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Goodness to send on bord [board] for it and sel [sell] it for me I
Shall be much ablight [obliged] to you and will satasfy [satisfy] you
for your troble [trouble] perhaps the sooner tis sold the betr [better]
I am afraid the Cask will leek [leak] out the pickel [pickle] I shall
be glad if you Can return the Cask back again
If you Can pirches [purchase] one or two muskets, and axes and
Rasors [Razors] three dozen eich [each] and two pear [pair] of shoes and
a litel [little] hoop airn [iron] and send it to me and much
It cost you will greatle [greatly] abligh [oblige] me in so duing [doing]
We ar [are] besy [busy] planken [planking] our Vessell [vessel] this a publik [public]
Concern and hope will be for the good of the
Mission. the Campbell Maquarrie [Macquarie] arived [arrived] hear [here]
In february being leeky [leaky] stopt [stopped] hear [here] five weeks
Reparing [Repairing] her fit for sea then saild [sailed] to the Luord [?]
Islands Mr Nott and Hayward went in her
to instruct the natevs [natives] and for Mr Notts helth [health]
We expect they will be back in another month
I belive [believe] the lord have [has] begun agret [a great] work amongest [amongst]
this people, and I hope he will Care [carry] it on tel [till] he
have perfectit [perfected it] in the Conversion of multetudes [multitudes] of
them tis verey [very] pleaseng [pleasing] to sea [see] Such a Congregation
as we have now that do atend [attend] worship we are just able
to make the Chaple [Chapel] longer for to hold the people

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ther [there] is a great maney [many] people keep Coming over
from taheity [Tahiti] for to lern [learn] to read and to worship
the true god ther [there] is a hundred that lern [learn] to
Read and ,,60,, of them that have given in ther [their]
Names are praying people that make a profeshen [profession?]
of god, we belive [believe] that some of them are truly
Converted Christens [Christians] I was Convercon [conversing] with som [some]
of them last evening and they sem [seem] much Concerned
about ther [their] Souls ther [there] is more inkerigment [encouragement] here
Now for missionaries then iver [ever], Pomare is still
At taheity [Tahiti] but we expect him over hear [here] soon
aunt have got afine dauther [daughter] six months old
pleas [please] to give my kind love to your dear Father
and Mother Sisters and brothers I stil remain
your sincere friend
and Servint [Servant]
Geo Bicknell