Carrying a Peece of ye old Damm with it, and came down with such force yt had like to Carry both Saw Mill & Corn miU & Dam and all, for ye Ise being Strong below ye Dam, stopd ye water w^h Rose 16 foot Perpendicular, I was at a losse what to doe with ye Palatins having no flour aforehand, ye frost being so great could grind no more than they eat dayly. So I got 30 Slees & sent them Loaden to And^ Coeymans 28 miles of, & gott 7 or 800 skepi ground presently, w^h lasted 3 or 4 weeks y^ ye Ise went away & ever since have been sending to a little mill at Catskill,

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-vych grinds so course y* it cannot be bolted, so lett ye People have it as it conies from y® Mill giveing them allowance, for y® coursnesse, W'h they are satisfyd withall, till my mill can grind, then they have it of y® finest flour as formerly. In ye meantime I have had 6 carpenters at work Ever since ye Gutter went away, & G horses, Dayly Rideing ye timber out of ye woods, & hope to have it ready in 3 weeks if y® water abates in y^ River, I am dayly expecting my Sloop from Sopus, with wheat w^h I send to And^ Coeymans to be ground for Bolting, whch being Returned, shal bake of ye finest flour ; You may easily Conjecture yt this has not only been a great Dissapointment but a losse too, for besides y«^ 10 of ye hundred yt I am forc'd to give for grinding, ye Charge & trouble of Carying ye Corn thither is almost as much again. I ave not without great DifiBlculty Procured as much wheat this winter of ye farmers, as has kept ye Palatines Eating sixce ye 8"> of January y' ye Bisket was done, & have sent yw ye ace' of 4 months doun herew^*' ye first from ye 13 Nov 1711 to ye 13 Jany 171i amounting to i:93.9 8i and ye 2^ from y® 13ti' Jany 171 1 to 13. march foil. £537.15 & also an ace* of Incidents with all ye Vouchers annex'd amounting to £275.19.31 & lastly his Excell. the gov ace* Curt to ye 13 of March 171 i by w^ y^ will see there is due to me ye sum of £ 209.9.0-J yw will see on y* gov^ Credit a great Deal of goods I had last fall.