In the latter end of last year I recevied by the hands of Mons. de Butré, a book intitled Constitutions des Treize Estates Unis de l’Amerique, together with a beautiful Medal struck upon the independency or sepperation of the American Colonies from their Mother Country: the device on the reverse of this Medal is as strong and flattering to the Arms of France as it is humiliating and disgraceful to those of England; how far the allusion may bear a resemblance to truth, the annals of time are left to unfould, confirm, and record.

If these articles were ment as presents from Your Excellency to me, I then beg you will be persuaded to believe that I have employed the very first favorable opportunity of returning you Sir my most grateful thanks, and of assuring you that they could not have been bestowed upon a person whose Zealous good wished for the common cause of extending happiness (and consequently the civil rights and liberty of Mankind) are more ardently poured forth than are those of Your Excellencys most respectful and much Obliged old friend and very Humble Servant