Letter from Capt. Thomas Mercer of the Resolution offering to carry treasure to Madras free of freight and proposing in this to leave behind 1,500 bags of rice out of the 9,000 which is considered the complete lading of his ship in order to lighten her and thus increase ehr speed.

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