You will herewith receive Gazettes and Journals; also a Resolve respecting the compleat Ratification of the Articles binding these 13 States as a confederated Body.1 The Delay of that Business appears now like all the other Circumstances of our Rise & Growth. For, the present is really the best of all Times for that particular Event: Our Enemies have been ripening themselves for this capital Mentitis.

We have no Letters from you or Mr. Carmichael later than those mentioned in my last a Copy of which attends this.2 I am, Sir, your Friend and humble Servant