Plymouth 15th Jany 1776 ー
Dear Sir
I receivd your favour of 1st instant desereing me to take into cust[o]dy, & give rect for a quantity of wine purchased by your[self] of Mr John Salter of Philadelphia ー 2
I have agreeable to your derections, taken delivery of 5 pipes wine, & have given him my rect for the same, have it safely stored & will deliver it to your order when you shall please to send for it ー I have numbered the casks from 1 to 5 & have taken the wants which you have below ー I am sir [&c.]
William Watson
1. Joseph Trumbull Papers, ConnHS.
2. The wine from the cargo of a vessel cast ashore at Eastham on Cape Cod about November 1, 1775. See Moylan to Watson, November 18, 1775, Volume 2, 1065.