[June [undecipherable] 1796 Alex. Hamilton New York to M^c. Henry] [from [undecipherable] Henry Esq^r [undecipherable]] New York dated June 1. 1796 My dear M^cH. I am told the Executive Directory have complained of M^r. Parish our Consul at Hamburgh — Perhaps the complaint may be all founded. But perhaps also he was indiscreet in giving colour for it — Admit too that he be a good man — Yet we must not quarrel with [strikethrough: the] France for pins and needles. The publice temper would not bear any umbrage taken where a trifling concession might have averted it. Its a case for temporising; reserving our firmness for great and necessary [underline: occasions]. Let M^r. Parish be superseded, with a [strikethrough: kind] polite letter. I do not write to Pickering, as he is absent I am not regularly possessed of the information— But I hope you will attend to the matter, even if at the expence of being a little officious. Y^r truly. A. Hamilton [Gen. M^c. Henry]