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[THER?] stranger for his support to the Boy was
Long Before Settled by the[E] & of it I was any ways
Uneasy thou could & would Bring any Writing
from Rice to the Same Purpose I Told the
as Not being any Interested of mine would
with an order from Rice which would cut
the Matter Short & Clear me from any Dispute
that may Arise thou then Desird [DESIRED] me to go with them
& see for myself that what thou Urg'd [URGED] was the
Truth I Told the I was Satisfyd [SATISFIED] & Believed such
owner of Ship was, then when thou Brot [BROUGHT]
the order from Rice the still Desird [DESIRED] me to
Go with the & Talk with him if I wasnt intirely [ENTIRELY]
Satisfyd [SATISFIED] I Reply'd [REPLIED] I was fully Satisfyed [SATISFIED] the had
said & Done anough [ENOUGH?] (and on my Part I am still
Satisfyd [SATISFIED]) but after the was gone it was Told
that he had made a Proft the Voyage was his
& Paid to his order I then for the first Time
was Sorry that I Requested an order from Price
to Pay the what Aparently was thy Due without
it Now 1 Day Before he Left here he Requested
to see my Book so as to Get of what the Boy's
Voyage Amounted to as his Voyage Belong
to him & thow would never Dispute it & had
Prior to this Insinuated the same to the Belife [BELIEF]
of some of his friends. Notwithstanding what we
as owners Could say -- Now in Justice to thyself
I Desire thou would Send me a True Statement of
the Case from Under thy hand so that I may
Proclaim in thy Favour what I think (without
some Mistake) is justly Due.

From they Friend & well wisher

Sil [SILVANUS] Macy

sint By [LIBNI?] Gardner

17. 3. mo [MONTH] 1797