Gentlemen

I have already wrote you by this Conveyance relative to your concerns in this part of the World ー which letter I hope you'l receive in due time, and these few lines may serve to acquaint you with the safe arrival of the Schooner Jenifer from Baltimore on the I Ith Instant in the Afternoon ー Captain Larkin Hammond having made application to me to advise and assist him in the transaction of the business committed to his care, I shall very readily comply with his request by rendering him every service in my power ー I put proper directions on the Sundry important dispatches he brought for The Honourable Commissioners at Paris ー and sent him immediately thither with them ー I furnished him with some money to defray his expences ー and in order to avoid his being any time detained on the road, I sent a Person with him that understands both English & French during Captain Hammond's absence his Vessell shall be supplyed with every thing necessary ー so that he may proceed immediately back to you after having received his orders from the Gentlemen at Paris ー I will do myself the honour of addressing you again by the return of the Jenifer or sooner if an opportunity offers being with much respect Gentlemen [&c.]