Though I wrote to you by your Grand Son I cannot let Mr. Franklyn your Son visit you in France, without testifying my sincere good Wishes, on your leaving Europe, that you may arrive safe, and long enjoy your Health in America.

You will arrive there deservedly covered with the Glory of having had a large share in bringing about a Event which I wish had not become necessary for the Welfare of 2 great Divisions of the English Nation; or that when it became so; that it had been brought about, with less Profusion of Blood and Treasure; but the Frame of Human Nature is inseparable from Passions, that produce Calamities that the Species will never be free from.

It is however the Part of the Wise and Good, to afford that Assistance to the Species, which Wisdom only can, and Goodness only will, give. I know I have no Occasion to Exhort you to this Work, but I have a pleasure in assuring you I rely on the Weight of your Authority for establishing the Opinion that it is not only the Interest of Great Britain and America, to live upon good Terms with one another, but that their Friendship, is perfectly compatible, with a Mutual Friendship between France and both of them. For my Part I entertain no Apprehension from the supposed Ambition of that Kingdom. It has frequently given Proof of its Desire to