Several applications have been made lately to me for the Publick Tobacco in small quantities, that is by 20, 30 & 40 Hhds. at a time, for which the cash will be paid down on receiving the Tobacco at 26s 8d provided they can examine and reweigh them; one Gentleman will take two Hhds. on those terms in the course of two months, and the money paid either here or in New York. It is the
highest price that can be had here by the single Hhd. and I believe the highest that can be had at any warehouse on the Continent. We are credibly informed that 3 Dollars is the Petersburg price. I must confess a desire to have the Tobacco disposed of in Order to put a stop to the Charge of Warehouse rent and to have an opportunity of settling my account with the Comptroller before the meeting of the next Assembly.