I thank you very much indeed for that kind Paper of Protection & Safeguard & Recommendation for our Vessel, which you offerd me at once, and which was so kindly and handsomely drawn. I have sent it to England to my Brethren, who know your Good Will, and who will be comforted by it, and will hope for the same thing, in kind, from Mr de Sartine. I sent him a Copy of it that He might know how to form one. Mr Bertin has undertaken to help it forward. It is a matter else little in itself, but in the multitude of affairs unless some kind word be put in, in a happy moment, a Trifle as it may seem, is as hard to get at, as a thing of more Importance. I suppose if you see Mr de Sartine you will say that kind word for the thing, & the sooner it is done the much more kind it will be to me who want much to go on. I feel not at all well, the Noise of this Town, the close Air, the Diet, & many thoughts, the immense fatigue of visiting pressing friends, scatterd over this immense Town at all Ends, Lower my weak Spirits, which are forced beyond their Pitch, in one continued strain, so that if I stay much longer, I shall be seriously ill, I feel it. The Captain, Mate and two Sailors I am trying to get released that we may be able to sail in the proper Season, I am promised 4 French Prisoners in their stead when they are released, but I wished much to have the thing done quietly that the two Sailors may not be immediately pressd at their Arrival, but keep private till the Vessel goes. I want them to go as Passengers to Dover to avoid that, & that they may be preserved for us. You understand the Reasons of this, as you know the execrable Press. If it had been convenient & proper, I think your Protection, in case we could get no other from Mr de Sartine, by only adding, to the Address to your Captains & Commanders perhaps the words dear Allies this is only a Thought in Case of need.

I am sorry that my Deafness hinders me from begging a Ticket for to day at the Academy of Sciences.

I Love to be obliged by you. I shall let Dolly B. know how well & how kind you are. She is a good Creature.

I am Dear Sir your most obliged & obedient humble Servant