I have received a long Letter by this Days post from the Baron d’ogny Postmaster General of France relative to the Treaty between the two Kingdoms which will require mature Consideration and I am not at present enabled to answer it, but great Difficulties already occur with regard to the Letters from North America by the French Pacquet Boats a great Number of which came hither to day by the French Mail charged with an high rate of Postage, and you well know we are restrain’d by our Laws from taking more than 10d. for a single Letter from France. In this Situation it will be necessary that all Letters from the United States for Great Britain or Ireland by the French Pacquets should be put under Cover to some Correspondent in France agreably to the sketch of an Advertisement which I submitted to your Consideration in my Letter of the 17th. of October Last, and which would have been better if it had also named Letters from, as well as to America to be put under Cover to some Correspondent in France, and I shall be exceedingly obliged to you if you will recommend it in the strongest Manner to the United States to publish an advertisement at New York and elsewhere to that Effect as the likeliest means to obviate all Difficulties.

I was in hopes it had been sufficiently understood that all Letters for Great Britain or Ireland should be conveyed from New York by our Packet Boats unless directed Viâ France and Vice Versa; but I am sorry to find that out of 233 Letters and Packets there are no less than 196 by the French Mail today not directed Via France.

This is such an evident mark of Partiality that I must entreat it of you to cause such directions to be given to the Post master of New York as may prevent the like in future, but the best and only way would and must be on due Reflection to send all Letters without Exception for France and the whole Continent of Europe by the French Packets and all Letters for Great Britain and Ireland by our Boats. I am, Sir, Your most Obedient and most humble Servant