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[shipt? ? Portsmouth?] Thos Cartwright Mas[te]r w[hi]ch you will
please to Dispose of to the best advantage, forward me Acco[un]tt
Sales, & Credit my Acco[un]t with you for the neat produce. I am
apprehensive oyle may be low, if you shall judge it may
fetch a better price some time hence, I would Recom^mend
that you put into some safe Store, & let it lay till a better
Time of sale, I however leave to you to act as you Judge
best, not doubting yo[u]r best Endeavours for my Intrest
in all Respects.~

If at any Time I may render you or your Freinds
any Services here I beg you freely Command me.

I am with Sincere Esteem
Gent[leme]n
your Faithfull & obed[ien]t Serv[an]t

PS
Copy by way of London
with this addition. If Capt
Cartwright should not be arriv'd, & you have no advice of him when
this Reaches you, I desire you will please to make £300 Sterl[in]g
Insurance for me on this oyle; this you will do at the lowest Prem[ium]

Messrs Devonsheir & Reeves
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Boston Dec[embe]r 2nd 1765
Gent[leme]n

The Large quantities of Provisions Shipt by
Capt Hayward, & his Detention with you & a long Passage
besides, was very unlucky, as at his arrival our marketts
were in a great measure Supplied w[hi]ch Occasion'd those
Provisions to lay long on hand; scarcely a Cask of them
sold when the Melancholy Event of the death of my late
uncle Thos Hancock Took place. that Circumstance
Devolv'd upon me suddenly a variety of matters to w[hi]ch
I was obliged to give my whole attention, I however
us'd my best Endeavours to Dispose of them, but could
not Effect it for a Considerable Time, but at last I Got
rid of the whole, tho' at a small price, but was Glad to
Dispose of them at any Rate rather than they should
lay any longer as there was a Risque of their
perishing, & indeed was obliged to sell them on Credit
at last, a great part of w[hi]ch I have not yet been able
to Collect nor one shilling for the Cordage sold so long
ago have I yet Rec'd, such is the Scarcity of Cash here w[hi]ch
Circumstances I think may Take off that severity & unkind
Reflection with w[hi]ch you address'd me in a late letters, & is the only
one of the kind I ever rec'd, & which you must give me leave to say
I very much Dislike, as I took on myself not well us'd. My Freinds Barnards
& Harrison to whom I have mentioned it, can perhaps better Establish
me with you. Notwithstanding I am still out of the money
as you seem so strenuous I now Inclose you Acco[un]tt of Cash &
Supplies