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As we have had no letter & but slight or not any Sertain
having this
hend. Y. You may with grait Propriety Expect to recieve
some
Indias
Particular advice where to sell the slaves
Sertain of your Good Health and prosperity as well
as the State of your Slaves
the
by several
have been very high & was still so by the last
Acct advice.
then arriv'd there from the Coast &
as still being orderd there
oppinion they will still be much Higher there than
Among the
that slaves have sold high well or much better at
than any where among the the
last Price
owing partly to the Spanish Contractor big greatest demand at
but which of these
Places,
best for you to go to we Can't with sertainty tell, but
of opinion that if your Slaves sh'd arrive In ye
dia
at
at
ever you sell we recomend You'l get what Hard
Cash you possaby Can provided you Can get
it without much Loss In ye Sales & weigh of ye
money, as ye must be sensible the bills will Cash
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risk of the Protest, The that Cash in our present trade will be at least 5
we are able to give, the Execution of wch will depend
much upon your Prudence and Care all which we Shall
Chearfully abide by, & Hope may prove Sucksessful
both to you & us. If you sell the slaves in the
Indiaswith home in the Brigg (without you shall
Except shod sell at
If you sell in
standing all we have hear wrote if you have your helth
arrival at
slaves amongst the Spanyards or Elsewhere without running
any Extreordinary Risque you have Liberty to do as your best
Judgment shall Direct In every respect as fully or Expressed
In your Sailing orders of wch This is a Confirmation —
But if
P.S. If any misfortune should have befallen
Esek Hopkins
bove writen Instructions, Our orders are that the Commanding
officer (who may have been on Bord the do
upon his Arrival at
where he may first Touch at
Mercht as much to sell these his Slaves for the most they can
in Cash or good Bills of Exchange (reserving for ye rum Sugar &
Cotton aforesaid) provid if Cash Proberble they can Get
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for Ssell the Slaves
for the most they'l fetch in Cash or Good Bills (save only to pur
chase about
make Y all possable Dispach dewing from ye there arrival In the
to then return Home & to give us by letter the new state and Circumstance of
our Interest on bord ye Brigg as also of all matters relating ye Voyage
sell your slaves are sold it's proberble you'l be oblig'd to take
some Bills
wch may happen before you Sail, but Cash is the thing we Recomend
& w.ch is very plenty at
is well as are all
A rough Copy Lit
sent by Bushlin
to
or In his absence to
ye Com'd Officer onbord
ye
from