Dear S^r

I Last Night Returnd from Fairfield Where I have Been to Receive y^e Prize Money Ordered Me By the Court, Which is y^e Continental part Which Falls Short of A Thou­sand pounds, The Other half they Have Ordered Cap^t Hawley¹ as Agent for y^e Crew, I am Very Much Surprized att y^e Conduct of y^e Most of y^e People that Have had Any thing to do With y^e Schuyler I Last Week When Atending y^e Vendue at Norwalk Cauld on One Lockwood from Whom Hawley Had been Drawing provisions to pay his Bill Ex­pecting it to be Small for fresh provisions but found it to be Upwards of Eighty pounds Six bb^ls pork a 9 pounds p^r bb^l Supplyed in y^e Summer he told me y^t Mr Warson y^e Mas­ter told him that Was y^e Vendue price On  My Return yesterday from Fairfield I Cauld on M^r Ives to pay his Riging bill Which I Did Not pay It had  Risen Since he Aplyd to Me for Payment From 115 pounds To 170 Odd (pas^t By David Hawley Cap^t) his Pre­tence is that Hawley Promised Him flax in pay for Rigind but he Aplyed to Me in y^e Sum­mer he Asked Me for y^e Money Which I Should Have paid him But he had A Mind to purchas y^e prize flax for Which Reason he Did Not then Take y^e Money, and as y^e flax Was Sold Very Dear he Now pretends to Hold to Hawleys promis and he & Hawley have put their Heads Together to get What they Can out of y^e Continent—

A Cruizer is Much Wanted West Ward y^e Enemeys Tenders begin to be Trou­blesome beg you to send y^e Sloop² as Soon as posable, Should She Take Any More prizes I beg they May Not be Caried into Fairfield County as I Can have them Con­demned for Less than half y^e Expence I beg youl Let Me hear from you Consernning y^e Above Matters as Soon posable Am [&c.]