[Extract]
Gentlemen

Upon examination of the Concord, her Inventory was found very deficient, ー those things which we thought would be a diminution of her price of at least 5000 Livres were not in her. It seems the owner has lately fitted out a large Ship for the Coast of Guinea and has taken from one to supply the other. This determined Mr Peltier to purchase the Count de Vergennes which is of the same size and age, the difference between them is, that this Ship is not so sharp as the other, and will require some addition to her Riggin &c; but she is more burdensome, & cost 10,000 Livres less money. —

No Time shall be lost in dispatching her which I expect to compleat in 3 Weeks from this Date. I mention this that the Charts & Dispatches may arrive in time