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government of a state is necessary. When once, however, the practicability of 

 cultivating any article is ascertained, it cannot b of any real advantage to a nation 

 if it stand in need of legislative aid. 



&quot; But I have already tired your Excellency with too long a dissertation, which I 

 am persuaded you will attribute to its real cause, enthusiasm in favour of 

 Agriculture, and respect for so valuable a friend to it as General WASHINGTON. 

 For other particulars, I must refer to our intelligent friend Doctor EDWARDS, to 

 whose charge I have taken the liberty of delivering a parcel, with some papers we 

 have lately printed, &c. 



&quot; It will give me much pleasure to be of any use to Mr. KING, Mr. GORE, or Mr. 

 PINCKNEY, during their residence in England. Indeed, I have always felt a strong 

 desire of showing every attention in my power to any American gentleman who 

 may have visited this country; for though our governments are now distinct, the 

 people are in fact the same, without any possible inducement to quarrel, if they 

 knew their respective interests, and with every reason to wish each other well, and 

 to promote their mutual prosperity. 



&quot; Before I conclude, permit me to ask, is there no chance of seeing General 

 WASHINGTON in England? I should be proud of his accepting an apartment in my 

 house, and I am sure that he would meet with the most flattering reception in every 

 part of the Island, but from none with more real attachment and regard, than 

 from, &c.&quot; 



As it is a singular circumstance, that a person in such an exalted situation as 



