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These will be handed you by Musco Livingston Gentle^m my 2^d Lew^t Who now must Leave me on acc^t of an Imperfect State of helth att Present and During the Short Cruze Dear Sir your Honnours Provided me a Good offercer Whose Vallue on board my Ship Was great being a Good Commanding offercer and beloved throughout the Ship but my Loss is not Small in Parting with Such an offercer but I Consent to it out of Pure Regard to the Gentleman he not fitt att Present to Indure the fatigues of a Cruze and hope Sir your Honnour will take the greatest Notice of Such Gentleman he is in my opinion Worthy of any Command May be given him Dear Sir M^r Livingston will give your Honnour a Just acc^t and true Detail of my Cruze and Part of my Infernal Crue Who I judge to be Concernd in the Consparicy Carred on att Bordeaux¹ Before I Saild but Sir I have two Confind Who was over heard damning the Congress the Ship and offercers and Each Other for not being sworn before the where Confind & deprived of their oppertunity Dear Sir it was in my Power to make a great Cruze if my People was but well affected but am apprehensive they will not be Dureing this Cruze Except I Could get some americans Exchanged from England Which makes my Situation Very Disagreable Dear Sir I Pray you may be in a good State of helth as I am at Present Please to give my Complements to Mast^rs Johne & Jesse² and with due Respect I Remain [&c.]