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Count, longing to revisit his native country, asks if I the 

 may safely do so, knowing, as he well did, how bitter 'ie 

 had been the feeling against many returning refugees, 

 and by the strong terms of endearment and veneration 

 with which he speaks of his mother. 



"MUNICH, 1 8th January, 1793. 



DEAR SIR, I received by the hands of Mr. Stacey your 

 letter of the roth November, for which I beg you would accept 

 my best thanks. It gave me very sincere pleasure to hear from 

 you, and to learn from Mr. Stacey that you were in good health 

 when he left America, and surrounded by all the enjoyments of 

 domestic happiness, and distinguished by the Esteem and Re- 

 spect of your fellow-citizens. Neither time nor distance, nor 

 change of habits and circumstances, have in the least abated 

 that affectionate regard which I conceived for you at a very 

 early period of my life, and I shall ever feel myself peculiarly 

 interested in everything which relates to your prosperity, and 

 shall be much gratified by every proof of your friendly recollec- 

 ticn. I am very much obliged to you for your kind attentions to 



