As it will be absolutely necessary to have frequent Intelligence from Europe and to Import manufactures from thence, should the present unhappy contest continue longer between Great Britain and America; The following Scheme is submitted to consideration. ー That an Agent or Factor for the United Colonies should be established at Cape Francois in Hispaniola; ー In order to supply North America with dry Goods, Powder &a He should Import them there in French bottoms from Nantes, Havre de Grace and Dunkirk; ー That a Number of small Vessels known for prime Sailors carrying about four or five hundred Barrels of flour should be employed to ply from North America to the aforesaid Cape with flour chiefly Superfine, Rice and other valuable commodities to be there delivered to the said Agent, who in return would send by them to North America the Goods he should have imported from Europe & any commodities of the growth of Hispaniola that should be from time to time required. ー From the said Cape the Agent may have a trade in french bottoms with the Neutral ports in the West Indies by which means a market for flour and other American commodities may be extended to larger quantities then necessary for Hispaniola and proper remittances particularly in Rum & Spirit from those Neutral ports made at the Cape, from whence it should be sent to North America. ー This Extensive trade would anable the Agent to make more remittances for payment of the Goods Imported from France ー The defficiency may be made up by Venturing in proper times Vessels from North America with Tobacco wheat and flour to France, Spain ー Portugal and Italy, as the proceeds of their Cargoes (over what should be necessary to procure them a loading of Salt and other goods thought proper to Venture to Import from thence on their return to North America,) may be remitted to the Agent's Correspondants in France. ー Should it be thought proper to employ North American Vessels from the Cape to France, or to the Neutral ports, the same may be done with Safety by useing proper means to Effectuate it. ー There are Weekly and almost daily arrivals and departures from & to France at the Cape, by which the Agent may receive & forward Intelligences to and from Europe and North America ー Cape Francois is the Port in the West Indies the nearest and best Situated for a short Navigation from and to North America. ー Should the small Vessels Employed to ply from North America to and from the Cape, be required to be armed so as to give them a chance to defend themselves from Tenders, It may be done at the Cape cheaper then in North America. ー This mode of Conveyance by the Way of the Cape is preferable to that Immediately from Europe, because it would be inconvenient for Small Vessels to go so long a Voyage, which it is well known they can with convenience and some degree of safety do to and from the Cape; beside by this means they would be less liable to a discovery by the Court of Great Britain. ー There could be no risks on the goods Imported from France to the Cape, as a small premium of Insurances would cover all, and from the Cape to North America, should few of the Small Vessels employed be lost it would on the whole be inconsiderable. ー Should a reconciliation take place between Great Britain and America, the goods Imported by the Agent from France or the Neutral Ports to the Cape would always be safe there, and in case they should not then be admitted in North America, the Agent may procure a market for them to some advantage & remit the proceeds thereof to France, from whence the ballance due to the Concerned may always be had. ー A Person of Confidence may be established either at Nantes or Havre de Grace as an Agent or Factor for sake of conveying safer Intelligences, with which the Agent at the Cape Should chiefly correspond with and get the goods exported chiefly by him from France to the Cape, By their means Intelligence may be procured from and sent to the Friends of America in Europe, as soon if not sooner than any other way that may be thought of. ー Should the United Colonies declaine carrying this Scheme into execution, May it not be done by the Convention of a Province or Provinces? or by a Number of Merchants Interested each for his respective Share or Shares, of the Sums they should think proper to Venture in it, and thereby from such sufficient Capital Sum to Effectuate it to their adventages & the genera1 good of the United Colonies?ー