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. . . but the Powder Must be Deld in this Colony before the first day of April next at furthest, wch if it is the Goverment have Ingaged to take it At half a Dolr p lb, . . . to bring ¾ the Vallue of the Cargo in Powder, if to be got the next greatest Profit will be in Good [blurred] Brandy wch now worth a Dollar pr Galln by the [Qy] Or guns of 3 fot 9 Inch barrel &c  you will Observe Brother Jno Browns Letrs & Conform to both as Near as Maybe and beleave Me to be in Truth Your Most Esteemd [&c.]

P.S, At, 11, OC, of the eveg of the Date ー

Sr The foregoing plan was So far Pened since the Biging this Eveg, & as the Vessel goes in the Morning shall not have time fully to Digeste Matters & Make Another Draft of the Leter ー The Whole Matter of it May be brot to this, whither you Can get Such a Vessel & Cargo as Mention at St Peters & get it there If Our ⅔ parts fully Insur'd Against All resque As you Will (if Comp[l]y'd with) have wherewith to Make Insurance As Aforesd ー Or if you Choose to go to france in our Vessel or otherways there is no Doubt but thr Insurance May be Made There with the Means I have provided, or the Cash wch Capt Douveill & Clark will pay you the resque you know as well as Anybody ー They will (if necessary) let you in to the Knowledge of th[e] Voyage & our orders to them

And if you Incline to pursue eighther Voyage, you will give Capts Douveill & Clark sum thing to show In Writing for What you receive of them, As Also of your plan of proceeding ー But whither you ingage In eighther or not We Esteem your Honr & friendship so much As to hope you will keep Secrets & Use your Utmost Influence and Interest in Assisting them to Make all the Dispatch passable wch the Voyage Depends on, for if She Should not Arrive here before the 1st Apl we Can have no Certain Dependance of getg half a Dolr p lb for the powder as we know not how much will come in Tho at this time it would fetch 5/. p lb by the large Quantity ー If you Should not go to France  Any Letters you Can write your freends there, giveing them such just Accots of Us as Merchts as you may think right & will give Us Credit, as you are Knowing to Our Business