Mr Pliarne,
Dear Sir,

We have the Pleasure to forward your Letters from France with our Wishes that the Intelligence the[y] contain may be agreeable, — That you may see the State of our Correspondence with your House we inclose Copy's of the Letters rec'd from them — The two Large Ships with Lumber & Spars will sail soon, but the utter impracticability of engaging Seamen in this Town has hitherto prevented our dispatching the Ship Adams — This together with the extreme danger of the Navigation, three British Men of War being in our Bay, & many others on our Coast, has induc'd the Board to suspend for the present, any further Speculation in Navigation, which they determine to reassume the Moment a favourable Opportunity presents We are with Regard & Esteem, Dear Sir [&c.]

By order of the Board,