Gentlemen

The bearer Captn Israel Ambrose² who has a Letter of Credit, from Messrs Brown, Arnold, Salter and Wall ー if it should Suit your Convenience to Supply the Captain with any Goods or money, you may depend, that the above Merchants are Men of Estate and Veracity, and you may Safely give them Credit for such Sum as they Requireー

As to News there is none more than you will find in the Newspapers the Captain will have with himー

I flatter myself that I have been some Service to the Inhabitants of your Island, by getiing your Vessels and Property left out of the declaration which the Congress made against the Property of British Subjects ー I am with Esteem Gentlmn [&c.]