Address:
Captain William Bryden
To be left at Mr Peter Greens, Ann St, Fills Point, Baltimore

On the Brig Thames Capt Barbey for Philadelphia
Ship Severn at Vallerwyk Aug 26, 1810

My Dear and Childer,
I have the Pleasure of Informing you that I am well and harty and I hop Please God that this will find you and my Deare Lattel Cherubs Bless thar Lattel harts gave them Twenty Kisses for me -- I hope my Dear that you want for Nothing in my Long absence But I have the Pleasure now to Inform you that our Goods has at last all arrived and I Expect them down Every day -- Indeed we should have had a lighter ten days ago but for the absence of the Controller who has gon to Rendesburg to see hees famley some of them being seek, whoever he is hourly Expected and when he coms we shall go on Smartly. I hope Please God to be able to leve by the tenth of September at fardest Indeed I am shaur we shall Provided the wind will be faverable -- I have no Doubt but we shall leve this sooner -- We shall be full of Goods and Make a good fright -- I have shiped on my own account four Barrells of Glass, three Barrells of Bird Seed, Four Bales of Linen, Seven Peace of Shirting, three Peacs of fine Linen one Peace of Tabel Linen one table Cloth with twelve napkins, one Peace of Broad cloth, two Paineys forts one of which is for E. G. Bryden to Learn on the other is for Mr Beron the Clark at Mr Schultzes -- with severlle other Small things in all to the amount of about two thousand Dollars. I shall Send you at Mr Hartisty the Invoice & Bill of Laden for the Same so that he may be able to Insure it. Should I not be with you in the cours of ten or fifteen Days after he gets them -- Whoever I shall write more full on that head when I send you the necessary Papers. Please to make my Kind Love to Mr and Mrs Hardesty and tell her She can have her choice of all my Lattel adventer -- I have Bought her also a sett of flour Poats if she chuses to have them -- and to all others who may enquire after your Ever and Loving Husband while

William Bryden

I have Received from Captain Frances Dyer the sum of Seven hundred Dollars for which I gave him my not Payable at Baltimore Sixty Days after signin -- It may be Presented to You for Exceptions -- Lat it lay over till I com to your dear armes. Bless you.