A Foreigner, descended from a Family of Note in Germany, and who is in very distressing circumstances, importunes me, to state his case to Your Excellency—and tho’ I am loth to trouble You yet in consideration of his distresses, his ignorance of the English language, and his importunity, I have been prevaild upon to comply with his wishes, and hope Your Excellency will pardon the Liberty I have taken. I have carefully examind Mr. Bremissens Credentials and find that he is descended from a Noble Family in Prussia—That he was Fifteen Years an Officer in the Prussian Service, and at his own request obtaind an Honorable discharge, with a view of trying his fortune in the Army of The United States of America. He came to Holland, with recomendations to Monsieur Thulmeyer, from whom, and other Persons of Note, he obtaind recomendations to America and arrivd here just when the War was ended. On his receiving the best recomendation from the Prussian Ambassador he flattred himself with the agreeable hope of making his Fortune in America, and brought his Wife and Child with him. He has for some Years past subsisted his Family, with great difficulty, by keeping a small School in the Country. That Support now failing, together with some changes that have taken place in his Family, since his absence, indues him to attempt the return to his Native Country

I have the Honor to be with the highest respect Your Excellency’s Most Obedient Servant