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February 15^th. 1763

Sir

I wrote ^to your Honour the 8^th & 10^th. Inst^a.
the last to inform you that the person to whom Cap^t.
Longbottom wrote for a Credit in New York was gone to
Albany; his Wife opened the Letter & told the Express that
she could not give any Answer to it, & M^r. Sprowle refuses
to supply Cap^t Longbottom with more Cash, or to settle
with him for what he has furnished on other terms than he
proposed before; which makes it necessary to make use
of the power your Honour has been pleased to give me
by your Letter of the 9^th. to take the Captains Bills on the
Navy Office payable to you for the Amount of his Dis=
bursements, which I shall do, & send or carry them up
to be indorsed without detaining the Ship for their return
& shall pay off M^r Sprowles Acc^t against her ~

Most of the Spaniards embarked yesterday & the
Officers proposed to go onboard to day, but the weather
being now extremely bad prevents them: as I have hither=
to given the greatest attention to the, I shall continue
to -

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to do so while they remain in the Country, & at their
Desire I intend to go down with them. This leads me to
observe (what I hope your Honour is already convinced of)
that I have had a great deal of Trouble with these people
more than was occasioned by supplying them with provisions
only; few days have passed since their removal to Norfolk
without my visiting them & being sent for by them, for
they applied to me on all Occasions & I have been much
employed in supplying their wants & removing their
fears & Apprehensions: many of these last were indeed
groundless, but excusable after what happened to them
here, & by the Confidence my Behaviour has obtained with
them, I prevented many Applications that would other=
wise have been made to your Honour; however I shall
not presume to trouble you with a Detail of my Services
for them, & will readily own that I should with pleasure
have done the same for genteel Strangers in their Situation,
without any prospect of reward, but I flatter myself
that will not lessen their Merit in your Honours esteem
& the Councils. The settling of the victualling Acc^t. with
Cap^t

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Cap^t Longbottom is ready so soon as I can know when to
stop; for he is desirous to keep up his Complement of
provisions for sea as long as he can, & one good Day
will finish the Ships Business - I am &

P.S. The Gentlemen appointed viewed M^r Millers house
yesterday, & I presume their report will soon be
laid before your Honour

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February 16. 1763

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