[New York, November 28]
On the 28th I repeated this Advice2 (dining that Day & lodging that Night on Board with my Family) and told him that he had a good Opportunity for a Letter to the People in which he might do himself Honor and be useful in urging to a Spirit of Moderation. He promised to call a Council on this Occasion because he had before charged them with Secrecy as to his Leave of Absence ー
1. Sabine, ed., Memoirs of William Smith, 243.
2. To make public the King's permission for Governor Tryon to take leave of absence.
