I recieved your favour dated Passy Sept. 2. 1783 with an inclosed of Mr. Samuel Lewis Wharton which Contained a bill of exchange of 8000L. tournois. He refers to a lettre which Mr. Sam Wharton wrote to me on the 14 of April by the way of France and on the 29 of May by the way of France, of which letters none came to right, which is probably owing to the want of paying the postage to the frontiers of Germany or from Holland or Frankford. As there will probably go regular paquets from America to France and Holland you would Doe a service to your country and to all Europe now greately interested in the Correspondence with America, if you ordred to be publish’d through you Country, that all lettres directed to any place beyond France or Holland must first by payed for to Frankford and that they can not be recieved at the post office without this postage being payed, and that, for security’s Sake, such letters will be marked at the post office in America postage payed to Frankford. Without a similar precaution the most part of letters send from America will only be thrown in the post office of the place where the ship arrives, and there they will remain forever.

I found in your lettre inclosed also a print of the allarm of the peasants at Goness and a copy of your lettre to Sir Joseph Banks on that subject, for which both recieve my harty thanks. I was in hopes of recieving a copy of the next lettre you probably have or will write to him on that Subjects. I think the aerial ballons a object of great importance and should very much like to see one going up. I should be glad to know accurately in which way they are filled with inflammable air. As much as I can gess by the account of news papers, they only burn coals or straw in the middel of the ballon or under it, by which means the air within is become lighter by heat and mixed also with a mephitic air lighter than common air and remaining therefor within the ballon. You would oblige me to give me some light in this affaire. I hope you have recieved my lettre Dated Aug. 15th and one afterwards containing a bill of exchange on Amsterdam to be send to a nursery Man or Gardener in America on account of our vice-chancelour of Bohemia. I should be glad to know, whether you forwarded it, as Count Choteck should like to know it. As to the different questions of the former letter, never mind whether you answer on all of them or only on som. I employed the 8000 Livr [sent] me by Mr. Wharton in the mercantil undertaking, which is a goying on in king   from france to China for private concerns by why of actions.

If I may trust on what Mr. Le Begue writes me, my book now allready   in the press will soon come out. I have matter enough ready for a second   of my book on vegetables, but am at a loss how to get it printed as I am afrayed of its remaining, just as the present book, some years in the press   avarice and want of faith of the bookseller. A second volum of   Collection of detached opuscula, of which you have a copy in the German language will soon be printed here. Mr. Rolitor, how translated the first volum from the manuscripts, is busy with it. Mr. le Begue has sent me a pamphlet of Mr. Lavoisier on heat containing experiments made by order of the academie. But I see they have nothing similar to what you will find in my book now printing. I should be proud of the honour of being a membre of your Philosophical Society of Philadelphia. If you keep Connection with it, as President, I should be obliged to you to present me. I have not seen Mr. Vynbrenner and doe not know whether forwarded to him the introductory letters you promish’d to send him for his con    whose name I mentioned to you. I am sorry to see that your old master after being humbled by you more than any nation was ever before, exert   small remains of their usual pride and haughtiness against my Country, where they are now generaly heated as much as in America. I trust however, the Dutch will no more submit their necks under the yoke of that corrupted nation.

I hope you will find some leasure hour to let me know some news of you.

I begg the favour of forwarding the inclosed packet containing M.S. to the press, to Mr. le Begue, and the others to America. Have you some fresh American news papers to spare? I am with the greatest esteme Dear friend Your most obedient humble servant