Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,

I am extreamly happy to find by your friendly and affectionate Address that my Endeavors to serve our Country in the late important Struggle, have met with the Approbation of so respectable a Body as the Representatives of the Freemen of Pennsylvania. I esteem that Approbation as one of the greatest Honors of my Life. I hope the Peace with which God has been graciously pleased to bless me may be lasting, and that the free Constitution we now enjoy, may long contribute to promote our common Felicity. The kind Wishes of the General Assembly for my particular Happiness affect me very sensibly, and I beg they would accept my thankful Acknowledgements.