Middletown July 1st 1776 ー
Sir/
I Received yrs of the 28th June and a Greeable to yr Desire have Sent the Boat To Hartford after the Spans they will Take in what you have to Send down. I would have you Send Me Down 20 or thirty wt of Tallow for the Ri[gging] and Some White Lead if you have any the Oacam I willSee about and if I Can Gett 4 of 5 hhds Wt I have Nothing perticular Only the Ship Goes on Briskly ー Desire the Blockmaker to Send Me the Blocks that I Wrote for [&c.]
John Cotton ー
To Mr Barnabas Deane Mercht, in Wethersfi[e]ld
1. Barnabas Deane Papers, ConnHS.