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Having heard by Capt Morris that you had
Lost all your Hands in the River Basa I came down here,
last Evening on purpose to Take Some method to suply
the misfortune as much as Possable, by the Two Vessels
Just about sailing from this place Capt Briggs & Capt Moor
but Receiving your Letter of ye 15th May this morning which giving
us Such favourable accounts of your Circumstance from what
we had heard Quite aleviates our Misfortune and prevents
dewing any thing further than Writing you by these
opertunitys principaly to Inform you that (Notwith­
standing our first orders to you & our Letter to Barbadoes of ye 4th Ultimo advising
you to go to South Carolina,) that the market there
is Surpriseingly Glutted with Slaves So that it will
not by any means do to go there Therefore Recomend
if you Can get £20 Sterling for your Well Slaves Land
at Barbadoes to sell there . . . and Lay out ye Neet
proceed in 30 hogshead Rum 8 or 10 hogshead Sugar & 3 or
4 Baggs of Cotton the remainder Being in full Weight money
or Good Bills but money full Weight is 5percent better for us
than bills and proceed home, without giving your­
self any further trouble about Loading with Salt
But if your Slaves Should be in good order and you
Cannot get that proceed to Jamaica and there
Dispose of them for ye same Sort of pay & proceed
home, but Notwithstanding what we here advise
if your self . . . think any other port in the
Westindes will Do better Considering all ye Risque, you
are At full Liberty to go and Inshort do by Vessel
& Cargo in that Respect as if She wass your own
all friends and particularly your family is Well

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Burroughs is this morning gone to Providence
to Congratulate . . .in order to Carry your Letter
to Mrs Hopkins. you may depend . . . Friends nor money shall
not be Wanting to make the Insurance you Wish for to
your Wife whose Letter Mr Burrows opend in order to
Relieve the aprehentions of his father & family from ye
Maloncholy Tale Brought by Capt Morris