Sir.
I Congratulate you on the Success of the Cruse, alltho I had the Missforting to be Taken.2 the Scenes I went through, I have not Time to Tell you, at Present, however at the Risque of my Life I Made my Escape, and Got Safe to Philada whare I waited on the Merine Commte who Recd me Very Genteele, and Told me I had Done well to Git my Liberty So Soon, they ast me Sone Questens, Conserning you, I Gave them Sattisfactory ansers, which I will Tell you when I have the Pleasure of Seeing you,
When I Made my Escape I was ablige to Leave Chest Bead Cloaths Books Instrements, &c which abliged me to Call on the Committe for a Little Contiroro, they Told [me] to Go to the Pay Master, and Git what I wanted, I being very Moddest onely ast for about fifty pounds, which they Readily Paid me, I ast for my accot which they Gave me, and I found Twenty Pounds 2/6 Charged me Deleverd to Capt John Paul Jones. I Told them it was a Mistake, and to Convince me Shew me your Recpt I Left it So, & Told them it was very Good, if I Ever Saw you aGain, they Told me they Could not Pay it aGain, wheather I Did or not — Excuse me Sir, if I Tell you that it was a Neglect in you, and of Some Conciquence to, for you not, To Tell me, that you had Recd that mony becaus I Should have Left it on Shore, and not Risqued it at Sea, — no doubt you well Remember you Sent me Twenty Dollars from Philda to Chester and I Returned you Six at Cape may, — you Told us that what we Paid to wards Stoores, Should be Ree Paid us —
Mr Wm Hopkins 3 Caried in his accot for his Part which, was Cast out with Disdain — I Could not find any way to Git it — I Shall Take it very kind if you will Let me Know how it is, and Send me, the Ballance by first opertunity, you think Safe, Pleas to Derect to me in Providence to the Care of Capt David Lawrence —
Now I will Tell you Some thing, that Prehaps you young Batcholers, my thing Strang, that is to Take wife these hard Times, 'but I asure you that it is a Grand Step, towards Soften[i]ng them, therefore I have Made that Leep, and Made Choyce of the one, that you Called the I Dol of my affections, who is now with me the Little angels at Salem are waiting for you Mrs Grinnell Begs you will Excuse her Boldness She will Give you Letters to Some Ladys that She is Sartain will be very aGreable to you and them —
Mrs Grinnell Joynes in Compliments to you I am Sir [&c.]
Ps I Shold not have wrote you about the Mony, but I under Stand I Shall not have the Pleasure of Seeing you here this Cruse, and if one of us falls in this Glorious Caus I Shall Loose it, and faith I Dont See but we are to Loose all wee have been fighting for —
To John Paul Jones Esqr
Commander of the Ship Alfred Boston
