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. . . Inclosed you will be pleased to find an invoice and bill of lading for the goods we now ship you by the Molly Captain [Thomas] Conway amounting to £3944.19.10 this currency ...²

We have put as much salt on board as the Captain judged it prudent to take, and all the woolens we were able to procure of any kind. We should esteem ourselves very happy to supply you with a sufficiency of these useful articles, but as vessels and seamen are both scarce, apprehend we cannot furnish you with near the quantity required of the first and the latter is really not to be had at any rate just now, tho' we expect there will be some out soon.

The most convenient way of getting dry goods , would be, we think, to give Capt Conway leave to cruize a week [or ] two to windward of the Island when he comes out again. By the time he gets back, if dispatched quickly, there will be fine pickings among the outward bound West Indiamen.