You will receive herewith enclosed a Letter addressed to his most Christian Majesty, with a Copy of the same for your Information, also a Commission constituting yourself with the four other Gentlemen therein named, our Ministers for negotiating Peace; also another Commission & Duplicate authorizing the same Ministers to accept of the Mediation of the Emperor of Germany and Empress of Russia, in one of which the Emperor is first named & in the other the Empress, (to be made Use of as Circumstances shall render it expedient).

I have also herewith enclosed, Instructions (in Cyphers) for your Government, in Addition to those formerly given Mr Adams for negotiating Peace. A Letter in Answer to yours of the 12th of March last will also accompany this.

You will please to communicate immediately to Mr Adams & Mr Jay the Receipt of these important Dispatches.

Mr Secretary Thomson desires you would be so good as to send him the Machine with proper Directions to be used for striking Copies of Letters as mentioned in yours of the 12th of March.

For Want of Time myself I must refer you to Mr Lovell's Dispatches for american Intelligence in general—

I have the Honor to be, with the highest Respect Sir Your most obedient & most humble Servant