Sir

I Was yesterday On Bord the Brig friendship With Capt [John] Martin and John Crokket She is Very Leeky and Must Bee hove Down at any Rate, to Stop the Leeks, shee has Never Been Corkd Since shee Was Lanst [Launched], and as shee Must have a Over hall Would itt Not Bee Best to fit her for See and Send her Out with a Bout 14 hands and 4 or 6 of her Smallest Guns and in that Case shee Will Carry from 60 to 70 hhd of Tobaco, With Sum Bread and flowr, for at Present the Whole Vesell is Taken up to a Coma Date the Men With Rooms and Platforms — shee will Want 3 Co[i]lls of Riging and a Repair of Saills thene Will Bee Wanted I New Cabble But shee should Purchase that in the West indias and a Hevier anker — and to Bee Cork'd from her keell to her back if this is thought Best to Put her in Order and Lode her it is No Matter how Soon But Pleas Excuse this freedum as it is Done By the Requ[es]ts of Mr Crokket Otherways I should taken the Brig Out of Martins hands as By you[r] Direc­tion But Mr Crokket told Mee you thought of fiting her Out But Was Told By Martin that shee Could Not till shee Was Cut in Two Which is a Mean Joke for Sartin it is that shee has Made Voiges and Can again ² from [&c.]

Pleas Excuse this freedum and if Shee is to Bee Laid up With a plan to take Care of her it shall Bee Emedatly Done On the Next Notis, Tobaco here 40/ shillings Inspected —

she is Not Laded till the Capes is Clear it Will Not Bee Done in time But have her Over hald and Loded and when there is a Open at the Capes then Push for it But Must Leave this to your Better Judgment

J:H