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East Florida while I think of it — I met with a Gentleman
yesterday at Mr Lind's, a Mr Barker a captain in the
Merchants service who has 3 Brothers settled there. He tells
me it has been computed that since the acquisition of the Colony
about £100,000 has been laid out in all by settlers — that the last produce
viz for a year sent to England was worth about 12,000£ and that it is
now increasing rapidly — That of that £100,000 a considerable
some has been rank by the dishonesty or incapacity of agents,
that his Brothers in the course of 3 years fling every 600£
in that way, and nothing done — that since they have been there themselves
they have laid out as much more as makes £3000
that the last (which indeed I believe with their post) crop of Indigo
was 1000 lb weight which might sell here for about £350.
That the Indigo is much superior to that of Carobria, and promises
to be equal to the best which is the Spanish & need to come from
the formula of Guatemala, (in moreover I believe) the capital of
which is lately destroy'd.

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Date_1	1774-03-04	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	537	Main Headings
Folio number	279	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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