Your Excellency’s very Friendly Letter of the 22 April is safely come to hand, for which be pleased to accept my warmest thanks. a poor Acknowledgement truly for so Signal a favour.1 The Honourble Mr Laurens advises me to proceed immediately to Copenhagen But his Lordship the Bishop of St Asaph, thinks I might as well Stay a 216 few Weeks longer, and see whether or no Parliament will pass an Act for ordaining American Candidates without exacting the Oath. My very Generous Friend Mr Johnson thinks a Letter from your Excellency or some Illustrious Personage of your Acquaintance, to a Danish Bishop would do me much Service.2 this would be a favour of such Magnitude, as to surpass my Gratitude to Say how much it would Oblige

Your Excellency’s very Sincer / Friend & Servt.

Last Night I received your letters of the 10th. 1 and 11th. Inst: and am sorry you had the Trouble of writing to me about the Bills, which was owing to a Misstake made by the Gentlemen at Amsterdam— In place of sending My letter to your Care, they address’d you directly on the subject— Immediately on receipt of your resolution respecting the House at Auteuil, I gave Notice to the owner that I Cou’d not go on with the Engagement, I had made him written proposals which he accepted, But the Tradespeople were not begun to work, and I do not Expect it will be attended with any Expence—

I am Sincerely Dear Sir / Your very obed serv.

I Shall go to Amsterdam next Week, receive all the Bills of Messrs Fizeaux & Co and Send them to you by Express, by whom I pray you 217 to send me my Trunk and all my Effects. The Express will not Sett off, under ten days. You need not mention at present that I have Sent for my Effects. The Coach you may keep a little longer, if it is not inconvenient to you. if it is, as it is the Property of the United States you may Sell it, and give the public Credit for the Proceeds. When the Express returns, I will finish my Accounts and transmit them to you for a final Settlement.

yours Sincerely.