| Description | Many ships have missed the convoy and put back to Port Royal. Fears that many of them will be picked up by Privateers that are always hovering about the coast when a fleet is about to sail. The crops at Kings Valley have exceeded his estimate to Lord Penrhyn. Hopes that the sugars will be of a good quality. The weather has been dry but the canes have agood appearance. Refers to the death of one child of "fits brought on ... by worms which children are very subject to in the country". Refers to the "negroes" as being pretty healthy and having received their annual supply of cloth, hats etc." He "could see no discontent among them". Encloses a list of supplies wanted for 1809 including herrings, flour and beans. |