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1768

necessary to carry on this work shall be furnished by the
Parties, so that neither of them shall provide a greater
number than the other, unless they mutually consent
to the contrary.

5th That whatever money the said Beale shall
disburse on any journey to purchace wheat, dispose
of Commodities, or collect money for the Partnership shall
be charged to its account But the said Beale's household
Expences shall not be charged to the same: It is
thought that one half of that charge will not exceed
the advantage that will flow, for the use of the houses men
tioned in the 3d Article.

6th That a set of books be opened in the form
of Messrs Robert Carter & John Beale, partners in the profits, or Loss that
may happen on all the Grain that shall be ground
in said mill, now about to be built: That a
yearly settlement be made on the 10 day of March,
or on any other day, if that shall be found in
convenient.

7th This Partnership to continue 5 years
from the date of an agreeement to be executed by the
parties, which shall comprise the sense of this memo
randum: But nevertheless either of the parties has
a power to abrogate the same at any one of the
yearly settlements, provided the complainant delivers
to the other gentleman his reasons in w[r]iting for
the abrogation.

Williamsburg the 29th february 1768

Sir,

If the packet should be as slow in it's
pas