Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to James Phillips, 1788 Nov. 15.

Referring to a previous letter about [Jacques-Pierre] Brissot de Warville's travels in New England; informing Phillips that Brissot de Warville returned to Philadelphia for a few days and then departed for "some part of Virginia, intending a visit to General Washington"; saying that he has received from his kinsman William Dillwyn "a copy of the last Report of your Committee for the Abolition of the Slave trade"' and responding to it at length, particularly on the connection between the abolition of the slave trade and emancipation; comparing their different positions; writing that a considerable part of the American committee's work is "protection of the Blacks who are entitled to freedom in their just rights which are often invaded, & frequently disputed"; adding "we have ground to hope, that the Legislatures in the neighbouring states will enact laws as nearly similar to that passed by our Assembly as the varied circumstances admitts. for which purpose addresses, & petitions have been lately presented, and favorably received in New Jersey & Connecticut, and we are told that Newyork, & New Hampshire will come into the same [recourse?]. Maryland, the Carolinas, & Georgia are yet inactive, and will require more close Solicitations than they have yet had"; discussing the need for more copies of anti-slavery publications like the report and mentioning "[Thomas] Clarkson's two treatises"; writing that the American committee is preparing an answer to a letter from their British counterpart and will include in it "an account of the extraordinary mental faculties of two Blackmen which has lately occurred to our notice"; adding that he proposes to send this letter via Dr. Bush, who intends to spend some time in England studying medicine; giving additional details about Bush; sending the news that Rebecca Jones "with her companion Han[nnah] Cathrall are fixed in a small neat tennement which they expect will serve them for the present residence," and that Jones has been in good health since her return and will write her friends in England soon.