Dear Sir

I have had the long wish'd for satisfaction of hearing from You at last on the 7th Inst I recd yours of August 14th and imeadiately desired my friend at Quebec to find Mr. Bliss and get from him Your Letter of the 13th which I recd the 14th Inst with an excuse of Mr Bliss that he had left it on Board with his Baggage. Your Letter in ansr to mine of April the 6th I have not recd, hence You may naturaly conceive me very unhappy concerning you and Mrs Fanueil but am now releived and happy to learn you had determined on going to winter in Nova Scotia because you will certainly be in safety there. the Admiral can never Suffer the Colonists to cross the Bay Fundy and Seize that Province nor can Public affairs Continue to be conducted as they have been hitherto. from the little knowledge I have of America, and of Millitary Operations, I do conceive General Gage cannot Winter at Boston and that ere this he will have determined to quit it because Should it remain longer undetermined it may not be in His Power to Quit Boston without quiting America, my meaning is that he cant Winter all his Troops at Halifax therefore Part of them must come to Quebec and it is Necessary to that end they should now be Embark'd or they will not get up the River, the Hunter Sloop of war is arrived at Quebec from Boston perhaps she may Bring some News of the Kind.

Your intention of Quitting America next Spring and with the fragments of your Fortune purchasing an Annuity for Your and Mrs Fanuiel's Lives, in case publick affairs shall not alter much for the better, I greatly approve, at the same time hope you will not have occasion to Carry it into execution  Surely the Kingdom of Great Britain cannot much longer be Governd by such weak Councils and feable Efforts, she has scarcely got a secure Province in America  as to this, it has long been on the brink of falling into the hands of the most despicable Wretches had not the Inhabitants of this Town gone out to meet Colonel Allen on Monday the 25th Ultimo the Town and principal part of the Province would now have been in their Hands, and that fellow would Probably have been Governor of Montreal, thank God that days Action turnd the minds of the Canadians and I have reason to hope the Province out of Danger at least for this Year and doubtless ample protection will be afforded it early in the next

as to the affairs of W & R² I have great Pleasure in telling you I have sent them home £40.000 Stg since my Arrival £32000 of which in Furs P the Ship Pomena Capt [John] Green which Saild from Quebec the 2d Inst. had it not been for the unhappy troubles which have reign'd this year, I should have sent Ten Thousand Pounds more, but I've reason to be Content and happy in having made a Voyage to America in 1775

The Province of Nova Scotia Stands much indebted to W & R and I should be happy to have it in my power, as it is my wish, to Visit it before my return to England but I conceive both the affairs of that Province and this demand my presence in London as soon as possible, for which reason it is my intention to leave Quebec in the Ship Adamant About the 10th of next Month Hoping to arrive about the 15th of Decr before Parliament shall be adjourn'd should my presence in Nova Scotia be absolutely necessary I shall in Discharge of my Duty visit it next Spring, at the same time I hope in God that may not be the Case for I ardently long for Peace and home.

Your friends Messrs Jona & Isaac Clarke would have done well had not these troubles followed them to this Province they have long had their Goods Packt, ready for embarking but I hope they will not be Obliged to ship them, our Friend Butler writes me he had resolved to go to London with his wife in the Canadian Capt Abbott ー should that happen I hope you will get to Halifax before his departure and take Charge of W & R power of Attorney ー

Pray make my Compliments and Affectionate regards known to Mrs. Fanueil and be Assured that I am Dear Sir [&c.]

My friend Mr John Orillat of this City is now Prisoner with the Colonists, I esteem him much, and W & R have great Commercial Concerns with him and Partners Mr Foretier, the last news I had of him, he was at Ticonderoga now Dear Sir use your Interest with Genl Gage to have him Exchanged, get him relees'd and return'd to his family, Supply his wants and thereby render a Most Acceptable Service to Your Friend

Brook Watson