Proper letters of credence on the subject of your mission will be forwarded by the next conveyance; but it is thought inexpedient to delay the present despatches on that account.
I have the honor to be, &c.
SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, President.
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS.
Amsterdam, January 1st, 1781.
Sir,
The mail from London, arrived this morning, brought us, for a new years' entertainment, the following
MANIFESTO.
"George R.—Through the whole course of our reign, our conduct towards the States-General of the United Provinces, has been that of a sincere friend and faithful ally. Had they adhered to those wise principles, which used to govern the Republic, they must have, shown themselves equally solicitous to maintain the friendship, which has so long subsisted between the two nations, and which is essential to the interests of both; but from the prevalence of a faction devoted to France, and following the dictates of that Court, a very different policy has prevailed. The return made to our friendship, for sometime past, has been an open contempt of the most solemn engagements, and a repeated violation of public faith.