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at present I have not prospect of Selling the Ship Paris, as there is So many prize Ships brought in here By the Americans & Sold for very Little, as good Ships as mine has been Sold for two hundred Johann[es] & that price will not do when considerd the price She Cost in America; have already purchas'd One hundred & thirty fire arms, Sev[e]n thousand Weight of Lead; thirty thousand...
Date: 8 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8
In my Last which was by Capt McLellan, I mention'd Something of My having A prospect of Selling the Ship Paris, but now am convinc'd that I Shall not, as the Prize Ships frequently arrive here & are Sold for very Little, not Somuch as my Ships Rigging & Sails are worth, therefore Shall make all the despatch I possebly can to Leave this Port Bound home. have now almost all my cargo on...
Date: 25 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8