Balt[imor]e 8t Septr 1775
Sir
Yours of the 10t June lays now before us, we are Sorry the Bristol Market was glutted Capt R carried the Cargo of Corn & flour must have arriv'd at that time there. yours of the 6t April we never recd 'twas impossible it Should arrive in time but 'tis extraordinary it Should have miscarried. Hope your friends may have order'd it to Lisbon where it would have Yielded a Handsome profit. we hope when Trade returns to its usual Channell that we may be able to do Something to mutual Advantage, We are now advising our friend Mr Hugh Young of this place to address a Snow he has ready to Sail to you,2 but are at a Loss not knowing what your Charges for forwarding are. ー As 'twill be out of our power to write or receive your Answers we beg you'll render an Accot Sales & Accot Currt for the Union's Cargo3 to Mildred & Roberts. if Oppty Should offer we expect to hear from you. Our J.S. begs his Comps to Mrs Fox. We wish you all Happiness & are Sir [&c.]
1. Smith Letter Book, MdHS.
2. Ibid., the snow Baltimore, Captain James Clark; see Smith to James White, September 12, 1775.
3. The brig Union, 85 tons, David Ross, master, which cleared from Annapolis May 20, 1775, for Bristol, with a cargo of 4764 bushels of wheat and 263 barrels of flour. See Appendix A, Volume 1, 1370.
