On my Return to Town I found your Note of Monday. Having for some time designed to leave England this Summer, I have either forbidden or have not calld for Remittances that would otherwise have been made to me, and among others from your Brother, so that my Cash here is lower than usual. However, to see if I could possibly accommodate you, I have taken a little time to examine what Demands may be incumbent on me to discharge before my Departure, and I never on any Occasion was more convinc’d of the Truth of the old Saying, That our Sins and our Debts are always more than we take them to be. In short I find I shall have full Occasion for all the Money I can command here, so that without the greatest Inconvenience to my self I cannot comply with your Request; under which Circumstance you do not seem to desire it. And as I know your Brother’s Punctuality, I make no doubt you will soon receive from him the Remittances he ought to make you. I am, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant