To Benjamin Rush (unpublished)
Passy, April 4. 1783
Dear Friend,

I take the Liberty of introducing to your Acquaintance the Bearer Mr. Redford, because I am persuaded that I shall therein do you a Pleasure. This Character you will find in an enclos’d Letter to me from Dr. Price. I hope his Reception in our Country will be such as to make it agreable to him and induce him to settle among us; as from the short Acquaintance I have had with him, I am of Opinion he will prove a valuable Member of Society. With great Esteem and best Wishes for your Prosperity, I am ever, my Dear Friend, Yours most affectionately

Endorsed: B: Franklin April 4th. 1783
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