Requests that he accept a young man aboard the frigate and comments: "I am of the Opinion that the Frigates should take every Young Man that offers in order to bring up & breed both Seamen & officers."
Gives instructions about negotiating Continental Loan Office certificates on the best possible terms in the West Indies; comments that the reputation of Continental currency seems to be getting better and that the treaty with Spain will make the currency more valuable; gives instructions about goods in which to invest in the West Indies; includes an invoice of Continental Loan Office certificates to be disposed of in the West Indies on account of Matthew Clarkson and Company.
