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'' | <p>but as I hope to have the Honour of seeing you here the next<lb/> | ||
year, then you yourself will be best able to Judge, and not<lb/> | |||
depebd upon <sic>Storys</sic>, which may be false, the Commandant<lb/> | |||
is Exceeding Civil to me, Lending me his Boat or<lb/> | |||
any thing I stand in need of, but Like me he wishes much<lb/> | |||
either to see you or receive an Order from Government,<lb/> | |||
I believe there might be a very profitable Trade opened<lb/> | |||
between here and Batavia, or some of the French<lb/> | |||
Settlements in India, which must be carried on either<lb/> | |||
in Dutch Ducats or Spanish Dollars, M:<hi rend="superscript"><hi rend="underline">r</hi> Shellekoff<lb/> | |||
has a very fine Chart of the Coast of America, which<lb/> | |||
<unclear>I</unclear> wish you <sic>cou'd</sic> Obtain a Copy of as he <sic>wou'd</sic><lb/> | |||
not Lend it to me, with the Best directions<lb/> | |||
about the trade winds, and Monsoons on the<lb/> | |||
Coast of China, which I believe you will find<lb/> | |||
in Ansons or Cooks Voyages —</p> | |||
<p>I am Sir your most Obliged<lb/> | |||
Most Obedient very Humble<lb/> | |||
Servant<lb/> | |||
James Shields</p> | |||
<p>1790}<lb/> | |||
Sept}<lb/> | |||
9}</p> | |||
<p>} Shields Urack<lb/> | |||
} to<lb/> | |||
} S.B.</p> | |||
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but as I hope to have the Honour of seeing you here the next
year, then you yourself will be best able to Judge, and not
depebd upon Storys, which may be false, the Commandant
is Exceeding Civil to me, Lending me his Boat or
any thing I stand in need of, but Like me he wishes much
either to see you or receive an Order from Government,
I believe there might be a very profitable Trade opened
between here and Batavia, or some of the French
Settlements in India, which must be carried on either
in Dutch Ducats or Spanish Dollars, M:<hi rend="underline">r Shellekoff
has a very fine Chart of the Coast of America, which
I wish you cou'd Obtain a Copy of as he wou'd
not Lend it to me, with the Best directions
about the trade winds, and Monsoons on the
Coast of China, which I believe you will find
in Ansons or Cooks Voyages —
I am Sir your most Obliged
Most Obedient very Humble
Servant
James Shields
1790}
Sept}
9}
} Shields Urack
} to
} S.B.
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