Dear Sir,

Your Fav^r. under y^e 1 Ins^t. came to hand last Evning pr Post, as you make no Mention of the three Friends Cargo, I suppose my Letter under 13 May had not reach'd you, tho it was due, two Days before your last Date, the Commissary for purchasing Cloathing from Rhode Island State, has been waiting, here to make a large Purchase but as your former Letter¹ forbid me doing any thing I shall not touch y^e Goods 'till I receive further Orders—the Navy Board² has taken Charge of y^e Cargoes which came in Cap^ts. Green³ & Nicholson⁴ & have parted with a considerable Quantity but on shewing your former Letter to M^r Warren⁵ they declined parting with any more. M^r Warren told Me he saw an Impropriety in the Boards taking Charge of ye Goods and said the Whole ought to be put into my Hands, but as they sold a part, I told him, I thought it best to let them rest where they where, The Henrietta's⁶ ready to sail having a Cap^t. ready to step on Board when I know your Pleasure, the Ship is completely overhaul'd that when they arrive at Carolina⁷ they will have nothing to do, but to take out their Ballast & load. We have been in Pain about M^r. Adams,⁸ hearing he was carried to England, but we have a Certainty of his Arrival at Paris, When will the Enemy leave your City, we have been strangely amus'd for ten Days past by many Accounts of their removing from it.⁹ God grant you a peaceful Possession of it again & very soon—I'm yours &c