D^r. S^r.

Agreable to your Desire have made Application To Colo. Sargent¹ for your share of The Goods in the Lady Gage,² he at first told me they were Determin'd to sell the whole at Chalk due, that is a Newfangled name for Vendue, but they have since Concluded To, Divide such Articles as would handily be divided & sell the ship & The Remainder at Chalkdue, have Rec'd for you As P^r. Memorandom Anex'd am still to Receive half a Pipe of Madeira, which is said to be very Good one Box Claret Mark'd Lord How & one Box Citrons, Shall agreable to your Directions To M^r. Miller embrace the first oppertunity to send them into the Country. They ask for the Wine Bro^t. in this prize Fifty Shillings P^r. Gallon, but I believe none has been sold for that. The Maderia is of a good Quality but The most of it new, I don't think it at Present cou'd be sold for more than Forty Shilling P^r. Gallon, There is at present more Wine than money here, The Guinea Ship by a Vessle That arriv'd yesterday from Martinico we have an acc^t. That the Cumberland³ had Taken three more prizes, one of which was a Vessle⁴ from Belfast her Cargo not known, sent here, but not yet ariv'd another from Ireland with provisions had got into Martineco, the Other had arriv'd at Dominico,⁵ The Guinea Ship Sail'd from Martinico bound here,⁶ about the same time the Sloop did, in Company with The Gen^l. Lincoln privateer,⁷ but neither has yet arriv'd. The Ship had in about Thirty Hogsheads Molosses & Forty Hogsheads Rum, so much for Privateering. 

But I have now a Disagreable aco^t. to give you I saw a Letter from Cap^t. Leeds⁸ Dated at Martineco who was an Officer with Capt^n. Sam^l. Chew, he Informs that Capt^n. Chew was kill'd on the fourth of March in Attempting to Board A Ship mounted with Twenty 6 & 9 pounders⁹ That Several more of The Officers were wounded and the Brig^t. Oblidg'd to Shire off had got her into Martineco That, George Champlin¹⁰ died after her arival there, & himself is badly wounded; The Rawleigh Frigate¹¹ is arriv'd at Portsmouth & brings an acc^t. of the Alfreds¹² being taken near Madeira. 

Hope before this something new has taken Place in The Commissy Department or I know not what will become of us, We are Oblidg'd to Refuse Salt, Salted provis^s. & many other things that is much wanted for the Army for want of Cash, almost every Day, There is not more than three weeks Allowance of flour here & we cannot buy though we have been Offer'd several parcels for want of Cash....I am D^r. S^r. [&c.] 

Receiv'd From Colo. Sargent

1 Pipe Madeira wine 146 G^s. 6 out

1 Butt d^o 145 G^s.-3 out

3 Boxes Clarret 3 dz each

1 Kegg Gin 6 Gallons

7^lb. or thereabouts Green Tea