Mr. Littlepage presents his most grateful and respectful thanks to his Excellency doctor Franklin for his polite and friendly acquiescence in Mr. Littlepage’s request of being sent with the definitive Treaty to Congress, but as Mr. Jay has declared himself decidedly in favor of Mr. Adams’s clerk, Mr. Littlepage requests his Excellency not to take the trouble to propose him. Mr. Littlepage will ever retain the warmest sense of gratitude for this generous instance of friendship from doctor Franklin, and will with the greatest pleasure inform the Marquis de La Fayette of the deference which his Excellency has been pleased to pay to his recommendation