6. For John Rucker, whom BF had previously seen in France, see XXXVI, 560–1; XLI, 186. In June, 1784, back in America, Rucker joined the newly formed N.Y. mercantile firm of William Constable & Co., of which Robert Morris was an unnamed partner. The renamed Constable, Rucker & Co. dispatched Rucker to Europe to handle its affairs abroad. He sailed for England on Sept. 8. Rucker visited Paris in March, 1785, and, at Morris’ direction, showed BF and TJ (among others) a June 18, 1784, letter Morris had sent him which gave the history of his ongoing dispute with Jean Holker. TJ kept a copy of that letter, on which BF noted, “Mr Morris’s Letter relating to the Dispute between him and Mr Holker”: Morris Papers, IX, 325–30, 394, 407–19, 425; N.-Y. Packet, Sept. 9, 1784; Taylor, J. Q. Adams Diary, 1, 233, 235.