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Virginia, Williamsburg 6th December 1766

To Henry Raper Esquire Merchant at London

Sir

Pray peruse the inclosed Letter & send it
by the first conveyance to to Messrs: Jackson &
Ruthifurd merchants at Leghorn I am &cc
Robert Carter.

Virginia, Williamsburg 6th December 1766

to Messrs Jackson & Ruthifurd Merchants at Leghorn

Gentlemen

Captain Samuel Ayeres of the Snow Anne
waited on Governor Fauquier the 4th of this instant: and
the Governor did me the honor to communicate your Scheme
to me immediately: we observed to the Captain that the
last crop of wheat which was made in this Province
had sprouted in the ears before it was cut
down, and we believed that, that wheat would spoil
in so long a voyage, and added that the last crop
crop of indian corn would not be dry enough to ship
before next March: Nevertheless the Captain desired to
be loaded with the best wheat & flour I could buy; so
that it could be done speedily : And I bought wheat
enough yesterday to fill the Anne's hold & flour
to fill the space between her decks; The former at
3s/ 7ΒΌ Sterling per bushell winchester measure, the
latter at 13s/ 4 Sterling Cent and I gave thus libe
rally for these articles, that Captain Ayers might have
a power, to receive, or to refuse them, also to
procure them of two Gentlemen who are to furnish these
articles immediately. And I desired the Captain to
sail the Anne to Warwick ^ Town on James river, which
is 4 score miles up that river

The instruction which relates to the snow Anne
doth not direct that an ensurance shall be made