I shall hope soon to have an opportunity of writing to you by a private hand, & shall defer what I have to say till that opportunity. In the mean time let me only tell you that I am still of the same opinion that I have always held that there is not yet any alienation between the nations of GB & NA. I think likewise that what has passed in the way of feeling pulses for negotiation may in the end do good as laying a foundation wch by way of reference may be a line for some approximation towards peace in some more fortunate hour. This is a point wch I will never lose sight of. I hope that our Consultations may some day or other meet with better success. Yrs. &c