I reach’d this Place the 11th, and waited the same Day on Mr. Williams. He was kind enough to think of my Passage and sent Me to the Gentleman that fits out the Ship Le Comte D’Estaing, to agree for my Passage to Philadelphia as there is no Vessel here bound to the Northward.

The Price is 600 Livres. Mr. Williams thinks it exorbitant, and desires to know whether I must go or wait for a more convenient Opportunity. I board here at Mrs. McCarty’s—pretty good Accommodations, and am employ’d under Mr. Williams’s Eye in perfecting my Hand Writing. Penetrated with the highest Sense of Gratitude I have the Honour of subscribing myself with Submission and Esteem Your most humble Servant