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Providence 26th Sept 1796
Mr Thos Rotch,
Dear Sir
By Captain Mosher we received for our account twenty Boxes Sperm Candles and Invoice of the same – The price of this Article stands a 3/lb on 4 Months – we have now on hand Fifty Boxes of yours which hope shall soon be enabled to dispose off as our trade begins to have more briskness than heretofore – your whale oil is yet unsold but we hope to meet a sale soon when we shall not fail Advise you thereof we are always Respectfully your friends & obt Servts
For Msr Butler Whn & Jackson
Edw Carrington