you that would be power to rais the means to establish a business in length of time to employ hundreds and benefit the place now sir if the Lord through you will give me this power I will rejoice to undertake to manage such the same if I had the means there is know [no] doubt in my mind but that I Could Soon do away the Sale of Eastern Shoes and boots in this place for if I had means I could manerfactor [manufacture] them here and sell them as cheap as the eastern work is now Sold and the same woud be much beter also if I had the means I believe that I Could turn the merchand dise from the hands of those that are now devoteing the gain there of to there own agrand ise ment if I had money to purchase goods I am sure in my own mind that after the expense of bringing them to this place I could put into your own hands one half of the prophets [profits] of the Same and defray all other expenses whith the other half and then under Sell all the rest of the merchants in this place now if the Lord through you will give me this power I will undertake to rais means by donation and by lone [loan] to establish Such an astablishment as in the above I have aluded to I need make no apoagen [apology?] to you for this leter for I Can but dye if I go for ward