From ——— (unpublished)
[ca. Dec. 1776]

In whatever business you may have to do with Foreigners, sign never any thing that is not in English let them take the Pains to express themselves. My reading has furnishd me with Cases where great Tricks have been playd by means of Foreigners giving a sense of their own to words not so taken by the others. There are Equivocal Expressions. One may take the gingerbread for the Baker

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