On receipt of our Letter to the Gentlemen here appointed in conjunction with other Gentlemen at Nantes to settle your Public accounts, I should have returned agreeable to you request, had it not appeared clear to me that the business could not be done in the absence of any one in the appointment, when I left Nantes Mr. Schweighauser was in a bad state of health and I presume could not give his attendance, this without any other impediment, must have put a stop to the business, some of the Carolina Gentlemen seem to think it would take up a great deal of time even Six weeks, in this I think they must be mistake, but as I am a total stranger to the business, it is not in my Power to say what time it would take, had the appointment been to the whole or any three, five, or seven of th number, I would for my Part chearfully have given any assistance in my Power towards a settlement however inconvenient it might be to me; I profess myself to be of no party, and I Would to God that no such thing subsisted among us, I ever have thought and I trust always shall think Justice due to every man, let his rank or station in life be what it will, those being my Sentiments you cannot Doubt my ready compliance with the mode you have adopted for a settlement of your accounts, was it practicable to carry it into execution. I wish you health and happiness and am Sir your most obedient & very humble Servant