Dear Sir

Your Obliging favours I have Rec^d so often Since I have Bin here that I Blush when I think of it. Therefore shall apologize no farther But Procead to give you the News here.

Our Vesel is not yet Launch^d, Owing to our Carpenters And the confution the draught has made in this Quarter.¹ Nor nether can I tell you when she will but am in hopes in three weeks we are makeing sails but have no rigging For Shrouds, but am in hope all will be ready by the time That the Hull is done, this is Now one of the worst Places in Virgi^na. to gitt out of for two man of war Blocks up the Place² there was two Sloop burnt of Hampton Creek the Other day³ & the third narowly Escaped Which Fielding Lewis & C^o. Own^d half off which was Sold by George Kelley& C^o. For £3800 she is a very Fine Sloop & Commanded by a Very Cleaver Fellow she got in the Creek after a Very hot Engagement atackted by 6 Barges—I Expect to be Compleatly fitted shall mount twenty Swivels if can gett them I gave £302 for two Parr⁴ that came from the Man off warr the Other Day, so that if you come a Cross any Pray Buy them It will take a most enormous sum to Fitt us out My Compt^s. To M^rs Hunter & Believe me to be [&c.]

A List of schooners spares
M Mst. 64 feet Long		16 Inches in Partners
Fore Do. 62 Do.
M boom 43 Do.
Bowsprit 13 Do with the stem head
Gaufs 17-
Jibb boom 19
Square sail yd. 36 boom Do.
Top sail yds. 24.
Steering sail booms 15
Ring Tail Do. 15
Cross Jack yds. 32—

So that you May Guess what a Quty of Canvass it will take for our sails I recon it will Tak at Least 25 Bolts.

If you could send the [illeg.] catt here/you would make a Good tripp.⁵