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I wrote you the 12 Inst Since then I Have Recvd yours of the 1st November Inclosing Fords order.² but shall not write him untill I find whither I can get a Vessell or not  wheat can be got but not less than 7/2 a 7/3 as we cannot go on the Road to Purchase for Want of the Necessary, on Rect of this You will find how our Friends have disapointed themselves by Limmiting us I have rec'd a letter from Gaussan, Anderson & Atkinson,³ the purport you already know, you may be assured if Vessels can be got, I will Compleat Fords orders & Shaud Gaussans Brig Come I suppose She must be Loaded. I have now on Board the Hope 160 Hdds, 400 Barrels, & I hope to get her away in Eight days if the River keeps open. I have already wrote You I must draw on G[eorge] D[arley] for What I ship on our own Acct & be sure You make the Necessary Provision for them, as Yet I have not drawn for one penny, but must soon & if the Vessel is not Froze up I make no doubt of the Cargo Arriving in Time to put GD in Cash to pay the Bills  I shall Insure the amount of What I ship for ourselves in Philaa  I suppose G. D. will hold a Part, therefore refer You to him as I have wrote him fully  I shall write You Soon  be sure Inform your Northern friends the State of our Markets as I have wrote but few of them  there will be large Quantitys of Flour to Ship in the Spring as the Roads are very Bad & little Comes to market