Trenton 15 Sep^t 1799. Dear Sir. I received by yesterdays mail, your letter dated Baltimore the [undecipherable] inst. It would have been more gratefull to my sensibility, to have heard that you had found upon your Farm in Hartford County, those comforts which might have consoled you in some measure, in your retreat during the storm which has agitated so great a portion of the civilised world. I hope however, that the future will make you amends for the past, and that you will soon be enabled to present better prospects to your family. You may assure Madam Raphel of my esteem and the pleasure it will always afford me to be serviceable to her. Inclosed is a passport signed by the Secretary of State which I hope will answer your expectations. I have the honor to be [undecipherable] [undecipherable] James McHenry [E. Raphel Esq^r] [Endorsements on outer wrapper: [undecipherable] to / McHenry ministre / de la guerres / 15 7bre 1799 — ; [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] ministre / de laguerre / 15 7bre 1802 —] [Address on outer wrapper: E. Raphel / Abington / Hartford / Maryland] [Sideways notation on wrapper: [undecipherable]]