As I intended revisiting Paris in the course of a few weeks, an American a young Lady of my particular acquaintance intended doing me the honour of being the bearer of the sword knot, Inclos’d in a genuine American box—but as it now rests uncertain, as to my going to Paris, she has committed the care of it to Griffin Gross Esqr.—believe me most sincerely Dr. Sr. Your Very Hl. Sts.