Translation / modern text
The writer follows up on a sum expected from Captain Barclay, refers to a previous letter, and asks whether payment can be expected. The year and parts of the text are unclear.
Original wording — transcription
[Opening:] Mr Arthur Forbes.
[Fragments:] […] I wrote to you immediately after […] who […] the same to you […] I sent you Captain Barclay’s letter […] to know whether I can expect the sum or not […]
[Date/place:] Dublin, [day/year unclear], [month/day partly illegible].
[Closing:] Your assured Friend and Servant, Thomas Cumming.
Reading notes
p. 12 is the letter; p. 13 is the wrapper. The heading gives Dublin, but the full date cannot be established confidently. The inventory card on p. 1 is not used as evidence for the letter date.