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<opener><salute>Gentlemen</salute></opener>
<p rend="first-indent(1)">Make no Doubt but You Long ago heard
<lb/>of the <unclear>Gloris Markits</unclear> in this Island as this is the 7 or 8
<lb/>Letter Sent You they Still <unclear>Constancy</unclear> as bad as Ever
<lb/>we have Colected in all Our Debts to windard of this Port and
<lb/>Shall beGin here in a few Days and believe Shall be able
<lb/>to Compleat all Our besiness in all May if not Sooner
<lb/>these Estates are but <unclear>jest putting</unclear> about but are ingeneral Lay
<lb/>Estates and well <unclear>Slaved</unclear> So that they <unclear>Presently</unclear> Make a quantity
<lb/>of Goods we have Upwards of <measure unit="hogshead" quantity="50" commodity="molasses">50 hhds Molesses</measure> 15. or 16. <unclear>Purchase</unclear>
<lb/>Rum Som Sugar and Cotton in board so that our besiness is
<lb/>Chiefly now at this Bay and from Large Estates but <unclear>hether</unclear> to
<lb/>have had a good Deal of Pedling and Huckstring work —
<lb/><choice><abbr>Mela.</abbr><expan>molasses</expan></choice> has broke @ <measure unit="lsd" quantity="0l1s0d" commodity="currency">12d</measure> Sugar @ <measure unit="lsd" quantity="1l8s0d" commodity="currency">28s</measure> Rum <measure unit="lsd" quantity="0l2s6d" commodity="currency">2s6</measure> but has fell to
<lb/><measure unit="lsd" quantity="0l2s3d" commodity="currency">2s3</measure> Cotton <measure unit="lsd" quantity="0l1s4d-0l1s6d" commodity="currency">16 to 18d</measure> Coffee <seg type="rate"><measure unit="lsd" quantity="3l10s0d-4l0s0d" commodity="currency">3.10 to 4 Pound</measure> ⅌ <measure unit="ct" quantity="1" commodity="coffee">Ct</measure></seg> we are Selling
<lb/>the Remainder of Our Oyl @ <measure unit="lsd" quantity="3l10s0d" commodity="currency">£3:10</measure> we have but a Very
<lb/>few Goods now <unclear>on Sold ye Prises</unclear> I think is Endless to Menshon
<lb/>as you Must have had them in My Other Letters beLeive
<lb/>we Shall Make Out to Load Our Vessell with one sort
<lb/>of Good or Others Likewis Shall Make all the Dispacth
<lb/>we Posible Can which you Cant but think Goes Slowly
<lb/>on but tis not to be aVoyded by which Reason you well
<lb/>Know by My Last Letters but this.
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<closer><salute>Your friend and well
<lb/>wisher to Serve</salute><signed><persName><choice><abbr>Gidn</abbr><expan>Gideon</expan></choice> Manchester</persName></signed><dateline><placeName>Annotta Bay</placeName> <date value="1764-04-22">22 April 1764</date></dateline></closer>
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<p>this Letter I send to <placeName>Kingston</placeName> to ye Care of <persName>Capt Burgess</persName>
<lb/>to be forwarded as we have no Opertunity on this Side of ye Island
<lb/>when we Get Our besiness a Little More Compleatted Shall
<lb/>InClose Our <choice><abbr>Acct</abbr><expan>Account</expan></choice> <unclear>Sailes</unclear> to You Likewise when Loaded
<lb/>the <unclear>inVoices</unclear> and Bills <unclear>Lading</unclear> of the Cargo —
<lb/>if You Pleas My Complyments to wife and family
<lb/>and are in Good helth
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<closer><salute>Most <choice><abbr>Hble</abbr><expan>Humble</expan></choice> <choice><abbr>Sert</abbr><expan>Servant</expan></choice></salute> <signed><persName><choice><abbr>Gn</abbr><expan>Gideon</expan></choice> Manchester</persName></signed></closer>
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<p><name>Messrs <choice><abbr>Nich</abbr><expan>Nicholas</expan></choice> Brown</name></p>
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<p>Letter from
<lb/><persName><choice><abbr>Gid.</abbr><expan>Gideon</expan></choice> Manchester</persName>
<lb/><date value="1764-04-22"><choice><abbr>Apl</abbr><expan>April</expan></choice> 22nd 1764</date>
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