Yours, my dear Temple, of the 13th. April was forwarded me by your Friend Mr. De Chaumont, upon his Arrival at New York. when in this City, I had the pleasure of seeing him, & should have been happy had his stay here given me an opportunity of being useful to him, or shewing him those civilities, which I shall ever conceive the Friends of my worthy Classmate entitled to receive at my Hands. But unfortunately for me, his residence in this city was but short, & during that time, I was often out of town: when his affairs permit him to return to this city, I shall hope that he may remain longer amongst us.

As I do not hear that your Grandfather has embarked, I fear the season is too far advanced for his American Friends to expect to receive him, amongst them, this year. His old Friend Mr. Roberts hardly dares to flatter himself, with the prospect of seeing him again, as his own health is so much impaired, & his frame so weakened as to leave little hopes of his remaining long an Inhabitant of this Earth.

You have, no doubt, seen in the papers an Account of the death of our Friend Mayo. it could not surprize any one, who had heard of his ill state of health whilst in Europe. Mason, to whom I made your compliments by letter the other day, is married in Virginia, & is at this time a Father. Hoops, who has been appointed by Congress a Surveyor in one of back-states, has left this to be in the way of his duty. Our Friend Mrs. Montgomery who left this some months since, is I imagine in France, you therefore can give some account of her place of residence.

About two months since, my younger &, at present, only Brother took shipping for London, & as his health was rather injured, I desired him to spend the Winter in that part of France, which might be recommended to him as the most favorable to his Health & the acquirement of the laygauge I gave him a Letter for you, as I am well assured you would afford him every assistance in your power—Should he arrive in Paris before you leave it, I flatter myself that he will have reason to be pleased with that city, & I am certain, that I need not tell my Friend Temple, how much I shall be obliged by every civility shewn him. You mention in your letter Mr. Norris’s being in Paris. A report has circulated here for some time, that he had become a Catholic, & it was much suspected, that he would dedicate himself to the Church. As I could see no motive, sufficiently powerful, to make him take such a step, I have hitherto believed the report without foundation. should I have formed a wrong opinion, with respect to the first point, I should yet hope that he would not adopt the second, as it would undoubtedly occasion his connections much uneasiness. I suppose you have heard that Henderson is no more—I think I heard that he died in one of the Western islands, where he had gone in search of Health. Should you not visit us this fall, no one of your friends would receive more pleasure on hearing from you than myself, & no one would make greater allowance for your not being regular in your correspondance than Yr sincere & affectionate Friend