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you will be so kind as to inform the Major whether you take 

 charge of them or not. 



" If Mrs. Cromartie denies her having any such Box as I 

 have described in her possession, yet if you will take the trouble 

 to look yourself in the before-mentioned front chamber, I dare 

 say you will find it. But if she refuses to deliver it up, or if the 

 Troops have taken possession of the house, and dispute your 

 right to carry it off, or if the Box is not to be found, Major 

 Small's assistance will be of great service, which I dare say he 

 will lend upon such an occasion. If Mrs. Cromartie has left 

 the house, and has not left word where she has gone, I believe 

 you may find her out by inquiring at Mrs. Phillips' in Quaker 

 Lane, in whose family she has, or at least had, a daughter who 

 was a servant-maid, and who can doubtless give some account 

 of her mother. 



" I have a very good- Hussar Cloak faced with scarlet shal- 

 loon, with yellow mock-spangle metal buttons, and an old plaid 

 red gown, lined with crimson shalloon, in Town, which I 

 should be glad you would likewise take under your care. 

 These I am told are at Mr. Elias Parkman's at the North End, 

 near Winnisimmet Ferry ways. In what Street he lives I 

 cannot say, but believe you may find out by inquiring at Mr. 

 William Jackson's store at the Brazen Head. 



" If you should be so kind as to take my effects into your 

 possession, you will please to keep them safe till I shall have the 

 pleasure of seeing you, or till you shall hear from me, or from 

 my Executor or Administrator. And in the mean time, if you 

 should leave the Town, you will either leave them with Doctor 

 William Lee Perkins, or some other person that you can depend 

 on, or take them with you, as you think most for my safety. 



"The preservation of my papers is an affair of the utmost 

 importance to me, and I hope that a consideration of that, and 

 of my present situation, will serve in some measure as an excuse 

 for my wishing to give you so much trouble in this matter. 



" I cannot conclude without informing you that since I left 

 Boston I have enjoyed but a very indifferent share of health, 

 having been much troubled with Putrid Bilious Disorders. 



