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Boston March 25th 1765

Capt. John Williams

As I have shipt on board your schooner Mary
6 quarters of beef consign'd to Mr. John Freare agent victualler -----
at Halifax with 5 bbs of salt to preserve it in case it is in danger of spoil-
ing as per your bill lading, you'l please if you find them in danger -- --------
to make use of the salt to preserve it, I wish you a good passage, I am

Your hum'l servant

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Per Post

Boston March 25th 1765

Dear Sir

Waiting an opportunity of informing myself of the Josslins cir-
cumstances has prevented me writing to you sooner, I find they are possess'd of
a landed estate sufficient & more than to pay the Sum Messrs. Harts mention
but in order to raise the money must be oblig'd to part with lands, as they have
it not in their power to obtain it otherwise. I have seen one of them who tells
me that instead of being indebted 1200 dollars in your goverment, they
dont owe more there then £1200 Massachusetts Old Tenor & says one of them is now
building a vessell for the person they are indebted to, that will discharge the
debt or will reduce it to the above sum of £1200 Old Tenor, which I am
not certain youl please to press Messrs. Hart's speedily disposing of the
sloop Yellow Bird on such terms & to such persons as you shall approve
& will either pay me the money down or make the payment certain in a rea-
sonable time & the shorter the better if the person they mention'd should
purchase, I shall be content with his own note or bond on interest,
payable in a few months. I am not at liberty to mention his name, Mr.
Isaac Hart (to whom please to communicate what I say of the Josslins)
will doubtless inform you if there be yet a prospect of his purchasing, as I
told you before this vessell must not go to sea till my ball'ce of £456.6.6/2
lmo. [lawful money] is paid with the interest due thereon from 12th Ult'o the price they expect
for her is 1600 dollars. Youl be carefull that you dont omit bringing on the
suits against Job Snell & Southwick & Clarke at your next May Court.
If they continue delinquent as also against Jacob Isaacks unless Mr. Joshua
Saunders can give satisfactory assurances that I am safe & like to be paid
in a reasonable time, as soon so on as the weather becomes pleasant we shall
expect to see you & your agreeable daughter. Mean time I am with mine
& Mrs. Lloyds compliments to you & her

Your most hum'l servant

Martin Howard esqr.