My dear frindー

These will in form you of my arovall hear the 9 Instant after lucking at Martiniqua Guadloop St Eustatius & could Not obtain one pound of molasses² under 6 Livers pr lb  I could had the kings store oppend at bearster [Basse Terre] Guadloop & had wat quantey I would perviding I would a given 130 Jons³ pr thousand ー thay take the advanteadg of our Necessety  Mr Jenings wass at Portrico Wen I arovd at Statia, & on that acompt I could not gat my money Changd which I am afeard the consequance Will be grate  varey lettel molasses to be had at Statia and a fine of 1000 gdrs & 3 mounths Imprisenment if aney dutch Merchat . . . in Statia should dispose of one pound to aney New England men pupleshtd at the Hage the 22d March 1775 ー the said fine or act is in full fours through out all the dutch & dienish West Indys

Martiniqua entierly dreend of molasses. the last wass Sold at 5½ Livers pr lb  Cap fransway⁴ ー Stoars and Kings Magerzens is trouley dreend on acompt of the greater caul for it. the last wass Sold at the Cap at 4 Livers pr 1b and Verey ould  I take passeadg to morrow for Port au Prince & gave grate Incureadgment of Suckcess thear & at pettey gavoner [Petit Goave], the South Side of this Island and I make no maner a dout but I will purchous my goods at 30 pr Cent les than aney that saled a bout the time I did, & be you a shoard that there is not a man in this world that will in deavour for prudant dispach then I will ー the ned, Sir, for candels at present not grate, 3 Livers pr lb and no wanted hear  it is soposd thear is not les than 5000-bars of Sparmsety [Spermaceti] candels in the mole unSold  Capt Foulser [Folger] from Nantucket arovd hear yesterday with 1700 boxes ー every coind of perveshions in grate planty hear grate part of the Macarones pork of the last Voyage un Sold yeat ー I have Sold Staves at 200 Livers pr thousand & had thay bin good could got 250 Lis which is all I have sold of the Macarones cargo ー as yeat  I under stand Capt Jonathan Leeds in the Schooner defiance Anchd in hear with a short passeadg from America with a cargo of horses bound to Lugan [Leogane] which is in good demand there or hear  Molasses is Varey plantey hear at 20 Johns  by this time you have reced the Black Joke as I under stand She has bin Saled about 4 weeks  I am Varey much dispointd that Capt [John] McKibbin had not left letters  if he did they have not bin delivd  I am apt to think he did  I have onley Receivd ourselves word for wat qnty of pervisions is left in their hands unsold ー which I hope thay will prove honnest men ー I have decierd my mate to Write to you, in my abstance, at all safe opertunetys as you can not Exspect to have many from me ー be pleased to take care of my dear wife & children in my abstance  my best Respects to your spouse fearther mother Tim &c. ー and am Sir [&c.]