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Sir/  The distress of this Town for the want of Provisions (and particularly Fresh for the Sick and Wounded) is such that I must earnestly Apply to you to Suffer vessels to pass, and repass, for that purpose, without Molestation, and to carry such Articles, as I may give permission for, to enable the purchasers to bring such Provisions, as we are in Extreme want of, and without which we can scarcely exist: Mr James Anderson, wants now to send a Vessel to Nova Scotia, and I beg he may be permitted to pass and repass, without hindrance, as long as he is employed in this necessary Business.

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