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Mr. John Fillis Boston Octo'r 18th 1765
Sir
I rec'd your fav'r of 25th Utto. & note the Contents, doubt not
your best endeavours to remit me for the Goods I Ship you from time to time
this incloses you Bill Lading & at foot is Invoice of 3 Pipes Wine P Sloop
Swallow, Nathaniel Attwood master amounting to £46.7.10/4 Lmo. which
is Chargd to your Acco'tt Curr'tt & hope will answer your purpose, the Teneriffe
Cost 13/4 P Pipe less then the last I sent you, none of that to be had
now, nor any other that I can find in Town, I am
Your most hum'l Serv't
IF N.1 1 Pipe Fayal Wine £12
2&3. 2 d'o Teneriffe d'o £16 32
Truckage 3 Pipes @ 1/ 3
Entry at Excise office 8 £44.3.8
Commission @ 5 P Ct. 2.4.2 1/4 £46.7.10 1/4
Price Curttt.
Middling Muscovado Sugar £17 @ £18. W:J: Rum 18/, Jamaica do/ 25/
Molasses 9/6 Cotton wool 14/ @ 15/ Coffee 5/6 @ 6/ Cocoa £36 Mackrell caught
here £7.10/ Halifax do £6/15/ Jamaica Fish £4.12.6 @ £4.15/ Whale Oil
£120 @ £125, White Sperma Ceti do. £180. Brown do. £160. Liver do. £144 @ £150

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Mr. John Freare Boston Octor. 18th 1765
Sir
I recd. your 2 favrs. of 28th Utto. one of them covering your 1st Bill
No. 119 on John Biggin & Anthony Bacon Esqrs: & Co. for £162.15.4 Sterling which
is to Credit your Agent Victuall:g Accott. the other covering Michael Franklins
1st Bill for £136.14.2 Sterling dated Halifax 13th Sepr. 1765 favr. Charles White
Esqr. at 60 days signt, on Widn. Butler & Richard Butler of London, pass'd to
the Credit of your particular Accott. which is Debited for the Ballance of the
late Frederick Danseys Accott. agreeable to your orders, exclusive of the £42.34 1/2
Lmo. I am to receive of Comfort Sage. note the safe arrival of the Cattle P
Pierpont & Ford & that you had passd their amount to my Cr. hope those P
Somes arrivd safe also. the latter drought has much disappointedd our expecta-
tion of that plenty of Corn & Grass that was expected & will in some measure
effect the price of Beef so that doubt having it in my power to Contract
with a person I can depend upon under 16d. Old Tenor if for that for the Season, Mr. Bry-
ant given

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