Colonial North America: Baker Library

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Per Cap't Havens

Boston May 24th 1765

Messrs. M'c Lin & Burroughs

Inclos'd is sales of 30 barrells pitch p schooner Rebecca Calib lumbard master, neat preceeds £27.9.6 plac'd to c'r year acco'tt curr'tt inclos'd also ballance due me £5.11.6 3/4 which youl please when suits your convenience to remit me. Tar 12/, pitch 18/, surpentine none North Carolina corn 2/5. wheat 4/, Carolina pork abo’t £15 beef £13 @ £15 bees wax 1/4, green wax 8:'d, Indian dress'd deer skins 4/, skins in the hair 2/ @ 2 1/2. I am

Your most hum'l servant

P.S: the acco'tt sales of the pitch was inadvertently omitted being sent, I tho’t it had been forward'd in due time till accidentelly a few days agoc I found it was not ____________________________ Per Cap't Hairnd

Boston May 24'th 1765

Mr. John Clitherall

Please to deliver the inclos'd letter to Mr. Robert Williams

Your most hum'l servant

and youl oblige tar . . . . 12/ beef £13 @ £15 pitch . . . 18/ bees wax 1/4 turpentine none green wax 1/8 No. Carolina corn 2/5 Indian bressd deer skins 4/ wheat . . . 4/ skins in the hair . . 2/ Carolina pork £18 _____________________________________ Per Cap't Homerp

Boston May 25th 1765

Mr. John Freare

Sir

Inclos'd is copy & Ford, I duly rec'd your fav'r of 4th I not acknowledging rec't of mine per Williams & Allwood with sundrys by the formex for your agent victualling acco'tt amount to £99.7.10 & for your private acco'tt £5.2.4, also of sundryo & Allwood amounting to £239.9.2 for your agent victualling acco'tt & sundryo for your private acco'tt amounting to £2.5.19 inclosing your 3'd bill on the contractors No. 73 for £150 stering also the 1st bill of two sells No. 83 & 84 your draft on the contradors for £100 stering each, the two last bills are put to credit of your agent victuall’g acco'tt observe you have examin’d my acco’tt for the last quarter & find them right, the £150 bill you mention will come into this quarters acco'tt, I imagin’d (when I heard Williams had got into the Bay of Fundy) that the beef would be cut up, am sorry it was not faithfully done, I hope you will be no sufferer by the lemono per Ford, aothey were very good £ purdlas'd at the lowest rate, shall ship you 20 large fat cattle per Attwood with what suet I can collect £12 cattle per Mr. Neil, & continue shipping cattle & suett by every tepell

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