| Description | These letters primarily concern the day to day management of the Farmer & Galton gun manufacturing business and include detailed information about the manufacture and supply of guns, the fulfilment of orders placed by individual merchants, and difficulties with employees in Liverpool and elsewhere. Some letters contain references to the firm's interest in ships engaged in the triangular trade between England, the west coast of Africa and the West Indies. Another major theme, particularly in the later letters, is the financial situation of James Farmer and the effects on the firm of Farmer & Galton of his bankruptcy in 1755. Summaries for some of these letters are provided on the reverse. |