I am sorry by Your Last 2 to find that the Vessel Must be Delay'd unless We Raise the Price of flower to 13/ [However] as Our Businss Will suffer by Not Hurr[yin]g her [illegible] off With the Utmost Dispatch I now Acqua[i]nt you that we have the Consent of the Council of Safety to [ra]ise the Price for the Remainder of Her Cargo if it Cann[ot] be got Under I am &c
C C
Annap[oli]s Jany 19 1776
To Mr Hers Courtenay Mercht Balt Town
1. Red Book, XIII, Md. Arch.
2. Courtenay's letter of January 16, 1776.
