Middletown Novbr 19th 1776
Sir/
I Wrote to Aquaint you that I have Taken two blls of Your Pork for the Ship 2 Which was in Tewels Store Capn [Dudley] Saltonstall Desires that I would have You Send Down Some Coffee and Sugar and Chocolate if yoµ have Any for the Ships Stores Round to New london What Other he wants I shall Endeavor to Gett here, and the above if they are to be Gott here if they Are they [are] Extravagant the prices Being high, as people are So Exceeding high in their prices they Know well Nott to ask if you have any Spare Bags I Could wish you Would Send Down ½ Dozen as the Ship Wants them and the Capn Mentioned itt To Me I am Sir With Regards [&c.]
John Cotton
NB The Ship Must Goe away this Week if the Tides Rises
yrs J—C
1. Barnabas Deane Papers, ConnHS.
2. Continental frigate Trumbull.