ferroll. Decemb. 4th.
Sir.
I was Yesterday Oblidgd. to put in hear being Chased all the forenoon by A frigate, & the Weather Being Bad I thought it most prudent to put in, I See by your Letter to the prize master of the Brig heare1 that you imagine theare will be Some Dispute by the reason of the Capt. protest She was So nyh [nigh] the Shore this every body is Sure it his interest So to do, but will not our protest be of equal force I think it Ought to be and furder neither Vessels or from the shore Can be any Witness one way or Other but to Close all I have Sold her and Cargoe to the same man that bought the two Brothers, for the Sum of Six thousand hard D11. [dollars], the half to be paid Directly to me the Other half to you in 30 Days. With Giving you sufficient Suerty and he to run all risque Whatsover in every Case, and I beleive will Close the Bargaine with him for the Other Brig that is with you if not Sold, On this head Shall Write you if Concluded on, the next Newfoundland fleet will be on the Coast in 8 or 10 days if winds will Answer—
LAB, UkLPR, H.C.A. 32/441/7, pt. 1
1. Brig Syren, James Renolls master. See Herman Katencamp to Lord Weymouth, 3 Dec. 1777, above.