[K] Philadelphia 24 Aug^t 1795 Sir) It, accidentally happened that your Letter of the 21 Cur^t. did not reach my hands, until this Morning. — In the ordinary Course of Communication, I could not yet, expect Answers to the Letters I wrote Cap^t Hame and to the Kings Vice Consul at Newport, immediately, upon the Receipt of those I was honor'd with, from the late Secretary of State, of the 15 Cur^t. — a little Time will, I trust, put me in possession of the means of entering into a satisfactory Explanation. — I look forward Sir, with some Degree of Certainty, to a Confirmation of all the Facts, I have ventured to suggest. — I have anticipated the Expectation of this Government, as to the Medium thro' which — Representations in Cases of Injury or Insult, are to be made; and I feel as Gratification in the Confidence, that Instructions will be given to the respective State Governments, to secure the Rights to which his Majesty's Commanders in common with the Officers of other Neutral Nations, have an Unquestionable Claim: But which [without recurring, unnecessarily, to past Causes of Complaint] have not, in some particular States, heretofore, been regarded, with that Alertness and Respect, which the impartial Principles of Neutrality prescribe: In the present Instance, I am persuaded this Government will pay due Consideration to Acts, which, may probably, have originated in misconception, where there is a total Disavowal of Insult intended to the Sovereignty of the Country; and to Expressions of Resentment, which have resulted alone from a Sense of Injuries — wanton and reiterated, and of Malevolence the most Mischievous — and inhuman. The slow progress of the Dispensations of Justice, can administer but a weak and ina[dequate] Relief for Injuries, which have lately come to my knowledge, against which, I may have occasion to remonstrate; and unfortunately local Distances preclude the Interposition of the general Government, with that Dispatch, which Cases of sudden Exigency require. — I am thankful to you for the Communication you have been pleased to make to me, of the Resignation of the late Secretary of State; and shall avail myself of your obliging permission to address my Letters to you until I shall be apprized that a Successor is appointed. — With Sentiments of Consideration and Respect, I have the Honor to be, Sir, (Your most obed^t. and most h^ble Serv^t. P. Bond