We had the plesure of writeing you the 31st Augt to which refer. Since then have not recd any of your favours. we wrote you in our last we would remitt your ballance as Soon as we recd the Amt your Salt, but on Makeing out your Acct this day, we find we are only 1/7 in your Debt. as P Acct Annaxed, and we have not yet recd the Amt of the Salt Sold here, but Expect it in a few days as it is now Some time due. all Communication between this and Hallifax Cut off. therefore think it Necessary for you to write Mr Thos Cochran of that place about your Salt, as we have never heard a word from him since we Sent it to him.² our business is all at a Stand As there are Neither Exports nor Emports. and the prices here are Merely Nominall. Wheat 3/ a 4/ flour 12/ very little purchasd or Sold Ex[change] 66⅔ & likely to rise if there was a probability of Matters being Settled Soon  now is the time to Make A purchase and put it in Store, but of that you must be A better judge than we Can here. We Cannot write you any Polliticks  if we did our letter would be Stopped. as opportunitys are Scarce we are obliged to Send this by the packet. we shall have an opportunity in Decr and when that is over we know not when there will be Another. we wish to hear from you ー