The honor I had four Years ago of waiting on You at Passy, to propose to You some advantageous connections between Your constituents and this country, affords me now the singular pleasure, of congratulating You and to rejoice with You in the happy event, which has lately taken place, when Your brave fellow citizens, after so noble a struggle, have been blessed with liberty and peace, which causing quite a new turn to the commercial transactions of all Europe, mey be shortly too of consequence even to this free City, that I take the earliest opportunity of offering You my best services for any transactions Your constituents may be in want of in this town, and the neighbouring ports in the Baltick.

I am desired likewise to inquire with You, that, in case some of my countrymen should resolve to settle in one of the American States, either as merchants with a Capital, or without, or as tradesmen or as manufactures in different branches, what encouragement they would be intittled to, either in receiving a free spot of ground for building upon, and cultivating it, or in being dispensed from all and any taxes for a certain space of time, or any other advantage to be fixed upon.

I hope to be favored with Your kind answer in this respect, and don’t doubt but an advantageous proposal will make many resolve to settle in the new free States of America. Be pleased likewise to note some good houses, and in the Capital as all other maritime towns of the thirteen united provinces of America for addressing our ships and cargoes too also for committing from ’em American products. I remain with great regard Sir Your most humble Servant.