Dear Sir

The Bearer in the Sloop Macaronia has on Board fifty One Hogsheads and Eleven Terses of Mollasses and four hogsheads of Cocoa which Despose of for my Accot and hope Y oul Save the Duty's in the Cocoa I have Drawn on you in favour of James Tilley for One Hundred & Eighty Pounds York Currancy & in Favour of Thomas Allen for Eighty Pounds York Currancy pay Twenty Days. I want Five Hundred wt of Powder, fifteen Hundred Flints and Eighteen Hundred weight of Lead and beg Youl be Careful in Shipping it in Some of the Small Boats. I Expect Capt [John] Chapman in with a Load of Melasses Very Soon which I shall Send Immediately Down without Unloading. I hope youl be Able to Send me four or five Hundred-Pounds by [Peter] Rogers, and if there is Any Good Boards you may put as many On Board as he Can Conveniantly Take and Six Cask of Ship Bread  we have no further News from the Eastward only that there is Thirty Thousand Provential Troops in the Neighbourhood of Boston, the Communication between the Town & Country Intirely Stopd and I believe its our Intention to keep it so. I think its now high time that all the Tory Party should be Made to be Silent Our generall Assembly Setts Tomorrow and I pray God Almighty to Direct them to Adopt Such Measures as will be for the Interest of America. I Am [&c.]