New London July 17th 1775
Gentlemen
I wrote you the 12th Instant that Capt John Mackibbin in the Sloop Black Joke with a Cargo of Sugar Melasses and Coffee had Sail'd for Phila hope by the time this Comes to Hand he may be Arived. Have Nothing more to add Only hope You'l be Able to get the Sloop Out or at least Clear'd out before the times Expires for Clearing Out to a Forreign Port if it Cannot be Done,2 if You Can Conveniently Send me Two Hundred half Joanesis by [Edward] Chappell I Should be Glad I Am Gentlemen [&c.]
Nathl Shaw Junr
1. Shaw Letter Book, YUL.
2. Apparently the Whartons found no suitable cargo for the West Indies, for the Black Joke was dispatched back to New London, and sailed from there for Jamaica in September with a cargo of horses, oats and onions. She was intercepted by H.M.S. Rose, and sent into Boston where vessel and cargo were condemned and sold.
