Taunton April 13th. 1763 Respected Sr.,

I have just received yrs. of the 21st. ult. & as it contains an enquiry relating to business I set me down to answer it immediately, All I can say abt. the Person You enquire abt. is that I dont know of any250Estate he has here to support such Credit as you mention. I am sorry you enquired of me, for no other reason than because I'm unwilling to say any thing to the dissadvantage of a man in a strange place & am satisfy'd you will not improve it to his disadvantage or mine. You may nevertheless be safe for ought any thing I know, as I am not acquainted with any of his affairs but just as have passed through the Courts. Kind Sr. I mean hereby to give you such an acct. as is consistent with a due regard to credit on one side & Interest on the other. I acknowledge yr. kindness in Answring my Quæres; tho' you mistook the design of them, wch. was not to get money of the man but to procure Sufficient Evidence of his first marriage to obtain a Divorce in Order for wch. it is necessary to prove the first marriage with JW & very unlucky it happens for the Worthy Mrs. Rachel here, that tho' she never was his Wife in strict Law yet she is not able to prove it & So is not look'd upon by us as a Candidate for an honorable Marriage. It is possible those Witnesses may return, the man especially. If any thing Should offer in this affair that may help an injured Woman, you will serve her much to let me hear of it. Mean While I Subscribe yr. obliged Freind & hble. sert.,

LbC ; addressed: "To Mr. Richd. Smith Mercht. Phila."