I have lately drawn on you the following Bills, viz.

In favour of Theodore Hopkins for £200 Sterling

The Bills for Sterling Money are made payable in London. You will accept to pay them there accordingly, and whatever Expence is occasion’d by it will be charg’d to me. I shall draw no more at present, having no farther Occasion for Money here, as the high Price of Labour discourages my Project of Building, till it shall be more moderate. I wish much to hear from you, and to receive my Accounts to the End of last Year. I hope the good Family continue well. We are all so here, and my Grandsons join in Love, &c. Notwithstanding what you may see in the English Newspapers, be assured that America is in a most prosperous Situation. I hear nothing yet of our Baggage which was in the Hands of Mr. Limousin at Havre, and wish you would enquire about it, and inform me if you can what is become of it. I have not received a Line from him since I left France. Please to remember me affectionately to all our Friends at Passy and Auteuil, &c &c. With great and sincere Esteem, I am, my dear Friend, Ever yours