Benjamin Williams letter to Thomas Rotch, Taunton February 6, 1804

               
  A-370-4
  Sir,                   Taunton February 6, 1804
              Your favor of the 30th ult. I have received,
  in answer say, that the Bricks can be had here at
  twelve dollars per thousand - that is the price I have
  had the year past & the boatmen will charge from tow
  to two dollars & a half per thousand freight to New
  Bedford - and if there should be vessels going from
  this place to Hartford, as there sometimes do, they
  will not charge much more to carry them there.
     I know of no late improvement in the manufact=
  ure of them - they are laid in mortar made of
  the same materials - vix- some coarse sand,
  clear of mould or fine sand, & vineyard clay, in
  about equal parts-   
                             I am Sir
                              Your Most Obedient
                               B.L. Williams