Boston 5th Sepr 1776
[Extract] Sir —
. . . You may Rely on your directions to Capt [Stephen] Cleveland being most punctually Complied with in every respect2. . .
I beg leave to hint that I last week wrote your worthy president relative to a matter wch as it concerns his private interest its probable he may be backward in mentiong to the Comee vizt the Agent for New hampshire stops all Continental prizes that occasionally goes into their harbour mouth for a nights Anchorage, and Orders them up to town there to be sold, their harbour is so Situated that as the Autumn Approaches, its not probable we may have another prize here the whole season and its a notorious fact, that vessells nor Cargoss, will sell for more than half they would sell for hereー
1. Papers of Robert Morris, Accession 1805, LC.
2. See Volume 5, 1286-88.