It is with great Pleasure I obey the Commands of our Philosophical Society in transmitting to your Excellency the enclos’d Certificate of their having done themselves the Honour of electing you a Member, together with the second Volume of their Transactions, which I hope you will favourably accept. Wishing you every Felicity, and particularly that of constant Success in your continued laudable Endeavours for the Service of your Country, I have the honour to be, with sincere and great Esteem, Sir, Your Excellency’s most obedient and most humble Servant