| Page 8 (seq. 10)Boston, N.E., Feb. 10, 1763
Sir,
I have just rec'd your favour of 8th Nov. last y
Duplicate of 7th Sept by the [Pacquet?], and Observe their Contents,y
Remarks you have made on the State of Provisions & Cash acco {accounts?]
& [o?] I shall take the matters, under Consideration, Send Abstracts
from your Letter to Mr. [Gerrish?], and do every thing in my Power to
Secure your Interest; but the strange Confusion the Provisions were in
[&?} Deaths of Commissarys one after another, made things so Intricate that
I much fear whether ver things can be made Clearer, than what I have
done, and you must Settle with the Government in best manner you can,
with that I have Sent [or lent?] you; the often change also of Commanding Officers
at Annapolis & Chignecto, & many dead since, Two Killed at Newfoundland,
makes things worse & more difficult, than otherwise sould have been. As for [Deschampe?] we
can have no Redress, I drove that matter, as far as it would bear ~ We have
a very hard Winter, & no communication at present with Annapolis or Chignecto,
all froze up, & no Navigtion can Stir to, or from, thence,
I thank you for paying my bills I am now considerably in
advance for I lent Provisions to Annapolis [etc?], as you will have seen by the
Letters I have wrote you the months past, & more I. must Purchase soon, but | Page 8 (seq. 10)Boston, N.E., Feb. 10, 1763
Sir,
I have just rec'd your favour of 8th Nov. last y
Duplicate of 7th Sept by the [Pacquet?], and Observe their Contents,y
Remarks you have made on the State of Provisions & Cash acco {accounts?]
& [o?] I shall take the matters, under Consideration, Send Abstracts
from your Letter to Mr. [Gerrish?], and do every thing in my Power to
Secure your Interest; but the strange Confusion the Provisions were in
[&?} Deaths of Commissarys one after another, made things so Intricate that
I much fear whether ver things can be made Clearer, than what I have
done, and you must Settle with the Government in best manner you can,
with that I have Sent [or lent?] you; the often change also of Commanding Officers
at Annapolis & Chignecto, & many dead since, Two Killed at Newfoundland,
makes things worse & more difficult, than otherwise sould have been. As for [Deschampe?] we
can have no Redress, I drove that matter, as far as it would bear ~ We have
a very hard Winter, & no communication at present with Annapolis or Chignecto,
all froze up, & no Navigtion can Stir to, or from, thence, |
EN