Martinique,
Gentlemen,

At the request of his Excellency the Governour and the Honble the Council, we have consign'd you by the Schooner Revenge Captain Samuel Towles 25 Hhds upland Tobacco and 2.10 Barrels Flour mostly superfine for which you have Invoice and Bill of lading Inclos'd You'll be pleased to dispose of it at the best price your Market will afford and invest the proceeds as p Invoice for returns herewith sent you. We rely on you to give the Captain all necessary assistance, and as good dispatch as possible, and for your processing the Goods order'd on the best terms and of good quality. —

This Cargo is purchas'd and consign'd you on the public Account of the State, and there are several other Cargoes now purchas'd and to be purchas'd on the same Account and shou'd we meet with success in this adventure it may determine us to send several of the other Cargoes to your Island and of course to your address ... Be pleas'd to direct your letters and returns in consequence of this Consignment

To. Thomas Whiting Esquire
first Commissioner of the Navy
Virginia

By order of the Board I am &c

[Williamsburg] 23d Nov. 1776 —