Balt[imor]e 8t Septr 1775
Gent
We wrote you the 9t Ulto Since which are without your favours. we are inform'd by a Brig who left Bristol the 26t June2 that Wheat was at a Stand ther[e], which has prevented us from Speculating on the New Wheat. Numbers have but we fear will Suffer from its not being Sufficiently dry. we were yesterday offer'd a Cargo at 3/10 Stg on Board but the above advices deterr'd us from doing any thing. ー As 'twill be very Seldom (perhaps not at all) that we Shall have Oppty to write or receive any of your favours, we must beg you'll hand our Accot Sales & Accot Currt for the diff[eren]t Cargoes we Shiph'd you, to our friends Mildred & Roberts if any Opptys Should offer for this Country we expect you to hand us Copies that we may Settle your Accots ー At present we See no probability of an Accomodation taking place between G.B. & America, for you may rest assur'd that this Country will Struggle hard for their Liberty. We wish you all Happiness & prosperity & are Gent [&c.]
1. Smith Letter Book, MdHS.
2. The brig Mary, Robert Wallace, master, which arrived from Bristol, August 31, 1775; see Appendix A, Volume 1, 1385.