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<opener><dateline><placeName>Newport</placeName><date value="1765-07-17">July 17, 1765</date></dateline> <salute>Sir</salute></opener>
<p rend="first-indent(1)">Having heard by <persName>Capt Morris</persName> that you had
<lb/>Lost all your Hands in the <placeName>River Basa</placeName> I came down here,
<lb/>last Evening on purpose to Take Some method to suply
<lb/>the misfortune as much as Possable, by the Two Vessels
<lb/>Just about sailing from this place <persName>Capt Briggs</persName> & <persName>Capt <unclear>Moor</unclear></persName>
<lb/>but Receiving your Letter of <date value="1765-05-15"> ye 15th May</date> this morning which giving
<lb/>us Such favourable <choice><abbr>Accts</abbr><expan>accounts</expan></choice> of your Circumstance from what
<lb/>we had heard Quite aleviates our Misfortune and prevents
<lb/>dewing any thing further than Writing you by these
<lb/>opertunitys principaly to Inform you that (Notwith
<lb/>standing our first orders to you & our Letter to <placeName>Barbadoes</placeName> of <date value="1765-06-04">ye 4th <choice><abbr>Uto</abbr><expan>Ultimo</expan></choice></date> advising
<lb/>you to go to <placeName>South Carolina</placeName>,) <del>that</del> the market there
<lb/>is Surpriseingly Glutted with <seg type="slaveRef">Slaves</seg> So that it will
<lb/>not by any means do to go there Therefore Recomend
<lb/>if you Can get <measure unit="lsd" quantity="20l0s0d" commodity="currency">£20 <choice><abbr>Stg</abbr><expan>Sterling</expan></choice></measure> for your <seg type="slaveRef">Well Slaves</seg> <unclear>Land</unclear>
<lb/>at <placeName>Barbadoes</placeName> to sell there <del><gap/></del> and Lay out ye Neet
<lb/>proceed in <measure unit="hogshead" quantity="30" commodity="rum">30 <choice><abbr>hhd</abbr><expan>hogshead</expan></choice> Rum</measure> <measure unit="hogshead" quantity="8,10" commodity="sugar">8 or 10 <choice><abbr>hhd</abbr><expan>hogshead</expan></choice> Sugar</measure> & <measure unit="bag" quantity="3,4" commodity="cotton">3 or
<lb/>4 Baggs of Cotton</measure> the <choice><abbr>Remd</abbr><expan>remainder</expan></choice> <del>Being</del> in full <choice><abbr>Wt</abbr><expan>Weight</expan></choice> money
<lb/>or Good Bills but money <hi>full</hi> <choice><abbr>Wt</abbr><expan>Weight</expan></choice> is <measure unit="percent" quantity="5" commodity="rate">5<choice><abbr>?Ct</abbr><expan>percent</expan></choice></measure> better for us
<lb/>than bills and proceed home, without giving your
<lb/>self any further trouble about <choice><abbr>Loadg</abbr><expan>Loading</expan></choice> with Salt
<lb/>But if your <seg type="slaveRef">Slaves</seg> Should be in good order and you
<lb/>Cannot get that proceed to <placeName>Jamaica</placeName> and there
<lb/>Dispose of them for ye same <del><unclear>Sort</unclear></del> of pay & proceed
<lb/>home, but Notwithstanding what we here advise
<lb/>if you<del>r self <gap/></del> think any other port in the
<lb/><placeName>Westindes</placeName> will Do better Considering all ye Risque, you
<lb/>are At full Liberty to go and Inshort do by Vessel
<lb/>& Cargo in that Respect as if She wass your own
<lb/>all friends and particularly your family is Well</p>
<closer><signed><persName>M</persName></signed></closer>
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<lb/><persName>Burroughs</persName> is this morning gone to <placeName>Providence</placeName>
<lb/><del>to Congratulate <gap/></del>in order to Carry your Letter
<lb/>to <persName>Mrs Hopkins</persName>. you may depend <unclear><gap/> Friends</unclear> nor money shall
<lb/>not be <unclear>Wanting</unclear> to make the Insurance you Wish for to
<lb/>your Wife whose Letter <persName>Mr Burrows</persName> opend in order to
<lb/>Relieve the aprehentions of his father & family from ye
<lb/>Maloncholy Tale <choice><abbr>Bro't</abbr><expan>Brought</expan></choice> by <persName>Capt Morris</persName></p>
<closer><salute>I am for Self & Co. your Assured Frend</salute><signed><persName>MB</persName></signed></closer></ps>
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<p>Copy Letter
<lb/>to <persName>Capt Esek
<lb/>Hopkins</persName> <date value="1765-07">July
<lb/>1765</date></p>
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