Sirs/

I Sent you By a Vesell yester Day 100 bbls of Bread and 18 Casks of Powder for Colonall [Robert] Hooe and a gread With the Bote to Carry your Salt But she went to the Point to Take in the Salt as I thought But Went of[f] Without taking it and I fear Much to your Pregudis But you May Depend that it shall Come With the Next Bot Wee are Going On as Well as Wee Can I hope the Resolution Will Bee With you Sunday Next and the Skooner frendship By the Middell of Next Week the Brig 2 is hove down and Redy for flowr the Buchers are Salting the Beef the Sales are Making for Such as Want Small Saills and thing are Going Toler[a]ble But the Consumption of Cash is Grait With So Many Sundry things Doing — Pleas Send a Sum of Mony By the Barer Capt [William] Stone I Will Doe all I Can for you and Remain [&c.]

I thought you had Staves But Can find None to Dunnage the Vesells With am forst to By them

[Endorsed] By Capt Stone