JB/540/363/001

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Ladobras near Crickoff May 15/4 1787

Of the money for the Cloth, and the Iron Ware I am sorry
to have nothing more satisfactory to tell you now than in my
last. Part of it we had been expecting according to Promise
for two or three months past. The whole is perfectly safe,
but the difficulties of Communication in this Country, which
is inconceivable, has prevented it's being sent as yet;
Sam has by this time I hope been at One or both of
the Places from whence it is to come. When he sends it
I believe it will be through Mr Shairp. I have taken
every precaution for the punctual remittance of it wch
anxiety could suggest: written Instructions to Sam,
Letters to Friends where he is going, to remind him of it,
It will, I believe, be sent directly to Petersburg from
Kieff or Cherson without passing thru' this place, and
consequently without my knowing of the sending it
till after an uncertain Time. I mention this that
you may not be surprised if you shod receive
future Letters from me without any further mention
of it. Money which had been originally allotted for
this purpose was applied, without any knowing how
the matter stood, to defray the unexpected exigences
of the Imperial Vermicular which otherwise must have

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