I received here yours of the 23d. Instant. I am sorry it did not suit you to go in the Ship with me, having engaged Places in The Cabin that would have accommodated you and yours, not indeed on your Account, because I never depended on your going; but I took the whole Cabin that I might not be intruded on by any accidental disagreable Company. If you come to Philadelphia while I live, you will find an always affectionate Friend in me, and in my Children after I am gone. My Love to yours, and to Dolly; and my Respects to Mrs. Hawksworth. I came to Havre de Frace in a Litter, and hither in the Pacquet Boat; and instead of being hurt by the Journey or Voyage, I really find myself very much better, not having suffer’d so little for the time these two Years past. Adieu, my dear Friend; accept my repeated Thanks for the agreable Winter your kind Company with that of my young Friends made me pass; and believe me ever, Yours sincerely and most affectionately