Sir

We have shipped 1000 bbls flour onboard the Ship Betsey ー Capt Wm Stevens for your address on Account & Risque of the United States of America agreeable to the enclosed Invoice & bill of Loading The Captn has liberty either. to go into St Lucia or Martinico just as winds or other Circumstances may serve. You will therefore receive this flour at either place and cause it to be sold to the best advantage, pay the freight as p bill of Loading & place the Nt pceeds to the Credit of this Committee. We hope the Brigt Cornelia & Molly Capt Lockhart arrived safe & delivered her Cargo in good order if so you will no doubt have paid for the Muskets & Powder you remitted by Capt Wickes, out of that Cargo, but if it did not arrive you will have to pay for them out of the present one, or from that of the Sloop Independence also sent to your address.

You must dispatch this Ship back as expeditiously as possible and if the Sloop Independence does not arrive whilst she is there you may remit us back in her the value of £ 1500 to £ 2000, in Good blankets and other Woolen Goods suitable for Soldiers, with some more Muskets, Powder, Gun Flints, Salt Petre, Sulphur &c just as you can obtain them to the best advantage observing that we now want Cloathing for our Troops beyond any other Articles. Shou'd the Sloop Independence arrive safe, you may then remit the less Values in the Ship because we deem the sloop a safer conveyance but still we wou'd have some Goods by each The Value proportioned to the Effects you have in hand unless you can obtain Credit & then you may encrease it one half. We are Sir [&c.]