I do hereby Certify whom it may Concern, that I was, present with Mr. Pultney and Dr. franklin at Paris, when in a Conversation between them on the Subject of certain Propositions for a Reconciliation wit America offer’d by Mr. Pultney, Dr. franklin said him he did not approve of them, nor did he think they would be approved in America, but that we would communicate them to his Colleagues and the french Ministry. This Mr. Pultney opposed, saying that it would answer no good End, as he was persuaded that what weigh’d with Dr. franklin would weigh also with them; and therefore desired that no mention might be made of his having offer’d such Propositions or even of his having been here on such Business, but that the whole might be buried in Oblivion, agreable to what had been stipulated and agreed to by Dr. franklin, before the Propositions were produced, which Dr. franklin accordingly promised.