Sir

Your most esteemed of the 14 Instant from Paris we have duely received. We Obsere that you are of the same Opinion with us to Postpone the sending of the Elisabeth & her Cargoe, till the first of September next, to which your advise we have resolved to adhere and herewith we remitt you a Copy of the Agreement we have passed wih Captn John Palmer which we bagg to peruse and give us your Abrobation. you'll Observe that Captn Palmer being intitled to receive Five Pounds Sterling each Day of Demeurage we have Consented to allow and Pay him here his and his Vessell maintaining Charges wch we have Valued to Three Pounds Sterling The Other Two Pounds to be Pay'd him in America, by that Mean his return Cargoe will not be so much lessened. on All which we shall expect your Abrobation and Consent Mean time shall Keep the return Cargoe ready to be shiped, the Chief Articles are to be Blankets and Course Cloth, very litle being to be found here we have been Obliged to Order it in the Fabricks of our Neighbouring Province of Languedoc, and hope to have the whole ready towards the beginning of next Month, about which time hope to be favoured with your Answer.

The Elisabeth Cargoe out of N york is all sold and the Neat Produce will be about £36000.

as to Imploy the said Vesell under French Collours in those Seas untill the 1st Septber the time being so short it would not be practicable, besides the Heavy Charge which would Accrue from such an Oparation renders it imposible, if Some french Man of war should be ordered out of the Streight Mouth and a Permission Obtained for Captn Palmer to follow 'em under french Collors, he might by that mean guet Clear of more than half the Danger. we leave the whole under your farther Consideration and bagg to favour us with an Answer as soon as possible. there is two Engs [English] Fregatts Continualy Cruising in the Streight Mouth Stoping and Searching all the ships. A Dutch Captn Arrived last weeck reports that he has been Visited by one of them the officers of wch told him that they had taken two America Vessells bound for the Continent out of a french Port in the Mediteranean we are much aprehensive it is Captn Robinson and Captn Waldron, who sailed from this Port last Month. We hope Capn Palmer of the Elisabeth will share a better fate, the Days in the Month of September being much shorter and more Windy he has a much better chance of passing free. We are most respectfully Sir [&c.]

Mr Silas Deane in Paris
[Superscribed] Monsieur Silas Deane chez Messs Germany Girardot & Co À Paris
[Endorsed]... recd at Paris Augst 7th & answerd...