Gent:

We arrivd here the same day we left Nantasket, and the next day by Cap^t: Grimes Orders went on shore, to git sundry things that we ware dephent² of—accordingly apply'd to M^r: Sheaffe³ who supplyd us with 96 Gall^s: Rum ½^lb: Oakum 6^lb pound of Tea 3 Small Sparrs for Skids and 1 bb Lime, also borrowd of M^r Noble 70 Dollars, for which I gave them Orders on your House⁴ should bin glad to have got severell other things but could find nobody willing to trust us—our Coffe Sugar & small Stores are all Expended—and as to fresh Meat we have not had a Meal since we left Boston, Capt. Grimes Thinks Very hard of it that you did not Give him a Letter of Credit—as it's Impossable for a Ship to lay in Port Recruting clear of Expences—for my owne part Considering the Expences you have bin at I am willing to live on bread & Water untill we can take something which hope will be the case soon, as we have got a fine Crew on board to the amount of 135 or 40 Men and wait for nothing now but a Wind which hope we shall have so as to sail to Morrow Morning—hope the Next news you'l hear from us will be by way of a good Jamaicaman—till then Remain [&c.]