I recd. yesterday Evening the Letter you did me the honor of writing to me the 7th Instant, and this morning I communicated the same to the Council; but the Board being very thin the Consideration thereof was postponed ’till to morrow morning, one of the Members requesting he might take the letter with the papers it inclosed home with him for a more attentive perusal. He has since been with me as has also Mr. Wilson your Colleague in the delegation and they both express much apprehension that great inconvenience to this state may arise from an acceptance of the Cession proposed by Connecticut, if it be made in the Terms of the printed deed, and therefore have advised that I should write this Evening to desire that you would endeavour to obtain a delay of the determination ’till some day next week. Mr. Wilson intending to set out for New York on friday in order to be with you on saturday next, and join you in Congress the week following. The Consideration of your whole Letter will be taken in Council to morrow which may enable me to write to you more fully by the afternoons Post this I shall endeavour to send by the stage. With great Esteem and regard I have the honor to be Gentlemen Your most obedient and most humble servant