The Honourable Lords Directors of the Commercie Compagnie in Middelburg in Zeeland

Honourable Sirs,

Because of the sale of the cargo of slaves of the ship The Unity, captain Jan Menkenveld, via public auction, I owe your Honourable Sirs the sum of ƒ 34.348:8:- with the promise to send this sum with the first ship to your Honourable Sirs as said on the current account which was given to captain Menkenveld.

Due to the illnesses and deaths in this colony I have only managed to obtain half of those pennings. Nonetheless I have scraped together as much as the sum of ƒ 29.839:8:6 which I will already send to your Honourable Sirs according to the included list. The remainder ƒ 4.508:19:10 I will send to your Honourable Sirs on departure of the ship The Reunion, captain Dirk Kray, which will depart on the 25th of this month.

This letter has been written in haste and because of all the bad circumstances it is short, may God make it better, in whoms protection your Honouorable Sirs remain in awe.

Honourable Sirs,

Your Honourable obliging and obedient servant,

Abraham Wijs

BerbiceGuyanaBerbice, 18th September 1762