Mr William Hitchin
Saint John, New Brunswick, 16th June 1840
My Dear Sir,
I write you at present to advise a Bill drawn on the 6th instant for Fifty Pounds at 30 days sight, and payable to L.H. Deveber Esq. of this place. This sum you will please to carry to my Private Account.
I should, as you perceive by dates, have advised this Bill earlier. But I delayed in expectation of doing it in the postscript to a letter from Mr. Paterson who was daily expecting a letter from Earl Street which he intended to acknowledge immediately. He had not received this letter when I went to Fredericton, and finding today on my return that he had not received it, I write without further delay, and hope my letter will be with you in full time.
On the 5th instant I received a letter from Mr. Jackson containing four duplicate invoices, one of which was of the Books, sent to this city by the Neptune. The original invoice of these for Mr. Paterson did not then come to hand, nor did it by the May packet which arrived soon after, nor has it yet come.
On the 11th instant in Fredericton, I received Mr. Brandram's letter of the 5th May with a copy of Mr. Hale's, and this day I have received the Record Newspaper of the 7th May.
Be so good as state to Mr. Brandram and Mr. Jackson what I have here said bearing on their departments.
Please address all letters for me from this time, until further notice, to Halifax.
I remain, My Dear Sir, Truly Yours,
James Thomson.