I received with great satisfaction your favor of the 30th. Ulto. The Intelligence it Contained was not new to me for I had already been advised by Others of the Probable Issue of the Negotiations & before the receipt of your Letter I was informed of the Signature of the Preliminaries, for Mr. Campo having fallen sick on the Road, the Courier whom he charged to deliver it at the French Embassaders, gave it to one of the Serts. who forgot to deliver it to me until some days after its arrival. I am not the Less sensible of your remembrance of me at a Time when you must have been much occupied & I shall never forget this proof of your Regard. I have written more than once to Paris on the Subject of our Affairs here & have requested advise and Information from Others I have obtained neither. I have received but two Letters from Congress since Mr. Jays departure. Mr. Livingston informs me that bills had been remitted for Six months Salary to Paris & I have the Same Information from Mr. Morris, But as you advised me that these bills had not arrived, I have not since this Information drawn on Doctor Franklin as directed to Do—Indeed I am under so many Obligations to him for the advances he has made me already, that however great maybe my distress for funds I shall not have recourse to him until I know that the bills mentioned have come to hand. I shall however soon be obliged to draw on him on another Acct. Mr. Cabavius having pressed me to obtain payment of the ballance due him in the month of March—The patience with which he has waited many months for money that he advanced to us at a Time we were distressed for funds, entitles him to some consideration on our part & a Late Bankruptcy renders it highly inconvenient to his Affairs to wait longer.

I expect the Marquis de la Fayette will soon visit this City. His presence will be a great consolation to me and may decide me to measures that will determine whether I remain here or not. You will soon see at Paris Mr. Del Campo and Mr. Gardoqui. Names not unknown to you—I shall take the Liberty of giving the Latter a Letter of Introduction to you—The King appears Satisfied with the Peace, as I am informed & by these who see him. The Ministers ought to be satisfied with it. For Spain is by no means in a situation to continue the war.

I have since the news of our Treaty with G. B. been visited & Complimented by Many of the Foreign Ministers, chargés D’affaires with whom I have the good fortune to live on the most friendly footing—

What does Bancroft propose to do? What is become of Mr. Dana I am afraid he is lost on the Snows of Russia—When you have a leisure moment, pray let me hear from you, and Do not fail to assure your Grand Father that there is no one in the world for whom I have so much respect & regard I am Dr. Sir Your obliged & Humble Sert.