Mr. Dean has just told me, Monsieur, that you will be coming tomorrow to Versailles; I won't come to find you in Passy, as I had planned to. However, as I am leaving tomorrow to spend two weeks in Rouen where my regiment is, I would be much obliged to you, in case you have taken a look at the translation of the Delaware Constitution, to please send it back to me with your corrections, because I will busy myself during my stay in Rouen with having it copied, so that it can be published upon my return.

Here is an American Gazette that M. Dean gave me because it contains the Maryland constitution; but only the beginning is included, and since you must have the rest, from what he told me, would you please send it to me, because, during my stay in Rouen, I will translate it, as well as the Virginia constitution. When I come back, I will return all your books; but in the meantime, I pray you to return to me, along with my translation, the two Remembrancer that were attached, which I will still need.

If you are unable to send all this to me tonight, please tell me at what time I might send for them tomorrow morning.

Permit me to ask you if you have any news about whether the different colonies have accepted the Acts of Confederation that we have seen here, and if their acceptance is pure and simple, or involves changes. Please accept, I beg you, the homage of my feelings of esteem and attachment, with which I have the honor of being, Monsieur, your very humble and very obedient servant,