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Sir
We hereby confirm our last Letter of 9th May; of which you have a triplicate pr Capt [John] Fisk on whom we have Loaded the following Merchze (Viz:) 25 Bales of Blue & Red Cloths two Bales quant 100 Doz: pr Worsted Stockgs one Bale Thread Do 50 doz: pr 10 Bales of Blankets qt 522. 1 do Coverlets de Ploc qt 141. 2 Cases qt 257½ Gross large & 269½ Gro [small] buttons white mettal No 1 — I bale qt 10 Ps sail Cloth, No 3 — 2 Cases qt 1000 Gun Locks. 60 Cases qt each 25 Guns being 1500. New Guns 227. pigs of Lead &3 bis Gun powder — the whole addressed to the board amounting to 94019#, 18. 6 —which please to place to the Credit of our Account.
As soon as Capt Fisk arrived, for the present we took part of the Goods intended for the Nantes & reprisal to hasten the Dispatch of the Massachusets who will sail the first Wind. . . .
We advise you with much Satisfaction of the Arrival in our River of your Ship the Duc de Chartres 30th May last from Carolina after 36 days passage with a Cargo of 952 Bls. Rice. We are now unloading that Ship, & shall immediately dispach her with such Goods as you have ordered.
We likewise advise you of the Arrival at Bourdeaux of yr Ship Bunker hill Capt [John] Clark, who informs us that his ship sails very ill, & as his Cargoe is of the same kind with those recd by the Versailles & Nantes, we have thought proper to leave her at Bourdeaux lest she should fall into the hands of the English cruising in the bay of Biscay; We likewise design to sell the Bunker hill at Bourdeaux & to bring her Crew round here by Land to go home in Capt [Nathaniel] Carver who stands in need ofthem.
It is with concern that we advise you of the Capture of the Schooner Lynch John Adams master, her back Cargo, being on Accot of the Congress. We are &c
