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Sir Salt Provisions growing Scarce and no fresh to be had, obliges me to send the Brig Rebecca, John Brown Master, to Antigua for a Supply, for his Majesty's Land and Sea forces here: shall therefore be much obliged to you if you will give the Master your Advice how he may be Supplied in the most expeditious manner, and not to permit him to remain longer in the Island than is absolutely necessary.

Not being certain that you Still commanded His Majesty's Fleet in the West Indies, I some time ago recommended in general, a Young Gentleman of the name of Goodrich to the Admiral or Commanding Officer of his Majesty's Ships in the West Indies, but learning now from a Small Schooner that arrived here Yesterday from Antigua, that you are Still on that Station, I take the liberty of troubling you with a few lines to inform you that Bartlet Goodrich is the third Son of Mr John Goodrich, who has Six other Sons, and that the Father and the whole family have Sustained a loss of several thousand Pounds, from the Warm Attachment and Zeal, they have manifested by the very active part they have taken in endeavouring to bring their Countrymen in this Colony, to a proper Sense of their duty, and are now perpetually employed in rendering every Service in their power to His Majesty's Servants here. I think it but justice To this well disposed family, to give you this information, that any Vessels of theirs Trading to or from the Islands, may receive that Protection and Assistance, that their Loyalty and Services to their Sovereign entitled them to, from every Servant of the Crown; I am Sir [&c.]