Sir.

We have sent down by Cap^t. Gordon a Letter from M^r. Morris and an Invoice Order and Letter from J. M. Nesbit and Co., concerning the Cargoe of the Brig Lively in Matompkin Inlet, a Part of which we have engaged for this State.¹ We understand on the Whole of the Matter, that the Invoice contains those Goods only which belongs to Nesbit & Co. and that M^r. Morris has about the same Quantity and Kinds, and that we are to have one fourth of the Whole. The State the Goods are in will make a good Deal of Judgment and Care necessary to divide them equally and justly and we want them so much that we cannot Delay it. We therefore request, as you are at or near the Spot, that you will oblige us and the Public so far as to divide the Goods as fairly and equally as possible, receiving one fourth Part for us, and send our Part with an Invoice in Cap^ts. Gordon & Walker, but chiefly in Gordon, unless you judge it very unsafe. If you judge it very unsafe too dangerous to send the Goods by Water, we request you to have them forwarded by Land with all Expedition, to Vienna, but before the Goods are removed from Matompkin, we would by all Means, have them put into small Bales or packed in Casks, to prevent Embezzlement. This Business lying at such a Distance from us, we intreat your Attention to it. Cap^t. Gordon will furnish you with the Papers referred to.— We are &^ca.

P. S. If the fourth Part of the Whole of the Goods should not amount to the Quantity for which Mess^rs. Nesbitt & Co. gave their Order the 5^th. of May, it is expected the Quantity will be sent from all the Parcells to answer the Intention of the Order—