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Boston 8th April 1765

Messrs. Naphtali Hart & Co.

Messrs. Joseph Rotch & Son have given me
the offer of 10 tons head matter still remaining of their last years stock at
£234 per ton being £220 with the charges of freight commission &c, [fruits?]
you to take it & can point out how it is to be paid for, if the terms suit & it be not
dispos'd of before I receive your answer I will purchase it for you, a parcell
of draind oil was sold last week @ £164 per ton, but that price I beleive
will not hold for what is caught this year, being the oppinion of several
merchants in London, who wrote by the last ships, that it would sink
considerably below what it had been at, which of course must reduce the
price of headmatter the insuing seasons.

Shall be glad to hear you have dispos'd of the Yellow Bird on ad-
vantageous terms, I really am in want of the money~

Your hum'l serv't

P.S. Old Mr. Rotch says his orders from London
per the last ships restrain him to £12 sterling for
drain'd oil

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Boston Ap'l 8th 1765

Mr. John Wendell

I wrote you the 23'd Feb'y & agreeable to your requests
returnd you Mr. Jonathan Warners note but have not been informd
whether you rec'd it or not, nor when you intend to pay the £20 sterl'g
I take up your bond to Messrs. Harts, as I really had a dependance on
its being done before now, hope it will not be deferd any longer, your
answer will oblige

Your humble servant

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Boston Ap'l 8th 1765

Mr. Phillips White

Sir

I rec'd your fav'r of 4th curr'tt will endeavour to
dispose of your molasses at 9/ per gallon, but fear shall not be able to obtain
that price at present, as that article has been sold @ 8/6. There was no
mistake in the price of the whale bone. Will do what I can to dispose
of your cyder, have sold only one barrell as yet, I am

Your hum'l servant

P.S. your cyder wants near a third of being full
please to inform if it has been drawn off