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Sold it. I am sure you must have lost more than you will now. I
am very much obliged to you for your Consignment & Shall
alway^s Endeavour to Serve you to the best of my Power. [?]
in any Command^s this way I am

{Sir}
{your} Very {Humble} {Servant}

Boston 30^th July 1745

{Colonel} {Benjamin} Payton

{Sir}
This acknowledges the Receipt of
yours {per} {Captain} Bacon & Morton by whome have Bill of
Lading For 60 {barrels} Tarr which have Sold at 35/ {per} {barrel} which
is Very low but is the most I Could Get for it. I Suppose
their is at Least In Town Four Thousand {barrels} tarr unsolf
by Reason their is no Demand for it & as your {barrels} were
very Poor. If So be I had housed them what with the Leakage
Truckage & Storage of them I believe you would have ben
a Great [?] Loser for this is a Very bad time In the
year for ^^to Let Tarr Stand. As to what Tarr you Consigned
between {Mister} Hubbard & my Self we have [housed?] as {Mister} Hubbard
Thought best tho if it had be^^en Consigned to my Self I Should
have Sold it. I Don't Doubt but Tarr will be In Demand
again Some Time hence but your {barrels} are Very Poor
& they must wast a Great Deal by Lying & if Tarr Should
Rise you may not get more than by Selling it now. I Generally
Think the first offer is the best however on the whole I think
I have Endeavoured to Consult your Interst as much as I possible
Could & Should have Sold ^^it if it had ben my own. Your Tallow
{per} {Captain} Morton I have Sold but as the Tarr is not as yet Deliverd
I Could not Send the acctt Sales; but {per} the first Vessel
you may Expect them together with your n^tt Proceed^s.
I have paid {Captain} Morton the order you Drew upon me. I have
ben Constantly Ever Since you wrote me looking out for a Vessel
to Send you but Cant Get one. I have Sent my Sloop back
to {Captain} Pilkington & {Mister} Palin. You Say you have Seen her but
She Dont Suite I Cant but think She would Do very
well to Keep Running. She will Carry Five hundred {barrels}