Sir

Capt [Michael] Corbet waits on you for your final Orders respecting his Voyage ー The Brig will be compleat for Sea by Wednesday, if the Fish comes from Marblehead which I hear is on the Road ー The Cargoe will exceed One hundred & twenty hogsheads Fish, besides Boards, Shingles &ca &ca

I think this Plan is so good that a large Capital should be employed ー If you can any Way send by Capt Corbet two hundred half Joannes or more, or equivalent in hard Money, it must help the Voyage ー He says you supplied him fifty Pounds for advances here, of which and of any other Supplies you may make Toward Cargoe please to advise P his Returnー

As you are possessed of the Plan of the whole Voyage, I trust you'll give Corbet his full Orders ー We have Intelligence by John Lee, Who arrived here this week from Hispaniola, that there was some Powder to be sold when He left the Mole ー But as our Views are further a Field, than in the W Indies, and his going to Leward, if his Business fails to Windward, would be an entire Disappointment, provided He failed there also, I leave it with you, whither such a Risque should be run ー more especially, when We have Reason to hope, the Prosecution of the Scheme in all its Parts, might lay a Foundation for some eminent Services in future ー tho' even this Expectation ought not to deter taking wherever He can purchase it the Supply of an Article, so immediately necessary ー As soon as the Brig is dispatched I will collect all her Bills, and wait on you with them ー Nothing but this Business would have so long prevented me from seeing the Camps, and waiting on Mr [Jonathan] Mifflin & [Joseph] Read [Reed], to whom I was introduced at Philadelphia.

I have given Receipts for the Fish arrived from Gloucester, and Beverly, which was delivered here to me free of Charge ー I suppose They will wait on you for Payment ー As 60 hhds came packed I know not the Quality of the Fish ー The Committees Who have my Receipts will, no doubt, make you proper Bills ー as to Quality & Price, of which I am also unacquaintedー

I remain with Respects Sir [&.]