I have transmitted your1 letter to Samuel Adams Welles Esqr in Boston as you desire

This gentleman is a singular character he is I beleive the only surviving male of his Grandfather the late govenor of Massachusetts Samuel Adams who never had but two children a son and a daughter; his son who bore his name died early a surgeon in the army of the Revolution without issue; his daughter married a Mr Welles and her only son as I beleive is your correspondent Samuel Adams Welles; he is now virtuously amiably and Laudably employed in collecting memorials of his grandfather, in which I heartily wish him success; his grandfathers character however will never be accurately known to posterity as it never was sufficiently known to its own age: his merit in the Revolution if there was any merit in it was and is beyond all calculation. I know but one superior to it and that was James Otis, As your correspondent is the only representitive of him I feel a strong interest in his favour; he was bred a merchant has talents industry2 a taste for letters and a fair unspotted3 and irreproachable character I wish you would speak a good word for him to Mr Munroe I beleive him well qualified to be a commissioner under the Spanish treaty to Adjust the American claims for spoliations on our commerce and I beleive the appointment would be more popular in Massachusetts than any other that could be named except among the old tory refugees and their rancorous disciples