I am Honord with your Confidential Letter of the 22 Ulto (sans signature).

A fall from my Horse by which I have my left arm Broken confined to my room and will prevent for some days longer applying to the Contents of your Enquiries which I shall do so soon as able and transmit you every information I can obtain from the most Inteligent and impartial of our friends at this City. The Subject has already been discuss’d in the Chamber of Commerce. Our Merchants do not conclude that an admission into their Islands of American Traders ought to be forbid but they cannot trace out a line but what will bring great Injury to their Trade. The Line that appear’d most equitable was a Duty on Tonage say a certain stipulated Sum on every Ton burthen of every vessel inward and outward that should unload and / or Load in any of the Islands belonging to France which Duty should be calculated so that the Economy of the American Navigation should be clogg’d with a burthen equal or even some little more than the      which the National Navigation can be carried on

They are greatly jealous of their Sugar deriving so many various advantages that to burthen the Exportation to compensate them would be laying a prohibition refering to the report I may make upon in virtue of the different sentiments that I may occationately gather I have the Honor to be respectfully Sir Your most Obedient Humble Servant