Sirs/

I Recd your Lett[er] and am Well Satisfy'd that I have So far Pleasd you ー you Menshon Sending £250 By Capt Nicollson he Brought Me a Order for that Sum But No Cash, have Sent the Order By Mr Wells to Reeve the Mony, after Paying the flowr Expence to Poakamoak the Expence of Discharging the Brigs and the hier of the Vesells for the Troops to Elk, shall Lay Out the Remainder in any Way you Pleas to Order as I have Open'd a Count for you shall Credit you With the Many and Charge you for What I Doe and Pay for you, and Render you a State of the a Count Monthly or at the End of Sertain Jobs Done ー

Mr Wells has S[everal] Proposalls to Make But thinks it hard t[hat] he Cant Be Paid his Old a Count, Which I Now is hard On him as a Man Can have No Trust here for any thing, and his Surcomstances Wont admit of his Lying Out of his Mony So Long ー there is 20 bbls of Super fine flowr Left with Me and I Was at the Bakehows Last Night there is a Good Deall of Bread Bakd, and Very Good, if there is any Wanted for the Brig Pleas Let Me Now in time, or if flowr is Wanted I have few Bar[rels] flowr I Would Sell at 9 S per hundred Which I Would Send Down for the Brig from your Humble Servant ー

Baltimore July 14 ー 1776 ー

[P.S.] My flowr is fresh and good if you should Want to Send any to Chingoteag for the Brig ー