When the inclosed was put under my care I promised myself the Honor of conveying it to you long before this. But an accident which obliged me to take a circuitous Voyage by the West-Indies, prevented, & will, I trust, be a sufficient Excuse for the length of time it has been on it’s way.

I have the Honor to be most respectfully Sir Yr Excellency’s obt. & very hble. servt.