Paris the 15 october Behold my dispatches, mister the Count, of which I wanted that we join to the Convention of Commerce; but when in battle with the ferme generale, business does not go quickly: I hope with all of my heart all that you could desire, but if the wind goes against you I would not consider the idea that you would be the carrier of this printed matter, to which it must [operate] that we would give more [follow-up] than that of Mr de Colonne. I have good reason to complain of Mrs the Countess de Brehan, mister the Count; I would have hoped for the previous goodness that she gave me [illegible] to speak to him of the country that she would visit, and I did not know that she was leaving with you, until there was not enough time for me to go after him. I have consoled myself a little by congratulating my friends, and friends of happiness that his acquaintanceship would provide to him, and if she had not wanted my homage as a frenchman, I hope that would receive it as american as I will go to see my fellow citizens and companions of the army on the other hemisphere. I congratulate each one of you for what you have done to a country that is made to rouse all the noble hearts, and to attach all honest souls. [strikeout] they will sometimes speak to you of me, tell them how impatient I am to see them again. goodbye, mister the Count, I hope you have a happy journey, I wish you to send my compliments to mister [osho] and mr de crevecour ; accept, my well sincere wishes and the homage and attachment with which I have the honor to be, your very humble and obedient servant Lafayette