Sir
You will be pleased to insure 3002 sterling on 32 hhds of my Tobo on board the Marlborough, George Dawson, Master exclusive of Premium & Policy &c. I have insured very low for the Times, but as I believe the risque is trifling, I am not willing to spend money unnecessarily in Premiums. I shd suppose Tobo will sell for any Price the Importer may think proper to demand for I am afraid the Prospect of a reconcilement is very remote, so remote, & the Evils impending over us so manifold, that I am become quite melancholy, when I think of publick Affairs, I shall put 8 hhds, I expect, on board Clarke, & will write you fully by Dawson.
