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Dr Sir  I recivd your favors of the 11th & 25th ulto  the Accounts of your Safe Arrivall afforded us great pleasure  I intended writting you by Capt Hudson, but he Slipt of[f] too Soon for me ー . . . I propose, to pay you a visite, this Winter  from the present Prospects I am affraid we shall have a very disagreeable time of it here, we expect that this Town will soon be garison'd either with Regulars or Provincials; Should it become the Seat of either it will be equally Disagreeable to the Inhabitants, & make property very precarious . . .

I observe what you Say concerning the Scheme of Lodging Crops in Bermuda. ー for the time, our Convention has putt a stop, to it by laying a prohibition, on the Exportation of all Artcles of Provisions, but Corn, which only Continues till the 10th Septr  this they did on a Supposition, that there had been agents employd to buy up those Articles for the use of General [Thomas] Gage's Army, but which I believe was without foundation, but I believe its not very likely that our Ports will again be. open'd untill our Accomodation takes place and indeed I am not without some Apprehensions of your Suffering in Bermuda, unless, the Generall Congress, grants your Petition of allowing you necessary Supplys & even in that case the officers of our Custom House refuse to cleer out vessels (agreeable to the restraining Act) either to Bennuda or [New] Providence Saying that they are particularly designd, by themselves Sommer & Bohamas Islands & not any of His Majestys West India Islands but Surely they never mean't to exclude these Islands from having Provisions; but I am in hopes that the Congress will consider you, as Americans that wish well to their Cause & Supply you ー if not you must open a Trade with Canada and the florida's & a little smugling, into the out Ports & Bays of the different Colonys. . . .

P S. Since writting the above the Convention have opend the Ports till the 10th of Septr as Merriland woud not move in to the plannー