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Gentl

I recd your Mr Pliarne favr of the 4th Sept & one singd by the Co of the 16 Oct wch Came under Cover to the Govor —The Contents of both Observe, One of Our Vessels Capt Craford is Arrivd safe,² The Other Capt Avary [Samuel Avery] we dayly look for ³ We find by the Accots hrot that Oil is very low in France & that its Attended with a Grait Duty wch if it is Not taken of[f], that Article wont by Any Means' Anser without it Was Practicable to Enter it for Exportation without payg the Duty & So to reShip it for the London Market wch is the best, or sum Other On Our Accot & Resque & the Nt proceeds May be Negotiated by Bills of Exchg & whither the Policie of London would Admit Oil from a foreign Market we know not if this Could be done, & your Hous would Advance to the Value of the Oil till a return of remitance from London or whereever it was sold, it would do, Your House Might be safe in the Advance As the Oil May be Insurd to Market of this you Will Consider & Write us emediatly as we have a large cargo of Oil by Us ...

Vessels may be purchasd here on very reasonable Terms as there has been many Prizes sent in —

In the last pararaff of yrs of 16 Ulto you Say thus to "Acquaint Me with the Price of the Wa & if it is passable to find Grait Quantities in your States" Now what the Article is you Meand to Enquire after we dont know by the letters Wa, if you Meand Wax there is No large Qty to be got here . . .