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To the whole amount of Benjamin Harrison's account brought on   £398   5   2
To Archibald Cary's account for 12 barrels flour.
B, W No. 1. 285 . 25. 180
To 12 inclusive weighing 2254 lbs at 2d per lb       18 15   8
To 12 barrels at 20d each         1   0   0
To Flat & Jobbers 16   0
To Richard Randolph for 5194½ bushels wheat 4s/6   1168 15   3
To Flat & Jobbers       16   4   8
To ⅔ Pilotage, Port charges & for putting up
Stanchings & Shifting Boards}
      36 12 11½
To Cash paid Robert Donald for nails         1 12
  1642   1   8½
Commission at 5 per Cent.       82   2   1
Total in current money of Virginia £1724   3   9½

Exchange on London at £125. for 100£ Sterling

To Messrs Jackson & Ruthifurd merchants
at Leghorn Williamsburg 26th March 1767

Sirs,

In my former Letters, which were addres
sed to you I omitted to signify that it was indispen
sably requisite that Captain Samuel Ayres & I should en
ter into a Bond, in the Penalty of 2000£ Sterling
that no part of the Snow Anna's Cargo should be lan
ded to the northward of Cape-Finister, except
on the Island of Great-Britain, which Landing
must be proved by the Evidence of a legal
Certficate, which Testimonial is required within
12 Months after the Snow's Clearnace : And if
this