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and purchasd sparingly we should have
done much better in fact if we had the
money the whole of the negroes cost I could
buy moore and better paper than we have
however I have no Doubt you all done for
the Best, yet if we ever collect we have
made a hansome profit the Land pirates
are comeing Down to sell there paper and
they find that where they take off the [?]
they will not have cost for there negroes
I assisted in scining your friend,Coyer
Collier he had some good paper Hoopes &
Moore & B Hughes Walker of Natchez endorsed
by P M Lapier and accepted by the
Widow Miner & same accepted by Eli Montgomery
amting to upwards of 12,000$
I was called on by the Shaver for information
I told him I would give him no information
on the subject unless he would following
advice he said he would I then told him that
Collier had a payment to make the next
day and he must say to him he Collier must
endorse the whole of the paper and Discount
Thirty prct and the man followed my
directions Got the thirty prct fr Amn Drs
and Colliers Indorsement I learn that the
ballance of the paper he has could not be
discounted for half off and unless he can
make many arangements with you he
will not trouble you much this season
he is making Desperate efforts to form
several consernes with other traders I

We have Recd very little money from sales this season and the most that has been
paid out & remitted was raised from F & A last year and the year before lasts business
but no matter

Let me hear from you frequently give me your views