I received your Favor of [torn] August last. Your kind Condoleances on the painful State of my Health are very obliging. I am thankful to God however that among the numerous Ills, human Life is subject to, one only of any Importance is fallen to my Lot, and that so late as almost to insure that it can be but of short Duration.

The Convulsions in France are attended with some disagreable Circumstances; but if by the Struggle she obtains and secures for the Nation its future Liberty and a good Constitution, a few Years Enjoyment of those Blessings will amply repair all the Damages their Acquisition may have occasioned. God grant that not only the Love of Liberty but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man may pervade all the Nations of the Earth so that a Philosopher may set his Foot any where on its Surface and say, this is my Country. Your Wishes for a cordial and perpetual Friendship between Britain and her ancient Colonies are manifested continually in every one of your Letters to me; something of my Disposition on the same Subject may appear to you in casting your Eye over the enclosed Paper. I do not by this Opportunity send you any of our Gazettes; because the Postage from Liverpool would be more than they are worth. I can now only add, that my best Wishes of every kind of Felicity for the three amiable Hartleys to whom I have the honor of being an affectionate Friend and most obedient humble Servant