We cannot expres to you the truble that we are in and the deficulteis we ar brought to becauss we doe not ansuer Alx Haket for menteining of our poupls John Donaldsons childring, and for our pairt we are loth to be hard with you or anie honest man. But it stands so with us that if we doe not diligence, the los must be our own for coming short of trust. Sir, we have no longer day nor Tusday nixt to delyver the monne and to resave the childring and we knou not what to doe with them seing we cannot comand ther oune to menteine them. Expect your ansuer with the bearer, we rest

Your servants

Pa. Drummond

David Davidsone