Middletown, Octbr 14th 1776
Sir
I Recd, yours by Capn [Dudley] Saltonstall this Morning and a Greeable have waited on Capn Mortimer, his Ansr to Me is You Shall have the Riging att the Last price which is 1/6 p lb Capn Saltonstall has been with Capn Willis for the flour which I will Take to the Beaker and there have it Made into Bread Giving You the Invoice of What I Deliver him I am Sorrey the Ship is Detained by the Black Smith, as we Wait Very Much for him, I am Likewise Sorry for the Loss of yr Brig ー Excuse My hurrey [&c.]
John Cotton
1. Barnabas Deane Papers, ConnHS.