Gentlemen

Your design of sending Vessells with Cargoes to the Foreign West Indies for the Purpose of purchasing Arms and Ammunition, has been communicated to me by my Friend, Mr Hooe ー

Embolden'd by his Advice, and prompted by an unfeignd Affection for my Country, I would wish on this Occasion to make a tender of my best Services to it, through your Honours ー And to this end I would propose, if you consent, to go out with the Flour Mr Hooe is purchasing here for Account of the Province; to exchange it in the Islands for such Articles as you may Order, with which I would immediately dispatch the Vessells home, and then fix my Residence there in whatever Port you judge most proper for executing your further Commands, should you have any wherewith you might be pleased to entrust me. ー

I am a young man, it is true, and of a slender Capital, but I trust of a Character unexceptionab[le] for which, if you chuse to make enquiry, I would beg Reference to Mr Hooe, a Gentleman for whom I have long transacted Business, and who knows me well. Nor shall I deny that I promise myself some personal Advantage from this Business: And when your Honours come to consider the Hazards of the Voyage with the great Expence I must necessarily incur in the Negociation of you[r] Affairs, I doubt not of your allowing me a generous Commission. ー If, in Consequence of this, you should think fit to employ me, I have only to add that you may on all Occasions, rely on my steady & faithful A[tten]tion to your Concerns: ー and that I am with the utmost Respect. Gentn [&c.]