On the receipt of Your Letter, which you may perhaps recollect, your writing me from Paris,1 I had no expectation of a renewal of our correspondance, nor any hopes of success, if attempted by me; Mr. Sayre told me that you enquired after me, and expressed a wish for my return; This leads me to hope that the surmises and suggestions, propagated ^against^ me, having never been, in the most remote degree substantiated, may be dissipated & that any error in judgment, which is the utmost any one can charge me with, is fully expiated, by what I have suffered; I flatter myself, from my recollection, of your former way of thinking, when I enjoyed some Share of your good opinion, & confidence, that this must be the case with You, and on this ground I now address you, on a Subject, of the most interesting nature, to myself, & Family, as well as in some Degree to the public. It is now more than Ten Years, since insinuations were thrown out, that I was a defaultor in my pecuniary transactions, whilst in the service of my Country; And You must recollect, that from that Time, I omitted nothing in my power to bring those insinuations to a direct, & specific charge, that I might meet it and that the public might, from a fair, and impartial investigation, have the means of coming at the Truth. I have been unsuccessful, and for a long Time since, have despaired of ever being otherwise, untill the present attempts, to form a new, & efficient, & I hope permanent System of Government, have revived my hopes, so far at least, as to expect that this Subject, may be taken up, & examined, & decided on; and I now once more, most earnestly sollicit Your Influence, to have this done. Distressed as I am, & have long since been, in my circumstances, I form no expectations of a pecuniary nature, from the enquiry; I wish to have the ballance which has been so long due to me, settled & acknowledged; This will be a satisfaction to my Family, to my son in particular, and it will be hard to be refused the opportunity of doing this, when I have nothing else ^left^ in my power to give them.2 I have wrote a long Letter to my Brother, which will be communicated to Col. Wadsworth to whom I shall write,3 by the present opportunity, & take the Liberty of referring You ^to them^ if disposed to lend your interest, in bringing this question to a conclusion; & will trespass no farther on your Time, but to assure You that I am with much respect Sir Your most Obedt. & very hum. Servt.

If my health permits, I hope by the assistance of Friends to be in some part of the united States, probably in Boston, in the course of the coming Autumn4