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By my other letter now sent unto you I have given
an account of the peace with our Easterne Indians
and inclosed a coppy of the article

This peace hath put into our hands an opportunity of
doeing some thing that may bee of considerable ad
vantage to both of us if you are pleased to accept it.
I have thought fitt to offer it unto your consideration
and desire you will concurr with mee therein.

It is concerning the Beaver and Peltry trade with
those Indians which I know will bee worth two thousand
pounds p annm: if not much more all charges deducted

My Proposall is as Followeth

If you will procure for mee their Maj^ties Letters
Pattants For that Trade I will by Conveyance make over
the one halfe thereof unto your Selfe

The Stock will bee 500£ for each of us which will
bee doubled the first year out of wch your Principall
shall bee returned to you for England and the re
maineing 500£ will bee a sufficient Stock for
carrying on the Trade w^ch will thence forth
produce a constant pure Gaine the one halfe
whereof will bee returned every year unto
you and the other halfe remaine for a new
Stock

What I now write concerning this matter may
serve to recomend it unto your consideration
but I shall give you a further account thereof
by Mr Jackson whome I shall send for England
to waite upon you about that and my other
affaires I thought to have sent him with the
fleet but have given the reason in my other
letter why hee was left behind, when hee comes
to you hee will give you the arguments for what
I propose and will make knowne unto you the
advantage of it soe as that I doubt not but you will
bee well satisfied concerning it.

Mr Dudley went from hence in the Fleet for England
I desire you will bee pleased to have a watchfull eye
over him & [illegible] (as mine and this Countreyes Enemye)
to disappoynt his ill designes for you can Scarce doe
anything more gratefull to this countrey than
to prevent his comeing over here in any publique
capacity for although hee hath formerly preached
unto them (when hee followed the ministry) yett
hee is now become the object of their hatred.

S^r , I desire you will bee pleased to favour mee by
presenting the inclosed to the Kings Maj^tie after[torn]
have read it over I would not Expect upon extra[ord]
inary occasions take upon mee to write a letter to
his Maj^tie imediately, well knowing how great resp[torn]
I owe unto his Maj^tie xx unlesse where my duty obli[gates]
mee thereto and I desire if att any time it shall happen
to bee necessary soe to doe that you will bee pleased
to present the same and by your favourable discourse
concerning mee to represent matters in a true light
w^ch if I doe not ^{unto you} upon all occasions, then account mee un
worthy of any friendship from you, & cease to doe mee
any more favours, I know that there will not bee want
ing some persons who if they can by any meanes
gett an opportunity will endeavour to doe contrary
but since I have such experience of your kindnesse
I rest satisfyed and am sure whenever you espouse ye
matter Justice will take place. S^r , wishing you
all imaginable happynesse

New England
Boston 11 Sept 93

From S Wm Phips

rec^d 19 Dec 1693
Proposal l[illegible]r the Beaver
Trade

William Blathwayte
Esqr att
Whitehall in
London
England