SW_HJ1798_027

6th Letter to the Committee 6th mo. 16st 1799 Dear Friends, Since we wrote to you last we received your very acceptable letter of the 2nd mo. 19th last, which is the first we have receiv'd from you jointly since our settling here – Some weeks since we received a few lines from Thomas Wistar&; Thomas - Howardson, desiring one of us to go to the kozy Town for a Yoke of Oxen, which accord-ingly was done, and explor'd the settlements as far as Fort Franklin in quest of a Cow but could find none for Sale. The price General Wilkins had fix'd on the Oxen was one hundred Dollars, but we are now of the Judgment 80 Dollars is their full value. They are nearly Old enough to turn off We know of no opportunity at present of getting a Cow but we hope to avail ourselves of one by some means in the course of this Summer – We think