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your sales the pallialing of mean sales by exclamations against the qualities of the tobos. [tobaccos] sent you. We will lay them by at present: only give us leave to assure you you[r] port must study more our advantage or we shall be less careful and indeed able to contrive for your interest in loading your ships.

In the Lucia Capt. Bowman we have sent you hhds of tobo. [tobacco] which we hope you will endeavour to dispose of to our best advantage altho [although] you show such an indifference of continueing [continuing] in our fathers business in the stile [style] of your letters to him. We confess the quantity now sent you very small but we have reason to flatter ourselves that this new law, the small exportation of this present year, and the poor prospect of the insueing [ensuing] crop will make the more valuble. [valuable] than twice the number has been for this many years past.

Our father some small time before his death left a memorandum of his intentions to draw on you for thirty eight pounds or there abouts; to Colonel Braxton which bill we expect to compleat [complete] and therefore desire you to give it due honour. We begg [beg] you will send us in 12 dozen of your plad Negroe stockings & conclude.

Sir

Your most humble Servts. [Servants]

John Carter
Charles Carter
Landon Carter