Esteem'd Friends
Reynell & Coates 

Since my last of the 13th Instant, I have received your Favour of the 6th Instant & duly Observe your Uneasiness, at my Limitation of the Price of the Purchase of the Daltons Cargoe, however I hope its will prove no Disadvantage in the End, as its highly probable to me that the Dalton, will proceed to Europe, in which Case the Purchase you would have made, must have lain on hand, as the Plan I am about to pursue in the Dalton, requires the best of Flour, & in Small siz'd Cask, which hope 'ere this, you have been allowed to purchase, as I confess I shall be rather disappointed, if she is to proceed home, ー the price of Exchange is agreable, & hope 'ere this you have embraced the Opp [ortunit]y of selling it at 75 p Ct ー I am sorry to find you cannot obtain Surrinam Molasses on my Terms as I wanted it much but the Difference of price, with the Addition of a Commission of 5 p Cent will not Answer, therefore would have you Ship me, as much as you can of [William] Willcombs Cargoe, by the two Oppys mention'd in my former Letters, & by as many others as you can find, tho' should the Dalton return, she will bring the most of it after Coffin & Lunt have taken 20 Hh'ds each ー which they agreed to ー I observe you had rec'd Wm Fowles Draft on Melcher Keener, & that you had forwarded the same for payment, & hope your Next will Inform of its Event ー I am much obliged for your kind Advice relative to the Arrival of Capt [Thomas] Mason, with Articles so Assentially necessary for our safety & Defence, however I hope with you the Unhappy Unnatural War, may be speedily finished, without any more loss of Blood ー I have duly advised our Friend [William] Wyer the Paragraph in your Letter, & I expect he will be with you soon after Rect of this Letter, as he has Advice of the Arrival of his Schooner, which he intends freighting to this Place. ー & I expect to have 20 Hhds Molasses Ship'd on Board her ー I have also agreed with him in case the Dalton proceeds to Europe, & Capt [Eleazer] Johnson declines going in her, for him to take the Command, & proceed the Voyage, ー I am fully of your oppinion, that the Speculation of my Friends the Tracys, in directing the Whartons to ship so much Molases will have an immediate Effect on the Markett, & I doubt not it will rise 2/, p Gallon, & should that be the case & the Dalton proceeds forward to Europe, would have you dispose of Willcombs Cargoe, except 80 Hhds which I hope to obtain Oppy for to this Port ー I have the pleasure to advise you of the safe Arrival of Enoch Coffin, in Seven days from Reedy Island; he has deliver'd the Bran in good order, & the Tobacco, also, for which am obliged, & I hope my next will furnish Advice of [Benjamin] Hill Arrival, which will compleat the Arrival of our Little Fleet, which Sail'd in the Early part of Winter ー since my last (the Privateer mention'd to you in my former Letters) fix'tt out of this Place, has returned here, with a fine new Snow of 180 Tons from White Haven, Laden with Coals, Oatmeal & a Small Quantity of Porter, she had been 16 Weeks on her Passage, wh[en] she was Taken ² ー We are in daily expectation, from the Preparations mak[in]g at Cambridge, of an Attack upon Boston, which must cause much Bloodshead on both Sides ー the Necessity of this Step, I submitt to abler Politicians, but surely it does not forebode a Reconciliation, wch appears to me most Salutary, for both Sides ー Please to inform Capt Johnson if he is with you, that his Family is well, & that I intend writing him p Capt Wyer, who setts of[f] in a Day or Two ー I am your Esteem'd friend

[P. S.] I shall not have Occasion for any more Tobaccoー