This May Inform you That I have got My Ship Which I ham Much Obliged to you all for and Shall Sail for the Contanent Verey Soon. If there is aney thing In My power to Sarve you In I Should be glad To have the honner to Execute your Comand. I Shall Mack for the Caps. of Virginia if Posable. I Should a Sailed Before this But My Whife has Been Verey Bad I Shall be Obliged to Leve her In Bordeaux Un till I Return from the Contanet. The frinch pass you gave Me Was onley Tow Mounths and it Is out and as I Shall have a Valabel Carger On Board of Wolans Wines Cordage and Salt I Should be glad if you Will Send Me Another Pass or a Rigester or What you think proper For My Security from here to the Contanent In Case of Meting of aney thing to Intircep Me as It May Attend to a bad Consequence to Me and the Shipers. And In So Doing you Will oblige your Most Obliged and humbel Servant to Comand