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[?] [?] Quarter part of Ship Liberty's Cargo the Pottashes I ship'd
by her, that article being ^always on my own particular account & under the
Circumstances here I cannot alter. ~

I wish you may be able to get a freight for the Liberty to some
part or other, & I should be glad for this place, tho' I see no great prospect.
I wish I had order Fifty Tons of Hemp in her but I doubt not you will
do your utmost for my Interest ~

I have heretofore wrote you so largely & expressd my Sentiments
so fully on the Subject of the Stamp act that I think I need not add
more to convince you that it is highly disagreeable to the whole of
[? ?] Continent nay further that they will never submit
to it. you can well judge from the accounts you have long e'er this
receiv'd from America how we are Circumstanc'd & should have
been glad of your opinion on the Subject, pray write me by all
ways & opportunitys how things are like to turn. I can only further
say, that I pray your best influences for us, nothing will quiet
& reinstate us but the entire repeal of this Cruel Stamp act, &
pray god grant us that relief~

Inclosd you have my Invoice for my Spring supply of Goods
under the following Limitation, to which I must desire nay my
honour obliges me to insist that you strictly comply with viz in
case there is a repeal of the Stamp act you will please to send me
by Marshall the several articles in the inclos'd Invoice. let them
be well chosen, well pack'd, & chargd at the lowest price, & send
every Article if this Stamp act be repeald, but in case the Stamp
act is not repeald my orders are that you will not upon any
consideration ship me any one Article I have wrote for. this is in
Consequence of the united Resolves of not only the principal Merch[an]ts
& Traders of this Town but of those of the other Trading Towns of this
Province, & which I am determin'd to abide by; I will not import
one Single Manufacture of Great Britain unless this grievous
Burthen be remov'd, and I have further to pray the favour
that if this act be not repeald you make out & send me all my
accounts & whatever Ballance may be due to you. I will endeavour
to remit as soon as possible, as under the Burthen of the Stamp
act I cannot carry on my Business to any advantage, & I
cannot be a Slave to enrich stacemen-

Inclos'd you have an Invoice of Tin plates & which in case
the Stamp act is repeald you will please to order to be put up in
the best manner & ship'd me by Marshall. let them be in a seperate
Invoice & Bill Lading consign them to me & charge their cost
to my Acco[un]t. Mark them WBK. if the Stamp act is not repeald
you will by no means send them.___

The Invoice of Nails & Hatts you inclos'd me by
Scott