Copy of a letter to Genl Anthony Wayne. 1779. Genl Ant Wayne XXIV-73.505 June 1789 117 118

Dear Sir I thank you for your kind favor of the 15th of June which I received a few days past. It is with sincere satisfaction I reciprocate your congratulations on the establishment of the federal government and upon the unanimous choice of our truly illustrous Cincinnatus to be head thereof Your idea of the (change of Strike-through text)(change of must Strike-through text)(Strike-through text) mutation of mankind, is perfectly just, and supported by the experience - As is reflects the people of great Britain, it appearing on the point of verification - The have formed an alliance with Britian ( Denk ???Strike-through text) the Swedes and the United Netherlands - The object of which is to counteract the real alliance between the Empress of Russia Denmark the Emperor and France Holland and Great Britain are equipping fleets- The opinion of the mercantile (Strike-through text) part of England is for war with force power, not on a general seale of Justice or policy, but for the benefit of trade- I have just seen a letter from a merchantile stating the great losses they have sustained by (speculation?) in the cotton undecipherable owing to the prodigious number of manufacturers have been set up with time- It appears undecipherable has that are undecipherable be undone unless we have a war To take off undecipherable undecipherable of hands employed in our manufacturing undecipherable would then be redirected to undecipherable undecipherable, as in undecipherable goods be manufacturd that (Strike-through text) a profitable market, where as no our sales are fewer unless than undecipherable cost of manufactoring undecipherable of the materials- It is however adds undecipherable confidence undecipherable occupies so much bloodshed and the undecipherablet he thinks (Strike-through text) this (Strike-through text) peace must be offered to make trade flourish-

     But whatever be the fate of Europe America requires peace - the

is not consolidated suffincently for her to (Strike-through text) to hazard herself among the ambitious conflicting powers _ She requires time (Strike-through text) to create and arrange her reform.

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