aderas. I
beg you'l procure me the best Sales you Possibly can for the whole 80
pipes; be it eather for Mony or in barter of some other goods that may
be Pres[en]ted and without Limiting you to any Thing, for I am
Confidant you will have my Interest at heart as if your own. Pray Open
a Seperate Acct. for the 30 pipes marked V.P., for Possibly I may
Resign the Amount of them over to an other person, but in that case
you'l be Pleased to Detain 450 Dollars in your hands for there
freights at the rate of 15 Dollars each Pipe and 5 p. Ct. more for the
Average[14] on the freight of them, that you'l please to pay the
Capn., that is to Say only the Meer 5 p. Ct., for the 450 Dollars must
be Clear of all Charges, and that altho they Came to hand full or
Empty. if they Sell for Money must deliver the Money, if in Barter
deliver the Comoditys you barter them for, not omiting to detain there
freights and joyining it to the Acct. of the 50 pipes.

[Footnote 12: Lees.]

[Footnote 13: Vidonia, a dry canary.]

[Footnote 14: A payment which owners of goods made to the master, in
proportion to their consignments, for his care of the goods.]

The remainder of the Cargo belongs to the Capn. here Inclosed you'l
find a writing or Bill of Sale made before a Publick Notary of the
Vesels being Sold to me, which I Judge proper to Send that no
Difficulty's may arise in the Sale of the Vessel, and for that end I
also Enclose you my power of Attorney, that you might act as you Shall
Judge Proper and in Vertue of them I beg you'l Please to use your
outmost indeavours to Dispose of her. She Cost me, put to Sea, 2000
Dollars, however you may Let her go if can do no better for 1300
Dollars or less, if the Capn. is willing; altho it appears as if She
belonged entirely to me, he's half concerned in her so that you'l
Please to act in conformity with him in Sale of her. if you Sell her
pay him his half of the neat Produce of what she sells for, and the
other half must be joyned to the Neat proceeds of the 50 pipes before
mentioned, and to make one Acct of them. Pray also pay Said Capn. 195
Dollars and no more for the difference of freight due to him according
to our Contract.

Supose you cannot Possibly Sell the Vessel (which I again Earnestly
begg you'l indeavour to do) must then Procure her a freight and Partly
load her out of the Neat Proceeds of the wines and procure the residue
of her Cargo from your friends. in this Case you and the Capn. will