I have entered into all these details, that you may be
enabled to quiet the alarm which must have been raised by the _Arret_
of September the 28th, and assure the adventurers that they may pursue
their enterprises as safely as if that had never been passed, and more
profitably, because we participate now of a monopolized, instead of an
open market. The enclosed observations, though printed, have only been
given to the ministers, and one or two other confidential persons. You
will see that they contain matter which should be kept from the English,
and will therefore trust them to the perusal only of such persons as you
can confide in. We are greatly indebted to the Marquis de la Fayette
for his aid on this, as on every other occasion. He has paid the closest
attention to it, and combated for us with the zeal of a native.
The necessity of reconducting my family to America, and of placing my
affairs there under permanent arrangements, has obliged me to ask of
Congress a six months' absence, to wit, from April to November next.
I hope, therefore, to have the pleasure of seeing you there, and
particularly, that it will be at New York that I shall find you.
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