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be_v we_o will_v send_v to_o the_o register_n office_n your_o particular_a and_o at_o the_o return_n of_o the_o messenger_n you_o shall_v have_v your_o answer_n the_o register_n send_v answer_v it_o be_v our_o land_n and_o house_n and_o occupy_v and_o tenant_v and_o value_v according_a to_o the_o particular_a there_o need_v no_o more_o word_n but_o to_o tell_v we_o the_o money_n with_o which_o we_o carry_v on_o the_o trade_n brisk_o to_o the_o great_a benefit_n and_o advantage_n of_o some_o hundred_o of_o people_n that_o we_o set_v to_o work_v and_o to_o the_o supply_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n with_o cloth_n make_v of_o flax_n grow_v dress_v spin_v and_o weave_v in_o our_o own_o province_n which_o trade_n we_o can_v not_o manage_v and_o carry_v on_o without_o this_o credit_n but_o have_v this_o credit_n we_o go_v on_o with_o our_o trade_n comfortable_o and_o the_o lender_n will_v have_v his_o end_n answer_v and_o his_o money_n well_o secure_v and_o its_o certain_a such_o a_o anchorage_n 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about_o their_o home-lot_n that_o their_o money_n be_v all_o expend_v and_o without_o a_o further_a supply_n to_o buy_v ox_n and_o horse_n to_o plough_v their_o land_n and_o cow_n to_o find_v their_o family_n in_o milk_n butter_n and_o cheese_n and_o sow_n to_o breed_v a_o stock_n on_o they_o will_v live_v but_o mean_o for_o some_o time_n therefore_o to_o amend_v their_o condition_n they_o come_v to_o the_o bank_n and_o there_o tender_a a_o particular_a of_o their_o land_n value_v to_o be_v worth_a 1500_o l._n on_o which_o they_o desire_v to_o take_v up_o 1000_o l._n to_o purchase_v a_o stock_n of_o ox_n horse_n cow_n sow_n sheep_n and_o servant_n by_o which_o they_o will_v be_v enable_v to_o carry_v on_o their_o husbandry_n to_o great_a advantage_n and_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o province_n in_o general_a and_o it_o may_v be_v that_o in_o two_o or_o three-year_n time_n they_o may_v be_v able_a to_o pay_v in_o this_o money_n with_o interest_n to_o the_o owner_n and_o in_o two_o or_o 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