I had this afternoon the pleasure of recieving your obliging Letter of the 6th. Jany last, and am happy to learn from it that the Decrees in the Capture Cases will probably be satisfactory— This Information appeared to me to be interesting, and therefore I have communicated it to the President :1 altho I presume you have written fully to the Secretary of State about it, either by the packet or some other Vessel— The Letters enclosed for your Friends were immediately sent to the Post office according to your Request—2

Untill within a few Days past we had been for months without any Intelligence from Europe— Our accounts now are as recent as could be expected, & I wish they were equally pleasing— The public papers afford us but little Reason to conclude that Peace will be reestablished this Winter; on the contrary, there seems to be Room to apprehend that another Campaign will prolong the Miseries of War.

This Letter will probably go by the Packet, whose sailing being always uncertain, and sometimes sudden, I think it best to be prepared— If any other vessel should sail before her bound to London I will enclose some printed papers for you—

Be so good as to remember me to our American Friends in London— Mrs Jay joins with me in requesting you to present our best Comp[limen]ts. to Mrs. Bayard— With the best wishes for your & her Health— I am Dear Sir your most obt. & h’ble Servt