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was knocked in a 1,000 pieces on the Sugar Bank by 

 our infernal stupid Negroes. I dispatched them away 

 before one, last Tuesday afternoon w . sufficient Day- 

 light to get over the Banks and went after them in C°. 

 w\ P. & B. When I got to the Philadelphia found 

 they were not there; and soon after came the Gentle- 

 men in ye canoe, w . an Acct. of their leaving ye Boat 

 full of water — The next morning before Daylight, Mr. 

 Buckley ard John Hood, not calling me, went and 

 fourd the st( m and stern sticking in the Bank w*". a few 

 pieces plank and Floor Timbers to the Keil. They saved 

 abt. 700 lbs. Rope, the Mast, Boom and Mainsail ; have 

 sine 2 found a Box Candles. — I shall endeavour to save 

 the Keil, St(;m and Stern, and get a new Betsey rebuilt' 

 a li tie wider and deeper. — Take the misfortune as easy 

 as I do and it will not occasion a Grey Hair more among 

 your sage loc ks. — I have some little Expe6lation of getting 

 by the by a snail nice Schooner of our friend WlNTHUYSEN, 

 and am offered by Mr. M. DALY, the loan of his boat 

 awhile so iiope not to suffer for want of a craft, 

 besides am sure of Buckley's & Roger's, both which 

 expeft in tc-day. — I wrote Messrs. LawsoN & Fraser 

 the 15th ultc. acquainting them Mr. M. Daly told me 

 he had shipd 20,000 lbs. Coflfi <^ Capt. TOURNAY and had 

 wrote them wice to make Insurance on it and requested 

 me to menti )n it again to them. — you'll find that there 

 are shipd. in Capt. FORTUNE 28 BaggsCoffi forthe ;^ioo 

 stg. desired, insured the 14th Augt., which I reed, of the 

 Est. of Ph. 3R0THERS0N, deed., and am taking up some 

 Debts in Ru n and Sugar to the Amount. — The Purchases 



1 make aford a good profitt, the 7 st on the lb. Sugar and 



2 st «^ Gal . Rum. — I should not tell you myself but I 



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