Yesterday Mr. Asp communicated to me three letters written to him from Stockholm, Elsinore, and Göteborg, according to which your son had left Stockholm on 30 December for Göteborg, from which he departed on 11 February for Copenhagen. He hoped to meet up there with young Count Greco, a captain in the service of the Duke of Modena; they had traveled from St. Petersburg to Stockholm, intending to continue on together through Hamburg into Holland. This news, combined with the contents of letters received from Copenhagen and Hamburg that I already had the honor to pass on, leaves us no further cause for concern, and we expect him to appear at any time. These most recent letters all praise young Mr. Adams’ wisdom and intelligence and predict he will one day follow his father into Congress.

The enclosed letter for Philadelphia is a duplicate of the one I already sent via Lorient under cover of Mr. Barclay. Someone told me confidentially that Mr. Livingston had resigned. If that is true, I trust that the appointment of Mr. Van Berckel (currently on business in Amsterdam) will be no less acceptable and that you will kindly add a note of recommendation to this end and dispatch the letter as rapidly as possible.1

We are currently awaiting the return of the courier with the English ultimatum.

I was told something else confidentially, to wit, that I may soon be congratulating you on becoming minister of the United States to the British court.

I await the honor of your reply concerning the postal account here for the English papers. Would you like me to cancel the English papers, sir, for the future? It seems to me one or two would be enough to send to America. It is a continuing expense.

Please accept the compliments of my ladies, together with those of your excellency's very humble and very obedient servant