Dear Sir

Agreable to your Directions I have taken all the Flower that is come to hand paid ⅓ frt wich is Customary from N York to this Port ー a Small Sloop Load Mr [Thomas] Mumford has taken and paid the Skipper 1/6 frt by whose order I know not & is Shipt it for the West Indias his giving 1/6 has made sum trouble among the others that brought ー shall Send it up to Norwich as Soon as the River Opens ー The Powder I Mentioned to have Arived att the Eastward is Near Four Thousand & the Governour has given me orders to Deliver it to Governor [Nicholas] Cook[e] att Providence I hope [soon to have Sum more all Accots from the West Indias Agree that a Great Number of our Vessels are safe arrived] Dunmore on Board his Ship ー hope our Navy will Soon give sum Accott of him. I am Dear Sir [&c.]