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How Did Dexter make his money Inw ye says bying whale bone for stain for
ships in grosing three houndred & 40 tuns bort all in boston salum and all
in Noue york under Cover oppenly told them for my ships thay all Lafed so
I had at my one prise I had four Couning men for Rouners thay souned the
horne as I told them to Act the fool I was foull of Cash I had Nine tun
of silver on hand at that time all that time the Creaters more or Less
Lafing it spread very fast heare is the Rub in fifty Days thay smelt A
Rat found whare it was gone to Nouebry Port speklaters swarmed Like hell
houns to be short with it I made seventey five per sent one tun and halfe
of silver and over one more spect Drole A Nouf I Dreamed of warming pans
three Nits that thay would doue in the west ingas I got not more than
fortey two thousand put them in Nine vessele for difrent ports that tuck
good hold------I cleared sevinty nine per sent------the pans thay mad
yous of them for Coucking very good master for Coukey blessed good in
Deade missey got Nise handed Now bourn my fase the best thing I Ever see
in borne days I found I was very luckkey in spekkelasion I Dreamed that
the good book was Run Down in this Countrey Nine years gone so Low az
halfe prise and Dull at that the bibbel I means I had the Readey Cash
by holl sale I bort twelve per sent under halfe prise thay Cost forty
one sents Each bibels twenty one thousand I put them into twenty one
vessels for the westinges and sent A text that all of them must have one
bibel in Every familey or if not thay would goue to hell and if thay had
Dun wiked flie to the bibel and on thare Neas and kiss the bibel three
times and Look up to heaven Annest for giveness my Capttens all had
Compleat orders heare Coms the good Luck I made one hundred per sent
& Littel over then I found I had made money A Nuf I hant speck A Lated
sence old times by goverment secourties I made or cleared forty seven
thousands Dolors that is the old A fare Now I toald the all the sekrett
Now be still Let me A Lone Dont wonder Now more houe I got my money boaz