I reced last saturday the letter which your Excellency favour’d me with the 11th. Inst. containing a paper of the officer of the Customs regarding the Schooner Regla.

Permitt me my Dear Sir to add that I did not mean nor do now to hurt him.

My motive for complaining rose from the best of principles, which is only the good of the United States and my Country.

It was but too plain in the Pasport the falshood it contained, the day and year being eras’d or suplanted, besides, the Infamous Captain enter’d her in the office by the name of Regla, whereas the Passport mentions to be the St. Vincent.

I am sensible your Excellency’s Government will afford no protection to such smugglers but give me leave to hint with respectt to your Traders that the want of that very Compactt or Treaty will very soon be severely felt by them for they will soon loose the best of their commerce to Europe.

In short my worthy Governour take the above from one who has a real and sincere attachment to the United States and has had no other view in comeing over than the hopes of uniting the two Countries with the strongest ties of freindship, in which however finding such delays, is sorry to add that things must take another course and wou’d however avoid the disgust that may occasion the protection of unlawfull Traders.

I have been candid ever since my arrivall with respectt to the consequences of haveing no Treaty, but haveing produced nothing they will undoubtedly begin to apear. I have the honor to be with great respectt and consideration Your Excellency’s most obedient humble Servant