Office of the Secretary of Congress, August 18th. 1785
Sir,
I have the honor to forward for your signature two Notifications of the appointment of Diederik Leertouwer Consul of their high Mightinesses the States general of the United Netherlands, one for the State of Newhampshire, the other for Massachusetts.1
I hope your Excellency will receive benefit from a change of air, exercise and a relaxation from business.2 I heartily wish you a speedy recovery, and have the honor to be with great respect, Your Excellency's
Most Obedient & Most humble Servt.
C.T.
Letter book, Papers of Continental Congress, item 18a, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
1 See JCC, 29:631.
2 For President Lee's "indisposition" and absence from Congress August 17 to September 29, see ibid.; and Lee to Thomson, August 16.