Balt. Feby 18th 1776
Dear Sir
as my Brig is now out on acct of the province, should the Counsel See propper to Order any remittances or back freights in any of the Vessals now out, ー I should hope that my Brig might S[erve] as well as any other as I [am] told She Sails very fast Since I made a Brig of her ー
I make them an offer of the use of the Brig back, put what they will in her for which I will ask no freights only to be insured back £800, which is not above three-fourths of her Value, ー provided they do not detain her long in taking in her back freight and if She is detained in taking the Same in, to be paid only the wages and Expences of the brig 'till She Saile[d] wt it, ー if them Terms may answer a line from you to the Consigned in the westindies will be sufficcent, I am wt all Esteem [&c.]
Isaac Van Bebber
favr W. Spear
1. Executive Papers, Box 2, Md. Arch.