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(seq. 546)
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(seq. 547)
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(seq. 548)
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(seq. 549)
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Boston 30th {December} 1766
Sir
A late Transaction of Mr Jonathan Porters occasi[ons] my troubling you att this time to inquire into the cause of it & if you find it necessary for Mr Apthorps intrest to Interpose in it. I must beg the {Favor} of you to do it as far as is in your power & Lett me know what is necessary for me to do that no damage may accrue to Mr Apthorp. The Complaint is made to me by Messrs Davis's of this Town That their Workmen are Hindred from Prosecuting the necessary work to Compleat the Vessell Mr {Jonathan} Porter this Brother sold to Mr Dennis {which} conveyance was made over by Mr Dennis to Mr Apthorp who sold the Vessell to Mr Ratcliff Heller & the Vessell was afterwards attacht by Mr Caldwell who has sold her to Messrs. Davis's. What {receipt} or discharge Mr Apthorp gave Messrs. Porters on their delivery of the Vessell I am Ignorant of but have seen the {receipt} Mr Apthorp gave Mr Heller for £75 for the Vessell agreeable to the appraisemt. of Mr. Stetson & others but no mention is made in that {receipt} of my Timber sold with the Vessell though the conveyance to Mr Dennis expresses Thirty Tons in the yard & all Further supplies that shall come to Compleat the vessell so that It appears to me from this View that the property of the Timber is still in Mr Apthorp & if you find it so you'l please to take care of it or dispose of it accordingly upon the whole as you are on the spott & have an opportunity of conversing with the partys you'l be better able to Judge of the matter than Jean by the {account} I receive only from one party & If you find Mr Porter acting to the prejudice of Mr Apthorp & obstinate in the pursuit of it you must put him in mind I have his & his Brothers note for £400. {which} must be imediately p[aid] in suit & I shou'd be glad you'd lett me know what prospect there is of recovering the money {which} will very much oblige [your humble servant]
To The {Honourable} {Samuel} White Esq.
(seq. 550)
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