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Cambridge 10 {November} 1787
{Reverend} Sir,
I have been favored by the hands of Dr.
Read with your valuable addition to my collection
Of coins. I cannot thank you too much for the
Repeated proofs of your friendship.
By the same hand I transmit the two news-
Papers containing the paragraphs & apology which
Have been charged on me, & which gave such an
alarm to the rigid federalists. Thant you ask for
my objections. They are in substance the same as have
been started in the other States. That the whole power
of the law, the people, & the sword are surrendered.
I wonder that our wartime towns have never
Respected the design of Philadelphia to make
Herself the centre of all the trade of the Continent.
A few exclusive companies, tho’ the members should
Belong to all the States would effectually stumble