Boston May 31^st 1788 My dear General In one of my last letters I suggested to your Excellency what appeared to be the temper of our last house of representatives relative to the new constitution and my apprehensions [undecipherable: lest] the former ground [undecipherable] by them be defeated [undecipherable] the different [undecipherable: parts] of the States their professed [undecipherable] was to [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] and to [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] on their [undecipherable] — indeed [undecipherable] federalism of and patient [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] the other the [undecipherable] left — we [undecipherable] to throw such an influence into and — [undecipherable] as to prevent an organization of the general government — by this State [undecipherable] it be adopted [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] kept up by the federalists & Mr. Gerry for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] General — the [undecipherable] carried it as [undecipherable] 19 to 22 — Mr. Adams & Mr. Lincoln were put by the federalists as L^t. Governors — [undecipherable] by the other party the [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] — the federalists [undecipherable] chosen [undecipherable] Governor by the people — the two former had about 2/3 of the votes Warren & Gerry had the [undecipherable] most of the [undecipherable] Warren Gerry federalists were the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Warren [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] my completion the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] two [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] — The [undecipherable] — they had [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] elected [undecipherable] as [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [the letter] natural body — [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] and a regular circulation of the blood is attended — care must be taken to check a high fevered circulation in that [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] affected while the cause of the [undecipherable] therein are removing [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] as not the whole [undecipherable] and too often the [undecipherable] in [undecipherable]. On the whole if [undecipherable: met] with judgement, [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] ration I have not the least doubt — in a [undecipherable] time [undecipherable] have a government [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] not only [undecipherable] the [undecipherable: happiness] and [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable]. [undecipherable] the beneficial effects of it will be enjoyed by the [undecipherable] all the different nations of the world Your Excellency will [undecipherable] major [undecipherable] L^t. Governor [undecipherable] be induced at his time of [undecipherable] and after having [undecipherable] been [undecipherable] so much of his time in public employment[undecipherable], to accept the appointment [undecipherable] my most dutiful regards to M^rs. Washington and that the children may [undecipherable] and early brought to believe [undecipherable] General [undecipherable] loves them and [undecipherable] he [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I have had [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] a letter [undecipherable] to be [undecipherable] — I have had no [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [To Gen. [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] 31^st 1788]