Dear Sir!

Be pleased to receive yr sales for 8 hhds of Tobo recd P the Friendship Roman nt proceeds £50.14.10 to yr credt which I hope will please as you may be assured of my utmost endeavors to get the best possible price for you & dare say these sales will at least, equal what you get from other houses. Tobo has risen here very much lately & I do expect the price will be higher still, but as this advance arises chiefly from yr agreemt: to stop the exportn; it ought not to operate in Virga to break that engagemt; & the surest way to prevent any murmurings on that head, is to cease the cultivation for one year at least, which will be attended with this good consequence that every person will have more time & leisure to cultivate & manufacture materials for necessary cloathing, without which, it will be difficult to persevere in the noble contest you are engaged in for the preservation of yr Liberties. You have a Magazine &c inclosed that will shew you, America has some warm friends here, but still your chief dependance shd be on yourselves ー I hope my ships will this year will meet with your warmest assistance for which you will always receive my grateful acknowledgemts & shall ever remain &ー