Letter 4199

Kingstown August 8^th 1734 Hon^ble. S^r                                                                         An opportunity of a Vessells going for England offering, I beg leave to aquaint you with my safe ——— arrival in this place where I have been about ten days, and an opportunity now offering of goine down to Porto Bello I think to embrace it, for fear off the worst, one great inducement I have for going then directly is by Reason of M^r Palmenter’s going then along with this ship, and desires I would go down along with him for he will serve me as farr as is in his power, and if ther is any thing to be gott about Panama he say’s he will indeavour to gett me liberty from the Governour to go up along with him, I think to be back here again in two [Illegible line as bottom of the page has been ripped]** further to my proceeding                             (f. 249v) P:S:                                                         I am Hon^ble S^r     I believe ther will                          your most obliged & be no occasion to write                 most devoted Humble serv^t to the Trustees of Georgia                            Rob: Millar till such time as I Return from Porto Bello I can do nothing with Doctor Cochran he will neither give nor lend me one thing belonging to Doctor Houston —-   *There is faded text on f. 249v and f. 250 v. It looks as though ink from another document has bled through. **the last line or so on f. 250r is illegible as the page has been ripped at the bottom.