Dear Brother & Sister
No doubt you will be
very much surprised when you hear
that I design to goe for London With
Captn Phillips or Comneering in
order to return early in the spring
with the newest fashons this is a very
dull time of the year for busseness in
this place & I had a grat many
articals come this fall that was
fitt for summer therefore I adver-
tised my going away & by that
Means I have sold the a good
Many of them & every body thinks
my going home will be a very
great advantage to me as I can
chuse such goods as I know
will suct this place what goods
I doe not sell before I goe I leave wh
to the care of Mr Alexander Gordon
I am to pay rent for the house
so he adreed me to let Mrs Boyen
(a Lady you have seen With Mrs
Speakman at Mrs Barkers Who is
now a widow) live in the house &
sell the goods the are all Mark’d
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as I sell them so I am to pay her
one shelling on the pound for what
she sells & take what is not at
my return, she finds her self in
every thing but the house rent I
leave Hannah with one Mrs Cuttler
who will be very carefull of her
as soon as I have taken an accot
of my goods & debts that are
out I shall leave copys of thim
with with saved inclosed for
you ^& he will send thim by the first opportunity I intend to have Mr Gordon
a power of Atorney Who I believe
is a very honest man & if any
thing hapens to me he will be
the beast hand you can employ in
this place not that I think thier
will be any thing of great
value left, What ever it is and
ten thousand times more of I had it
belongs to you I am sory I have
not made a better improvement
of what so generous a benefacton
put into my hands, I have en-
=devour’d to doe all that lay in
my power therefore I hope you
will take the Will for the dead
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and accept of it with my most
hearty thanks & greatfull acknoledge=
=ments for the innumerable favours I
have recieved from the best and dear=
=est of Brothers O My Brother Shall I
never see you more, years I hope I
Shall next summer with my sister &
dear little Dolly if you stay but one
month & leave dolly with me I shall
injoy more satisfaction in that short
time than I have done this great
while, I don’t Friends at home as I
shall come in the first vassal that
sails for this place after I arieve
if you write to me please dered
it to the care of Mr Edward
Bridgen Lace Marchent in Pater
Noster Rowe Lon.d he complains
very much of you for not writing
to him, I shall endevour to see
John if possible, I beg as a very
great favour that I may have very
Long letters from My sister & you
& if thier is any thing you want from
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London be so kind as let me know
& I will eather bring it this way
or send it Derectly to you, pleas
remember me in the kindest manner
to Dolly & all friends I am your
most abliged &
over affect sister
Eliz Murray
Boston dec. 4th
1753
I hear Captn
Phillips is to sail the begening
of next week so I will goe with
Him
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