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28th May the 14.th 1760-
Gentlemen,

You'll find by the Manifest of
the Jacob and Joanna that I have on board
her sixty two Lhds of Tob.o, which, are two more
than I ordered Insurance for; as soon as the
Bills of Loading come to hand, I shall inclose
one, in Case of an Accident --- As I am
in y.r Debt, I desire you'll embrace the first
good Offer for this Consignment, of which, I
can thus far say with Truth, that I have en
=deavour'd to have it handled neatly, and
from it's Character, I may flatter myself
with the Expectation of an agreeable Price
for it -- The Sales for my last seventeen Lhd[s]
by the Arnold, I have not receiv'd yet, therefore
conclude they have miscarried -- Be pleas[ed]
to answer the several Letters, I lately wrote
you, by the first Ships, and you will much
oblige Gentlemen ----
To. YrhbleServt
Mess.rs Capel & Osgood Hanbury Char.s Carter
Merchants In London -
By Capt Thomson from Rappahanock River
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Sir Rap.k River July the 5th 1760

[several lines crossed out]
As you have an añual Ship for this River, and
have generally given Satisfaction to Gentlemen
of my Acquaintance, I am determined to begin
a Correspondence with you this Year by Shipping
in the Marlborough twelve Lhds of Tob.o, I [thus?]
desire you'll insure for me one hundred &twenty
Pounds upon that Ship, and oblige Sir
To. M.r John Backhouse Yrhble Serv.t
Mercht in Liverpoole Char.s Carter
By Capt Cooper from Rappahanock
Copy by Capt Clemt Nicholson