I received the Letter you did me the honour lately to write me respecting the Proclamation for apprehending several Promoters of the Rebellion in your State. The Proclamation was immediately printed in our Newspapers; and the Matter being laid before the Council and Assembly, it was thought fit to make in Addition to the Rewards your Government had offered, which will be done, tho’ the usual Forms of Proceeding have occasioned some Delay. I congratulate your Excellency most cordially on the happy Success attending the wise and vigorous Measures taken for the Suppression of that dangerous Insurrection, and I pray most heartily for the future Tranquility of the State which you so worthily and happily govern. Its Constitution is I think one of the best in the Union, perhaps I might say in the World. And I persuade my self that the good Sense and sound Understanding predominant among the great Majority of your People, will always secure it from the mad Attempts to overthrow it, which can only proceed chiefly from the Wickedness, or from the Ignorance of a few who while they enjoy it are insensible of its Excellence. With sincere and great Esteem and Respect, I have the honour to be Sir Your Excellency’s &c