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Sir.

OUR favour of the 4th current, came duly hand, covering a Bill, value Twenty Pound ſix Shillings ſter which is placed to your credit full, and for which I thank you Above, you have Invoice of goods agreeable to order, ſent to Wharf, to go by the Eliza, Capt. Watſon. they will arrive ſafe and yield ſatisfaction, and waiting your future orders,

I am, Sir, Your obliged ſervant.

Dear Sir, I Am exceedingly concerned at the great loſs -have lately, ſuſtained by the failure of Mr. Pot I hope you behave under it like the man of pruden you have always ſhown yourſelf, and as one wh knows how table all men are to misfortunes AS ain really cereus of giving you conſolations. cheerfully offer my ſervice to anſwer any preſet demand, and you are at liberty to draw upon n to the amount of zool. which you may have the u of for a twelvemonth or more if your aff irs reqsi it. In accepting of which you will give gre pleaſure to Your ſincere Friend. The Friend's anſwer, an accepting the generous offer

My Dear Friend, I AM at a loſs to find words to expreſs the grate- ful ſenſe I have of this inſtance of true genero friendſhip. My loſs indeed is heavy : but I fig that ſo kind a friend is capable of making it light I than