The Inditer hereof, void of Formalities in which he confes-seth himself no Adept; with the greatest veneration for your Character, and the highest Esteem for that Government which you represent, being deputed to communicate to your Excellency, the resolves of a few persons who are Manufacturors, in the most lucrative Manufactures of Europe, and which they desire to Transplant, into the United States of America; and being equally Jealous of both the two great Belegerent Powers, with the greatest humility desires your Excellency to grant him a speedy and confidential Audience, and is with the greatest respect your Excellencies most humble servt.