Mr. Merry, the Minister of Great Britain, having requested that Mr. John Coles may be permitted to act as the Consul of his Nation within the States of New Hampshire & Massachusetts,1 until a regular appointment to that office can be made, by the immediate order of his Government; and the present nomination not being adapted for the customary Exequatur, I have the honor to request, that, as far as your official functions are concerned & will permit, you will consider Mr. John Coles as acting instead of a Consul of Great Britain, for the States above mentioned, and that you will accordingly yield to him every necessary facility in the exercise of his trust. I am &c.