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You having the Command of the Sloop Polly bound [for] St Estatia our orders are that You Imbrace Every Oppertunity you passably Can to Gain your passage their by going out Secunnet way, and on your Arivel their Dispose of the Cargo for the Most you Can provided you Can purchass Gun Powder, or in Lue their of Salt Peter with about 15 lb of Sulpher to Every 100 lb of Salt Peeter, Good Fire Arms Good Double Bridled Gun Locks & Lead, Or if these Articals are Not to be had Lay the whole Neet proceeds out in Roushie Duck or in Lue of part their of Ticklingburg and ozinbriggs, and proceede Back to this place as Soone as passable Either by Stopg at Stoneg Town or at aney harbor on the Eastern Shore from Secunnitt to Bedford or by Runing Directly to this Town, by Coming in by Nite Secunnit way as the wind may permit of if none of the above Articals Can be Got to the Amount of your Cargo, You are to procede to aney other of the French or Nutral Islands you may think best, but we hope you'l be able to Lay out the whole in St Estatia in Duck if not in Powder &c Nessessary You'l Do Every thing in your power to Accomplish the Voyage as Soone as You passably Can ー

Your Commn for Doing the Whole Buisiness of the Voiage is to be 5 PCt Vizt 2½ for Sails & [illegible] for Returns

[Endorsed] Ben. Comstocks Orders ー