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Lis March 11 1775
I received yours of the 9th (Inst): Inclosing (2 or percent sign) Job Material your credit as under___, we can now Swap lower Job at __________100.00 more Than ____Job, and upper Job at 5/4 difference -----Indeed we have none now, having lately swapped all we had at That (What) difference----- I am Dean Lis your (in law) Andrew Millesen
27th of Job a 1-77 HOLE 2 of 100.15.5 Dafc. Preparing. 13.4 100.2.1
To
Mr Richard Benshan
Merchant in
Orange
Petersburg 29 March 1775
Sirs
We have now before us your favour of 14 [?] [?] the. contents
Enclosed you have note of sundrys sent from this Waggon___ Mr Peck's tobacco is in such a situation as makes it necessary to repack it, we went to the warehouse to examine whether or not the waggone was in fault but find tis [?] to damage got at the plantation being very [word marked out} moldy, I will not [?] come in time to advise you the weights of this [?], we are obliged to you for the lists of the weights of your tobacco at cedar point___ We recommend to you
to selle the price of tobacco with your [cushmart] as fast as you convincingly can in these difficult times there may be some [?] in the price and you had also better hurry it down
We are very respectfully Sir You Servants Eilbeck Ross [?]
[?] Mr. Dunlap has delivered us 8 half [?] for which we are obliged to you thay shale be returned on sight and any other thing he [mend] ^[as to us} confirmed
E R [?]
To
Misters Johnston and Beneshan
Snow Hill