I received your Letter of July 1. with its Duplicate. I lament with you most sincerely the Loss of poor Mr Pique. The Money he deposited in my Hands was Thirty Louis d’ors, which I have delivered to Mr Saugrain, as you will see by his Receipt enclos’d. No one has hitherto demanded of me the Couverts d’argent; but I shall deliver them to whoever produces a proper Authority to receive them. I apprehend there is some Mistake in the Name you mention, and that they were not for Mr John Barclay: But M. Darcet can set the matter right. Mr. Pique’s Death happening in a Wilderness Country where there were no settled Inhabitants, it is not possible to obtain such a thing as an Extrait mortuare. M. Saugrain, in whose safe Return I congratulate you, will supply that Deficiency by his Testimony taken with you. With great Esteem, I am, Sir, Your most obedient and most humble Servant