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many to the manifest disadvantage of my self and others who may join us.
I think therefore that Friend Hassall etc might help us out in this matter.  You might engage to reimburse the society for all that has been drawn on account of the vessel and after those sums are deducted out of the payment value what remains you should engage to pay among the owners.
There are all the missionaries except Mr t[?] & myself including also Mr G Bicknell, and his wife formerly Miss Scott.  Mr Hayward tells me he has a regular account of the things Mr Shelley left with the [?] owned amounting to I think to about £40 if therefore Mrs Shelley purchase a share the sum more or less must be deducted.
 You might then send down a proper person to finish here and take her to the colony and it would be [?] enough for us in addition & our missionary work to procure a cargo for her in the
 

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