic[27]  ................	—		..
—        Lignumvitæ[28]  ....	—	..	..
—        Nicaragua .............	—	..  ..	..	none
—        Brazilletto[29] ...........	—	..  ..	..  ..
—        Mahogany, bay  ..	ft.	..  ..	..  ..	none
—        St. Domingo  ........	—	..   20	..  ..
—        Redwood, bay .....	—	..  ..	..  ..	none
WAX, bees  .......................	lb.	..   25	..		27 1-2 pr ct. ad va.
WINES, Madeira,  L.  P.	gal.	4   ..	4   50		116 cents per gall
—        Do.             L.  M.	—	3  50	..	}nominal	100   do.    "       do.
—        Do.       N.  Y.  M.	—	..  ..	..  ..		100   do.         do.
—        Lisbon ...............	—	..  ..	..  ..		60       o.          do.
—        Sherry  ..............	—				80      do.   "   do.
—        Corsica  .............	—	..	..  .		46      do.         do.
—        Teneriffe  .........	—	..	..		50      do.         do.
—        Claret  ..............	doz	..	..		70      do.         do.
—         Do.    new  ......	csk	..	..  ..		46      do.         do.
—        Malaga  ............	gal.				56      do.         do.
—        Port	—	.   ..	..		60       do.          do.
Wool Fleece	—
MERINO, full blood	lb.	1   50	1   60
—        crossed  ....	—	..   87	..  ..
Common, country	—	..   55	..   65
Skinners ..............	—	..   65	..   70

Ø  An addition of 10 per cent. upon the duty is exacted on all goods, ware and merchandize, when imported in foreign vessels; and all articles subject to duty, imported int7o the United States, not having been landed more than one year, are allowed a drawback on the duties, subject to deduction of three and one half per cent. except spirits, which is half cent. per gallon, and 1-2 per cent. on the mount of the Duties.

Ø  TARES allowed at the Custom-House:- On sigar in boxes, 15 per cent. --do. in in casks 12 per cent. --do. in bags or mats, 5 per cent. -- coffee in casks, 12 - bags 2 - and in bales 3 per cent. _ Cotton, in bales 2- and in seroons, 6 per cent._ Cocoa, in casks 10.. and in bags 1 per cent - Cheese in boxes 20 per cent. - Peper in cask  12_ in bales 5 - and in bags 2 per cent. - Leakage on Spirits 20 per. cent.

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[1] Baltimore Price Current; Date: 01-22-1814; Issue: 546; Page: [1]; Location: Baltimore, Maryland.

Transcribed by John Peter Thompson, January 2014.

[2]  Alum - "a double sulfate of of ammonium or a univalent metal (such as sodium or potassium) and a trivalent metal (such as aluminum, iron or chromium): it is used as an astringent, as an emetic and in the manufacture of baking powders, dyes and paper; the commonest form is potash alum (potassium aluminum sulfate)." Staff Report From The Straight Dope Science Advisory Board. April 23, 1999. [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1397/what-is-alum-and-will-it-make-someones-mouth-shrink-like-in-the-cartoons ]

[3] Cwt. or 'Hundredweight is a "unit of measurement for weight used in certain commodities trading contracts. In North America, a hundredweight is equal to 100 pounds and is also known as a short hundredweight. In Britain, a hundredweight is 112 pounds and is also known as a long hundredweight."  © 2014, Investopedia US, A Division of IAC. [http://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hundredweight.asp ]

[4] Iron(II) sulfate or ferrous sulfate is the chemical compound with the formula FeSO4. It is used medically to treat iron deficiency (anemia.), and also for industrial applications. such as the manufacturing of inks and pigments. Ferrous sulfate has been known since ancient times as copperas, and, as green vitriol [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron(II)_sulfate]

[5] Spermaceti, "a wax, liquid at body temperature, obtained from the head of a sperm whale or bottlenose whale. Spermaceti was used chiefly in ointments, cosmetic creams, fine wax candles, pomades, and textile finishing; later it was used for industrial lubricants. The substance was named in the mistaken belief that it was the coagulated semen of the whale. The fluid contained in the spermaceti organ of the whale’s head was removed to obtain crude sperm oil. The spermaceti was separated from the oil by chilling in a process whalers called wintering; it congealed as a white crystalline, waxy solid. Chemically, pure spermaceti consists principally of cetyl palmitate and other esters of fatty acids with fatty alcohols and melts at about 44 °C (111 °F). The former official unit of illumination, the candlepower, was defined as the light given off by a candle of pure spermaceti burning at a rate of 7.776 grams (120 grains) per hour." ©2014 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/559400/spermaceti ]

[6] Duck is "any of a broad range of strong, durable, plainwoven fabrics made originally from tow yarns and subsequently from either flax or cotton. Duck is lighter than canvas or sailcloth and differs from these in that it is almost invariably single in both warp and weft, or filling. The fabric, in its various qualities and colours, is used for an enormous variety of goods, including tents, wagon and motor hoods, light sails, belting, mailbags and other bags and pocketings, and clothing; the plural form is used colloquially for trousers made of the material. Russian duck is a fine white linen canvas." ©2014 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. {http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/172928/duck ]

[7] the entry LUMBER and the next 15 entries are braced vertically  "BOARD MEASUREMENT"

[8] "Cargo prices." written vertically after brace.  "Duties." column to the right has a brace with no legible words or amounts

[9] "Duties." column to the right has a brace from "LUMBER to junip. 24 do."  with no legible words or amounts.

[10]  Scantling is defined as "a small piece of lumber (as an upright piece in house framing)."  © 2014 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated/ [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scantling ]

[11] Madder (Rubia tinctoria) is a "natural dye herb. It was used by the ancient Persians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans and virtually everyone until the early twentieth century." Elaine Dow. A Short History of Dye Plants . The New England Unit of The Herb Society of America. [http://www.neuhsa.org/dyeplant-history.html ]

[12] The author thinks this maybe a type of cotton cloth from China.

[13] Brace from NAVAL STORES to ­— liver followed by nominal

[14] "—Ohio mess" after pork remarks brace, the word none

[15] Porter The word dates "back to London in the early eighteenth century, and the beer has seen fame around the world, from Ireland to the USA and Australia. It was the dominant beer style in London for quite some time, and takes its name from the street and river porters of the city who carried goods around the streets." © Copyright Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C. [http://www.fullers.co.uk/rte.asp?id=63 ]

[16] May refer two one of two plant species. Black cohosh or black snakeroot, Cimicifuga racemosa, is widely used in herbal medicine for women. "Native Americans used black cohosh to treat gynecological and other disorders, including sore throats, kidney problems, and depression. Following the arrival of European settlers in the U.S. who continued the medicinal usage of black cohosh, the plant appeared in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia in 1830 under the name “black snakeroot”. In 1844 A. racemosa gained popularity when Dr. John King, an eclectic physician, used it to treat rheumatism and nervous disorders." Actaea racemosa. Wikipedia. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actaea_racemosa ] Snakeroot, Aristolochia spp., has been "cultivated for medicinal use since the at least the middle ages when it was used as a birthing herb. It was also used in early America in adjunct to quinine to promote perspiration and break fevers, and treat snakebites." © 2005 - 2014 Annie's Remedy. [http://www.anniesremedy.com/herb_detail410.php ]

[17] Remarks brace runs from Salt-petre refined to Windward

[18] Brace from WHISKEY to ¬—lump followed by nominal

[19] Muscovado is a "type of unrefined brown sugar with a strong molasses flavor. It is very dark brown in colour, and slightly coarser and stickier than most brown sugars. Unlike most brown sugars, which are composed of refined white sugar with molasses added, muscovado takes its flavour and colour from the sugarcane juice it is made from. It offers good resistance to high temperatures and has a reasonably good shelf life. The unrefined sugar goes well with coffee and other beverages. Muscovado is well known for its distinct flavourful taste and is also known to be the purest form of sugar. It is completely free from any harmful chemicals such as phosphoric acid, formic acid, sulphur dioxide, preservatives, or any flocculants, surfactants, bleaching agents or viscosity modifiers." Muscavado. [http://muscovadosugar.webs.com/ ]

[20] Race-ginger - in the root; not pulverized  Nuttall's Standard Dictionary of the English Language: Based on the Labours of the Most Eminent Lexicographers. 1914. P. Austin Nuttall, Ed. F. Warne. Publ.

[21] The spice mace is made from the hard seed-case of the nutmeg plant, Myristica fragrans.

[22] Setúbal is a port city in Portugal   In the 19th century, the port was called St. Ubes in English and St Yves in French. St. Ubes salt is manufactured from the neighboring salt marshes of the river Sado. St. Ubes, Or St. Elbes Setubal.   [http://chestofbooks.com/reference/American-Cyclopaedia-11/St-Ubes-Or-St-Elbes-Setubal.html#.UuV6vRAo4Uc ]                                                                

[23] "Cargo prices" written vertically for all SALT entries in the Per. column.

[24] Salt Cay is the second largest of the Turks Islands, one of the two island groups forming of the British territory Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean.

[25] Islands of the Forth, which include the Isle of May, are a group of small islands located in the Firth of Forth and in the estuary of the River Forth on the east coast of Scotland.

[26] Campeachy logwood Haematoxylum campechianum

[27] Perhaps Chlorophora tinctoria

[28] Lignum vitae is a trade wood, also called guayacan or guaiacum,[1] and in parts of Europe known as pockholz, from trees of the genus Guaiacum. This wood was once very important for applications requiring a material with its extraordinary combination of strength, toughness, and density.Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignum_vitae ]

[29] braziletto  os a"very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia  echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of  Caesalpinia braziliensis and Caesalpinia crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto, but the better kind is also frequently so named. The wood is also used for violin bows." [http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/braziletto ]