During the period of your mission, we had the honor of seeing you in this city and also at our bookstore where you bought, among others, Tableau de l’histoire des Provinces Unies by Cerisier, published in house, of which we delivered the three last volumes to The Hague in 1783 for 5:8 Dutch florins.1

As my uncle, Mr. Wild, is getting on in years and due also to the change in government, he has decided to retire and to leave me his entire business, charging me with its liquidation. I take the liberty to address to you this letter, and I beg you to make our store known to some bookseller in Philadelphia with whom we can establish our trust. It may be too much to solicit from you some good address of a bookseller of yours to send to us, even if it is via one of your secretaries. We are able to provide almost all books of study, Greek or Latin, as you will see in the catalogue which we have delivered to Mr. Dumas for your excellency.

It is with unwavering consideration that I have the honor sincerely to be your excellency’s most humble and most obedient servant