Après avoir présenté à Votre Excellence, dans une précédente, l’expression de mes sentimens sur son élevation au Poste éminent qu’Elle occupe, permettez, Monsieur, qu’en les confirmant j’y ajoute aujourd’hui de nouvelles félicitations sur les dignes Coopérateurs au bien public, qu’Elle vient d’acquérir par la nomination aux Postes éminents de Secretaire d’Etat, Chef de Justice, & Trésorier genl., de personnages d’un mérite aussi grand, & universellement applaudi, que le sont Leurs Exces. MM. Th. Jefferson, Jn. Jay, & Al. Hamilton.— Mon coeur, comprimé par tout ce que je vois se passer autour de moi en Europe, se dilate à l’idée d’une Administration, telle que le sera celle de la Confédération Américaine entre des mains si sages & si habiles. Vous ferez honte, Messieurs, &, s. p. à Dieu, la leçon la plus salutaire, à cette Europe; j’ose le prédire.— Dans ce moment j’apprends que le Département de la Guerre est pareillement rempli par S.E. Mr. le Genl. Knox;1 & je differe de finir la présente, pour le mander à Mr. Luzac, afin qu’il l’ajoute au reste que je lui ai déjà com̃uniqué.— Dieu le bénisse aussi avec touts les autres, le Législatif, l’exécutif, le judiciaire, le maritime, tout le peuple Américain, Madame votre Epouse, famille, & votre Excellence, de qui je suis avec le plus respectueux attachement, le très-humble, & trèsobéissant servit.

I am this day honor’d with your favor of the 16 September

I am happy to find that the affairs of America are in a state to fix a permanent line of Reimburssment, becoming thereby truely independant.

Notwithstanding the weight of Opossion against the leading Members of the National Assembly, the steddy perseverance of the few and the effectual support of the Marquis de La fayette in whose hands are the reigns of the National Troops. that the Motions made by the Patriote Committees are decretted by a Powerful majority

The Revolution is Compleat unless you regard leaving in the Person of the King a Susperiur Power and an hereditary Succession, [. . .] abuses both have limits that render the nation a Curb to infractions

the distinction of orders are Vanish’d, the Incorporated Bodies are Supprest, all provincial distinctions of charters Privalidges and Customs are destroy’d the formadable Body of the Parliaments and all Religious Orders Supprest. The Estates of the Clergy Sequester’d for the benefit of the Nation applicable to the discharge of the National Debt, the Courts of Justice suspended to the Establishment of a New Code—

The Old Mansion is thus entirely demolish’d and the materials are colected to A heap to be destroyd by time The Plan of the New fabrique is before the House of Assembly They have begun by the Ground Work, by a New division of the Kingdom into 80 equal parts 184 of 36 by 36 Leagues. called Departement, the 80 departments into 9 equal divivissions of 6 by 6 Leagues call’d Com̃unes or Districts. The Communes into 9 equal Divissions of 2 by 2 Leagues called Cantons or Primaires The Names of the Old Provinces have no longer existence

The present deliberations are imploy’d in organizing the Municipality’s. The Represtations are to take Rise from the Cantons or Primaires in the proportion of Population of 1 to 600 to form the provincial assemblys

from these outlines you see a methodique order establish’d by the Moteurs of the Revolution and all personalties being set asside and a general chain of Popular measures pursued. the People at large approve the measusurs and smother the murmurs of the discontented1

The Austrian Netherlands [. . .] in Arms have Publish’d their manifest against the Souveregnety of the Emperor, but their principals motifs not springing from Liberal Principles but from Religious fermentations fomented by discontented Religious Orders who were supprest by order of Gouverment it is posible their resistence may prove a Civil Slaughter without reaping any Solid advantages.2

I shall ship by the french Pacquet that will leave this in ten or fifteen Days the wine you have pleased to Commission3

If on application that will be made to you for Supplies of Wheat and flour from the Ministry of france should be complied with permit me to Solicite your Influence in my favor as your Agent for the Receipt of the Cargoes that may be addrest to this port4

with respectful Attatchment I have the Honor to be / Sir, / Your most Obedient / Humble Servant