Bath Town No: Carolina March 26 1752
Sr.,
Please to send me two Tables one of 4 feet Bed of Black Walnut, & the other 6 feet bed of Maple, let them be plain & strong. Likewise 12 Black Walnut Chairs with black Leather Seats, made quite plain & strong, please to get Mr. Saml. Downe to do the Lether Work & charge to the Voyage. But if these things should come to more than the Ballance, please to get the Overplus on the Acct. of that Note of Mr. Woodwards in favr. of Mr. James Freeman Endors'd to you (as I understand) or if Sr. you cannot get these things on yr. Acct. please to get them on the Acct. of that Note. Let them be low priz'd & strong & as good Work as may be. With Regard to the shipping of them I shall write you more when I write for the Vessell. Pray get the Joiners Ware if you can let it be good & take care it be not? over high priz'd. Let the Chairs be without any Carved work so as to have them as cheap as may be.
R.T. PAINE