Now S"^ paper money does very well at New York but will not doe among y* farmers here, for if yw ofier it 'tis true tliey dare not deny it, but then yw must never Expect a grain of wheat afterwards from y"i therefore whatever yw doe lett it be Silver money & send me word p ferit, as soon as our Sloop comes from ye mill I send her doun to New York, if there be any freiglit for her for ye Palatines lett it be kept till she comes, I have putt Adriaen M"" of her for shares, who lost his Sloop in ye Palatine service last fall, I shall not Enlarge hoping y ^ wil get ye ballance & send it up p ye first opportunity els am quite untwisted.

About 3 weeks ago we had an Information from Albany y^ mj 2 negroes who runn away last fall and are got to Canada by the help of a River Indian, ye one is with ye Gov of Mont Eoyall y® oy»" with Seber yt was here y' tliey had told yefrench yt there was 8 more negroes from whence they Run upon w'l ye french had sent y* Indian y* brought them there & 12 more to tliis Place in Particular to take ye negroes, we had upon this 20 Palantines y* keep guard 5 or C Days & then were dismissd, hearing it was ye negroes at Albany tiiat were to Runn away ii ye frencli Indians come.