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i shall obey the part respecting the [berries?]...cheerfully expecting it will be of some value and not withstanding our different company get all the seals oyl we can Capt darby having but [illegible] provisions on board [illegible] under the [illegible] of supplying them and the lads with some bread and meat for their passage to Halifax. i shall watch every opportunity to [illegible] to Halifax or to the states to give information to the commission or consel, in hopes favorable and honourable to the Establishment.
in the interim i am you honor [illlegible words] James Morris