The State of Maryland being the last that acceded to the Confederation, & therefore esteemed by some the least hearty in the Cause, your Excellency may judge, by the Sentiments of the General Assembly of that State, as express’d in their Resolutions which I have the honour to send you enclos’d, what Reception any Propositions made by General Carleton for a separate Treaty in America, are likely to meet with from Congress.

I am, with great Respect, Your Excellency’s most obedient and most humble Servant