To Samuel Marcel (unpublished)

That I am oblig’d to the Genn. for his Good Will to America, & Desire of being Serviceable to her. That our Armies are full, &c. That with a Capital he might follow Commerce with Success in America when Peace shall be made, at present it is much interrupted. That with a small Stock he might follow Agriculture there to Advantage, but his Voyage thither must be at his own Expence, and I am not authoris’d to promise any kind of Establishment, Office or Employment to Newcomers, [they] will find there a good Climate, good Soil, good Laws, good Government, and good People to live with, and Liberty both civil and religious: but we do not entice Strangers to come among us by particular Promises—

631959 = 029-241a005.html