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<p>I | <p>I Like it better than the Okhota as the Mouth is <lb/> much better, as for the Ladies I know but Little about<lb/>them but by hearsay, but hope by next Spring to <lb/>be able to give you a good Account of them — <lb/> Excuse this Long ill Wrote Letter and believe<lb/> me to be your Sincere Friend and <lb/> Well Wisher J. Shields</p> <p>P:S: your Countrymen sends their Compliments<lb/> to you, and give mine to Sidroff and the Officers<lb/> of our Battalion. as you come down the Lena<lb/> at some Villages on the Starboard H and you <lb/>Can buy worsted Stockings very Cheap buy at <lb/> Least 3 or 4 dozen for me and the people</p> <p> P:S <del>D</del> Let all my things be packed in <del>a</del> <lb/> Small Boxes not Exceeding 3 pound, buy a <lb/> hide of best Seal Leather, get a Shoe<lb/> maker to Sew it so as to be Water Tight.<lb/> the same you must do by your own — —<lb/> Lay out all the Money you can possibly get for <lb/> Every will turn you in four fold — — </p> <p> Tobacco is 70 <sic>Cops</sic> a Fount and I <lb/> brought but 4 pound with me — <lb/> <sic>Don't</sic> forget Soap it is here 40 <hi rend="superscript">Cu</hi> <sic>p lb.</sic></p> <!-- at right angles on the left hand side of the page --> <p> 1790 ) Shields Desolation Bay<lb/> <sic>Sept</sic> ) to <lb/> 9 ) Ric.</p> | ||
I Like it better than the Okhota as the Mouth is
much better, as for the Ladies I know but Little about
them but by hearsay, but hope by next Spring to
be able to give you a good Account of them —
Excuse this Long ill Wrote Letter and believe
me to be your Sincere Friend and
Well Wisher J. Shields
P:S: your Countrymen sends their Compliments
to you, and give mine to Sidroff and the Officers
of our Battalion. as you come down the Lena
at some Villages on the Starboard H and you
Can buy worsted Stockings very Cheap buy at
Least 3 or 4 dozen for me and the people
P:S D Let all my things be packed in a
Small Boxes not Exceeding 3 pound, buy a
hide of best Seal Leather, get a Shoe
maker to Sew it so as to be Water Tight.
the same you must do by your own — —
Lay out all the Money you can possibly get for
Every will turn you in four fold — —
Tobacco is 70 Cops a Fount and I
brought but 4 pound with me —
Don't forget Soap it is here 40 Cu p lb.
1790 ) Shields Desolation Bay
Sept ) to
9 ) Ric.
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