Bermuda, Septr 20th 1776.
Sir,
I take the Liberty of requesting your Care of two Hhds of Rum shipt by me on board of the Dick Cole, John Seymour Master, and consigned to Mr Matthew Phripp Merchant in Norfolk Virginia ー Should Necessity compel you to go to any other part of the Continent you will be so obliging as to dispose of them for my Account, and remit the Proceeds of the same to Mr Matthew Phripp in Norfolk in good inland Bills of exchange, which I apprehend you will find no Difficulty of purchasing at present. I heartily wish you a good Voyage, & am, Sir [&c.]
St George Tucker.2
1. Tucker-Coleman Papers, Earl Gregg Swem Library, CWM.
2. Ibid., in a letter this date, Tucker requested Phripp to use the proceeds from the sale of the rum to pay off some long standing debts in Virginia.
