One Quart of Water a man to be allowed for the Coppers
Sign A Phillip
M: S: Sirius at Sea July 5 1787
about four oClock this after noon the Sirius made the above Signal for the fleet to be put on the above allowance of Water -I hope in Christ that the wind will come fair, that we may not be put on a shorter allowance than three pints in the Twenty four hours, for it is a great Way to Rio Janiero and no licklyhoods of Getting ther Soon with this Wind
I trust in gods goodness that he will protect use from Sickness as he has hitherto done -Spoke Kellow and Davy who informed use that Capt. Shea was very ill and that it was the Surgeons oppinion that he would not live I hope he will Recover for his wife and Young family Sake for no body knows the loss of Parent but them that has Experienced Such a loss for instance My Beloved Betsey when she lost her Tender Mother dear good Woman she was; a loving wife and a Most Tender and Kind Mother, a Sinceer friend with ane open hand and purse to the
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