Sirs

Capt king has at Last Left Baltimore With all his Papers Invoices &c With him,² Which I hope Will Pleas — Capt keltey [John Kilty] is Loded ³ But has Many things to Provide Which I New Nothing of, there is No Gib Saill Nor Can Mr Dogan [Cumberland Dugan] find One I have advisd Capt Celty to Ride Down to No if you have any Canvis to Make One, as Wee have None here Nor Do I think it Posible to Purch it in this Plase, Mr Dogan Expects to Pay Part of the Expence as hee Says hee Ought to find One of hallf Prise — Capt [William] Stone has Replevyd his Brig ⁴ But Capt [John] Martin keeps Posesion Capt Stone took the Sherrif With a Rit of Replevy, But Capt Martin Got the Seemen and kept the Posesion With Guns Sword and Bayonets, I Was Not Present But Beleve the Sherri£ Was Executing his offis Sivelly, the Vesell is halld Out in the Streem and the Riging in My Stores the Guns On the Warf, One of the Masts is hoisted Out there Will Bee a New one in to Morow I have kept Clear of the Dispute Between Stone and Martin, and Intend to Do So, it has Made a Good Deell of Noise here Sum has Told him hee Ought to have Security and if hee Replevyd that you Would Give him Security in Case the Vesell Was Lost Or Taken Between this and a Day of Tryall I Do[nt] think Stone Expect hee is to have the Vesell Now But Beleve hee Wants Security — I Dont Pretend to Direct Or advise in the Matter But Give the State of things as I here them there is 80 bbls of flowr On Bord her and shee Will Bee Redy for More in 2 Days and the flowr Will Bee Redy for her — if Canvis Come up in a Bote the Salt for you May Return With the Same Bote tho I have Spoke to a Man to Carry it from your friend [&c.]