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and our profits ſo ſmall on the goods we have ſent you, we expect an immediate draft, or order, for the fum which is ſo long due, otherwiſe we ſhall be obliged to take ſuch meaſures as muſt prove very diſagreeable to you, and, Sir, Your humble Servants.
An Anſwer to the foregoing.
Gentlemen,
The unexpected and ſevere loſſes which I have felt, have been, I aſſure you, the ſole cauſe of my being thus remiſs. I humbly acknowlegde your lenity, and requeſt your acceptance of my bill at two months' date, money being at this time very ſcarce, and my debtors exceedingly tardy in their payments. Should this be agreeable, you may depend upon my punctuality in future, as I now intend to enter into a reſolution of giving no credit. I am, with ſincere thanks for your late goodneſs, Gentlemen,
A Reply to the above Anſwer.
Sir,
We ſhould be exceedingly ſorry to diſtreſs any one, knowing the ill conſequences of being diſtreſſed ourſelves. We have therefore ſent a bill for your acceptance, at three, inſtead of two months date; by which time, we ſincerely hope you may ſurmount all your difficulties. We remain, Sir,
