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Gentlem Your favr of yesterday is now before me, desiring me to deliver the Schooner Three Sisters a load of your flour in my hands, but am at a loss to know the quality you woud have Shiped in that Vessell, whither of the Superfine or the Common fine kind, and I further desire to advise you the State of the Ninety Two's Cargo, as its all now landed  a great part of which we find musty & Sower, and in bakeing it up are oblig'd to pick out some good Casks and mix with the bad in order to make the bread good & its keeping so...

its geting Cool fast, and hope you wont loose any of it; it appears to ushear it woud answer you much the best to Ship the 100 Bls flour of yours in Messrs Lux & Bowlys hands that has not been yet heated in a Vessells hould, which with some of your Bread [in] Barrells & in kegs that was in the 92 and is now in my hands will make a good Cargo for this Vessell three Sisters to the West Indias as you mention ー

I bet you may not immagin, I presume to dictate your Honourable Board, as you must know much better than I can think, or mention ー but these Circumstances you cannot be so immediately sensible off, and therefore think it my duty to advise you for your Government, & if you think proper to send this flour &c with me, youl please let me immediately know what quanty of each & it shall be immediately done, if on the other hand you woud Chuse Sending Messrs L & Bs 100 Bls & please inclose me an order for it, I shall see it Shiped and make up the remainder of this Cargo out of my Stores Captn [Joseph] Handy perticularly desires I woud write you on the above heads, and begs you may order a quantity of the kegs as he Says he can take a quantity of them where barrells will not go....