W Breck, Tare and Trett

W Breck, Tare and Trett Tare and Trett. Gross weight is the weight of a Commodity with the weight of the hogshead Cash Chest Box Wrapper or any thing else that contains the Goods or any Quantity given in hundreds Quarters & pounds in Gross weight. Tare is an allowance made by the Seller to the Buyer, For the weight of the hogshead Cask Chest Bag &c wherein the goods are contained & is sometimes reckon'd at so much pr Bale Bag Barrel Chest &c/ Frett is an allowance of tt/4 upon every tt104 suttle claimed by Freeman of London & sometimes to others also & this is allow'd for waste & dust and on some sort of goods as on Tobacco, Spices, Drugs, &c__ Cloff is an allowance of 2tt Weight upon every Draught above tt3 Weight, to a Citizen of London.__ T Neat weight is what remains when allowance is deduced.v March the 20 1787__ Writer W Breck Date written 1787 Paper 21cm x 17cm; 8 in 6 3/8 in, ivory unlined Pen Book Penmanship Style Collection Courtesy Dartmouth College Library File name W Breck 17xx-001-001-001