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London, England, 1812-09-24 00:00:00

on all occasions, must also be instructed not to
interfere with the navigation of .the except
at your requeq, grid he must be put. entirely un-
der your order ;.
" As you shall have to grant a bill of,Sale for
the brig, when.she -is apparently sold,. you must
be very cautious 'to take a counter bill -of sale;
and again, as collateral security, a bottomry -bond
,on the 'vessel for ten thousand dollars, with a
power of attorney from the sham owner to.you, to
sell and dispose of her in any manner. you shalt
think proper. I wonlil wish you-, •besides,:to take
a very strong declaration in writing, witnessed by
Sealy, itoach and Toole, that the sale made by
you is merely fictitixius ; that the cargo and her
earnings are bona fide your property ; which decla-
ration must he couched so as to be a perfect quit
claim from him and his heirs for ever.
The next thing thave to recommend to you,
' is to conihict this business with every possible cau-
tion and secrecy, and'lto prevent as. much as piissi-
hie the knowledge of it to reach either our Consul
or A.mbassador, as they might perhaps write home
on the subject, and even any of the AinericanCap-
t ,ins who may happen to be there at the same time
with you. Yon must therefore appear very cool
and indifferent in the btsiness, •to let nothing
transpire of your future plan, and act as if you
were only thinking of retarning home. After
having made your brig a Portuguese, you will
have to take in a cargo for the coast, and proceed
therewith every possible dispatch. I inclose you
2 '.'.!`.:=mnduin of the articles which I think will
answer best for the trade, to which memorandnin
I have added a few observations to regulate you
fqx the articles that you could not find, and which
mightpe replaced by. others.
"tsn'is .ust, how-
ever, t no not wish byany means to conthae you
I leave, it, on the contrary,. to you to- improve it
or curtail it, according to the information which
you will be able ito collect, as that trade is mu'!'.
followed at Bahia. Negroes are often very plenty
there ; and if they can be bought at from eighty
dollars to one hundred dollars, I 'would -just as
end the voyage there, and give' up the trip to
to Africa: The difference in the price would, in
my opinion, be more than compensated by the
time and risk saved thereby.
." As thercargo you have now on ,board will
not he suificient to complete the operatiOn, I re-
quest Messrs. Scaly, Roach; and Toole to advance
you what will be.. necessary, for which they will
take your hills on me here ; or, if more corfveni-
--ent-,..y0u-eaTi draw, on my account, on Mr. L. Cla-
pier,. at, Philadelphia,—Mr. Michael Hogan, at
New Yolk;--or Messrs. Thomas C. Amory and
Co. Boston,—whom I wiltadvise to this pm-pose,
and who will honour your drafts. As it might
happen 11-lat the negociation of bills on America
would meet with some difficulty, and in order to
remove any obstacle, I have opened a credit for
. you with Messrs.. Dixon, Lavater, and Co. of Li-
verpool,- to the amount
,of 40001. stg.. (say four
thousand pounds sterling) ; which credit is con 7
firmed by the inclosed letter, addressed to you by
J. W.- Ileininerich, an agent an partner of
said. house, who is now here.. I must, however,
observe to you, that it is not my Wish you should
snake use of this credit on England, but in case
your bills on the. United States could not answer.
1 writc.accordingly to Messrs. Sealy, Roach, and
Toole; and I hope they will in this, as in any
Thing else, consult what will be best for my inte-
rest. •

If there is any possibility, the vessel and car-
go, for the returnohall be insured at Bahia. As
such are my instructions to Sealy, Roach, and Co.
I shall thank you to attend to it, and ascertain, be-
fore you go, whether this insurance can be done
or not, and to write to me accordingly, *that I
may know how matters stand ;• and if there is
no insurance done, I may provide here for it my-
self.

It. now remains for me to direct how .you arc
to do with your people after you have sold the
the brig. The very first thing is to discharge all
the people, paying their wages, and making the
best terms possible with them in writing ; as by
the lawsof the country the owner is obliged to
find them.a passage home and wages till they ar-
rive. it is very essential that none of your peo-
ple, except those who are to stay with you, should
Lave the least suspicion of your future- plan : I
would recommend, therefore, that before you en-
ter on any of your transactions, you would see
these people out of the country, that they cannot
come and talk here of what you have done. I
-would rather lose some. little time,inor would I
mind soave little espence, to get rid of them
cleverly.. The ship' log-book should afterwards
Le _kept in Portuguese no English writing, touch-
ing the 'voyage, should be on board ; the fewer
entries in thejogrbook the, better, to-be done un-
der your eyes.. - She-should' have no colours but
Portuguese on board; your present flag thrown
away when the brig is sold, and all the papers
sent back (under coven. to me : your register,
lay.vever, you had better bring back yourself.
Wishing you a prosperous voyage,
" I am, dear Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,.
• (Signed) Fg.ANCIS DEPAU:'