interesting papers, shall be
sent you from time to time; and I shall leave you generally to the
gazettes, for whatever information is in possession of the public, and
shall especially undertake to communicate by letter, such only relative
to the business of your mission as the gazetteers cannot give. From you
I ask, once or twice a month, a communication of interesting occurrences
in England, of the general affairs of Europe, the court gazette,
the best paper in the interest of the ministry, and the best of the
opposition party, most particularly, that one of each which shall
give the best account of the debates of parliament, the parliamentary
register annually, and such other political publications as may be
important enough to be read by one who can spare little time to read any
thing, or which may contain matter proper to be kept and turned to,
on interesting subjects and occasions. The English packet is the most
certain channel for such epistolary communications as are not very
secret, and intermediate occasions by private vessels may be resorted
to for secret communications, and for such as would come too expensively
burthened with postage, by the packets. You are furnished with a cipher
for greater secrecy of communication. To the papers before mentioned,
I must desire you to add the Leyden gazette, paper by paper as it comes
out, by the first vessel sailing after its receipt.

I enclose you the papers in the case of a Mr. Wilson, ruined by the
capture of his vessels after the term limited by the armistice. They
will inform you of the circumstances of his case, and where you may
find him personally, and I recommend his case to your particular
representations to the British court. It is possible that other similar
cases may be transmitted to you. You have already received some letters
of Mr. Adams's explanations of the principles of the armistice, and of
what had passed between him and the British minister on the subject.

Mr. Greene of Rhode Island will deliver you his papers, and I am to
desire that you may patronize his claims so far as shall be just and
right, leaving to himself and his agent to follow up the minute details
of solicitation, and coming forward yourself only when there shall be
proper occasion for you to do so in the name of your nation.

Mr. Cutting has a claim against the government, vouchers for which he is
to procure from England. As you are acquainted with the circumstances of
it, I have