[Baltimore] 1st March 1775
[Extract]
We had the pleasure of writing you under the 8th of last Decem a Copy of which you have Annaxed; to which plase be Referd. since then have Recvd Sundry Copys of your orders for Wheat to our G. Salmon, and note the Contents. we find it Impossible as yet to get a Vessel for your port. had it been in our power, we would had one of your Cargoes of Wheat well on the Way to you however if any Vessel should offer be assured we will not miss getting her. the Brig that was Chartered in Dublin not yet Arrived if she does come we hope she will have no salt in, if she has salt we cannot tell what will be done with her and it, but be assured we will act for you as if it was our own. if she was hear clear of the Salt we should soon have her loaded
1. Woolsey and Salmon Letter Book, LC.