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Dear Thomas

....If you want to buy Iron, Spars, or Lumber, up the River your Brother has got Rum & Sugar in Sam^l. Fosters hands (up Connecticut River) as you will see by a Rec^t. on fill given to Elliot by Foster—You must send to Cap^t. Jonsey¹ at New Haven an[d] see if he is well enough to go in the Ship² & if he is to attend on her—in Person—You must get the American Revenue at Sea as soon as possible—If Cap^t. Champlin wants Money let him have what he wants—your Br^o is cited to Congress by Stanton and Noys—

A Share in the last Cruize is about a thousand Dollars—Your Brother has got 50 Barrells of Tarr here which shall send by Father Rogers when he comes with his Boat—... Your Hum^l. Serv^t.

P.S/ Write how the Ship³ went off & Whether she stuck in the Mud