Thomaston Sep^t. 26^th 1796 Sir you will Receive this Letter by the Schooner Columbia Cap^t. Loveit who is loaded with Spars as p^r invoice [undecipherable] [undecipherable] their guisons and consigned to you. These Spars are shipped at Dix trap [undecipherable] Penobscot bay about 20 Miles from this place. I have desired George Ulmer Esq^r an experienced dealer in Spars to affix the price they ought to fetch at a moderate Computation in Philadelphia. at this moment I know not what the price will be as I know not the Sizes of the Spars put on board. I hope however that you will find the Sizes proper and the price Reasonable and that you will take the whole Number. Indeed I Rest upon this Confidently in the Shipment, as the profit to me in any Case will be but trifling. The proceeds you will please to pay to Sam^l Hodgdon Esquire who will [strikethrough: rept] it in Some articles I have ordered from Philadelphie. — I could supply at Short Notice any Number of the best Spruce Spars Were the Spars intended for Algeirs to be Spruce or pine. if the Spruce, I could supply them immediately if pine they must be Cut and Transported to the Water side in the Winter I am Sir respectfully your humble Servant Knox [Tench Francis Esq^r Philadelphia] [p^r the Schooner Columbia Cap^t Loveit]