I eagerly embrace this opportunity of writing your excellency and remembering myself to you.1 Distance, absence, and even silence on your part have in no way lessened my attachment. Sometimes I have the honor of paying my respects to Mrs. Adams in Braintree and in Boston. Our favorite topic of conversation is your excellency: Mrs. Adams knows all your good qualities and cherishes them, while I admire them.

I am, sir, as happy here as one may be in a country where virtue, good morals, and good people are held in high regard. Your excellency's family enjoys all the esteem it deserves, and I am happy to assure you and Mrs. Adams of the devotion and respect with which I am your excellency's very humble and very obedient servant