America has now advanced another step toward perfecting the Glorious Revolution she had with so much Energy commenced. Heaven grant that she may be equally successful in every future salutary measure for establishing by her Example Happiness throughout the whole World.

May You my dear Good Sir, live to see Liberty and Security of property Established on the most soled foundation, which will repay You for an Active Life, spent in anxiety and thought for promoting the Happiness of Mankind; and particularly of this great Event, for which You have my sincere thanks admiration and Congratulations.

I now address You once more to request Your Interest in behalf of my son Samuel. Now that the Constitution is adopted, He joins me in wishing an early Establishment among You, the more so, as nothing else offers there at present suitable to his Talents and Inclinations, and as a number of places will be to be filled previous to the Establishment of Government. From the Education I have given him and the proficiency he has made under many singular advantages, I think him fully competent to many offices in the Civil Departments, and that he may fill some one of them with Dignity and Credit. But You are well acquainted with him and can judge how far my request of Your Interest is reasonable. I should not reason upon my feelings, but I think after the efforts I have made ever since the Year 1746 for Your Country and after the unsuccessful attempts that I have made to establish my family there, with a view of promoting the good of that Community, that some partiality might be expected; however there is no occation to recur to those arguments for a motive, nor would it be my wish.

At this distance it is difficult to say what my son Samuel may think he could best execute, but I should rather think a place in the Foreign Department would be most suitable to his Talents and Inclinations. He has been detained here much agains his expectations and wishes, but soon expects to be with You.

The ill state of my Works and Buildings upon my Estates and Pen ? has kept me hitherto here and will require my continuance (for the last time) another Year, when hope to set down at my fire side, with the approbation of my own mind on the transactions of my life, however unsuccessful they have lately been; and to enjoy the satisfaction of contemplating Your Prosperity, with sanguine hopes and expectations that it will (in due time), spread universally through all the civilized Kingdoms on the Earth.

I beg my particular respects to Mr. and Mrs. Bache, Family and friends, with assurances that I am with the utmost affection esteem and regard, My dear Sir, Your faithful obedient and most humble Servant