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. . . Yours of 7th Inst is come to hand this After noon, The Tobacco I expect will be safe in the Public Warehouses, Tokely has been here since my last to you, & he then had not a hand belonging to his Vessel but himself ー & he says they are not to be got, 2 I have advanced him forty One pounds 12/6 by the inclosd Rects, for which I was once going to make out an Acct against Mr. Hews [...
Date: 17 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
...[William] Tokely has been to hampton since my last to get hands but without success, tho' he has seen among the Soldiers there six of his Deserters, & the General has Promised me an Order tomorrow for his having them, I propose after Wards that he shall go to Suffolk to try what he can do there, he will have Time enough before his Convoy is ready, We have hopes of his Owner from Carolina...
Date: 7 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
...Yesterday, Mr Smith & my self made three unsuccesful Attempts to get the Fanny Maned out of the Colonial & Continental Services here, & to day he goes to try to get hands otherways, You will do well to procure an Order of Congress upon the Commanding officer here for me to be suffer'd to Man the Brigt out of the lines wherever I can find men in them that are fit & Willing to go...
Date: 15 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
...Our Attempts to get Tokely2 Maned have hitherto been unsuccesful, & will be so till you obtain the Order of Congress that I wrote for two Posts ago, The Tobacco can not be transported to the Eastern Shore at present, unless Lord D[unmore] removes from his present Station
Date: 29 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
...The Fannys fate is so discourging that I scarecly know how to be making proposals to you to order a further Purchase of Tobacco, but I am of opinion myself that small Vessels with it, may easily be got out of Hampton Port under the Direction of our famous Capts [James and Richard] Barrans I shall write them immediately to know their Sentiments on this Subject & inform you of their Answer,...
Date: 6 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5