We parted very civilly, and I chose as manager my servant, John Faulkner.
This is not a history of my trading ventures, or I would tell at length the steps I took to found a new way of business.

I went among the planters, offering to buy tobacco from the coming harvest, and to pay for it in bonds which could be exchanged for goods at my store.

I also offered to provide shipment in the autumn for tobacco and other wares, and I fixed the charge for freight--a very moderate one--in advance.

My plan was to clear out my store before the return of the ships, and to have thereby a large quantity of tobacco mortgaged to me.

I hoped that thus I would win the friendship and custom of the planters, since I offered them a more convenient way of sale and higher profits.