Respected Kinsman

Stephen Collins

After My Love To thee wife Nansey & famuly, theas may Inform that I this day Recd A Letter from Nantuckett which gave mee an acct of A Sloop I had Saled from their for Baltimore Seth Paddack Master, (the Sloops Name Mayflour) and that they have taking the. Sloop priz'd & Sunk hur in the Channil with A Number more to Stop up the passage,2 and I hear that Capt Paddack is Bount to Phelidelphia, I thaught I would trouble the[eJ with an Order on him for money Putt into his hands £ 40 ー LMoney to Purchase Flour for mee in Baltimore and as the Vessel is Sunk I Suppose the Capt Has the Money with him, and Likewise A Sum to the amount of£ 16 [2] Lawful Money which I Lett him have at Nantuckett he ows mee on Note of hand, all of which shal be glad [thou] would gett and if aney Opertunity ,this way thou will please to Lay out in Flour and Ship Mee, Prohaps Capt Had Purchased the Flour Before his Vessel was taking away from him in that Case thou will pleas To Send it this way or if No Opertunity To Sell it for the Most it will fetch, I heard Capt Paddack Recd the Freight Equal as though he Carried the Flour and was A Going to Leave it in John & Clemment Bittels 3 hand Shall Be glad thou would ask them and acquannt mee if he has and How Mutch the Sum. I have Likewise Drawn an Order on A Blank person for the Amount of what the Above Vessel was priz'd at and thou will when the[e] Knows who is To Pay for the Vessel Putt his or their Names Down, and Receive the Mony and Send it to Mee By Land, if aney thing Else is Nessery in Order To Obtain the mony for the Vessel pleas To Let Mee Know as Soon as Thou Can. I Suppose Capt Paddack told the Committee who Prizd the Vessel who his owner was if so I Should think this Order would Be Sufficnt, Prohaps thou may hear of Capt Paddack By applying To Frankling 4 as he is A Kinsman of his, I Should not have Troubled thee with this Busines Butt I Knew of no person So will acquainted as thy Self, of my acquaintance To Transackt Such A peace of Busines as it Requires Corrospondance in Baltmore as I Suppose, and I thought thou would undertake it if thou Dont make A Busines of Doing Busines on Commission ー am thy [&c.]

Silu Hussey