I have just received your kind Letter of April 2. which made me some Amends for your long Silence. By the last Ship from hence I wrote to you acknowledging the Receipt of some very old Letters, when I was sorry I could mention none of later Date. I have however no right to complain, being so bad a Correspondent myself. But my last was a long one, and I hope you have receiv’d it.

You seem now inclin’d to come over, if you could meet with a Captain that you know and like. We mention’d it to Capt. Falkener. He goes no more to Sea, but strongly recommends Capt. Willet, who carries this Letter, as a good Man and excellent Seaman. His Ship is the Harmony, which lately brought over Mr. and Mrs. Bingham. Mr. Williams will hardly, I doubt, be with you in time this Year to assist in your Embarkation; but if you apply to Messrs. Johnson and Company, American Merchants, to whom I write I am persuaded they will make the Bargain for you and assist with their Advice in every Circumstance. Temple, who presents his Respects, has however no Hopes of your Coming. He says you were so long irresolute and wavering about the Journey to Paris, that he thinks it unlikely you will decide firmly to make the Voyage to America. I enclose a truer State of Affairs in our Country than your public Prints will afford you: and I pray, “God guide you.”

This Family are all well, and join in Love to you and yours, with Your affectionate