Jacob Barker letter to Thomas Rotch, New York 8 mo 20th 1813

Jacob Barker discusses merinos, their increasing demand and price. He states that he has had an application for fifty merino bucks at thirty or forty dollars each to be sent to a buyer in Kentucky. He asks Rotch for an account of the number of animals are on hand. Full blood bucks were worth $25 each at New York in 1813, Barker will try to get $40 and even $50 at market. 8" x 9.8" (20.3 by25 cm