Philadelphia, August 17, 1793.

    Sir: I have received with great pleasure, the resolutions of the Citizens of the County of Burlington,⁶⁸ which were enclosed in your letter of the 13 of this month.

[Note:New Jersey. ]

    In addition to the high satisfaction which I feel in knowing that my measures are approved by my fellow Citizens, it affords me no small pleasure to see, that, in giving this public testimony of their approbation, they take occasion to express those manly and independent sentiments, which are truly characteristic of a free and an enlightened people. And I must beg you to assure the Citizens of the County of Burlington, that, believing as I do, that the true interest and the happiness of its Citizens depend upon remaining in a state of peace in the present important crisis, I cannot but highly applaud their patriotic resolution to use all means in their power for the accomplishment of this desirable object, and that I am no less pleased with the sentiment wch. they have expressed, respecting any foreign interference in the internal administration of our Government.⁶⁹

[Note:From the "Letter Book" copy in the Washington Papers. ]