Philadelphia Octo 15th 1782
My Dear sir
No letters from our foreign Ministers Since my last and therefore Can give you no Account of the progress of the Negociation for Peace. I fear it is going on very Slowly.
The Evacuation of New York this fall remains a Doubt. What little intelligence we have from thence is rather favourable to that Event. They are not laying in wood or forrage in Any great quantities, And numbers of the refugees are embarking for Nova Scotia. [I] inclose you a paper And have the honor to be with usual esteem And regard,
Dr Sir, Your Excellencys most hble servt,
John Hanson
Receiver's copy, Lee, Horsey, and Carroll Papers deposit (1988), Maryland Historical Society.