Your son was here this winter and was recommended to us from St. Petersburg by our friends and Mr. Dana.

We provided him with the money he needed during his stay, which was only a month, and found it truly a pleasure to do everything in our power to be of service. He is a young man who earned himself many friends here and who deserves affection.1

We have just learned from one of our friends here who had received a 305letter from Amsterdam that you were worried about your son, not having heard from him since last December.

We are surprised, sir, that you have received no letters from him. We have not had any either since he left, but according to our information he was very well when in Göteborg about two weeks ago.

He left here for Göteborg toward the end of December, provided with excellent letters of introduction. He stayed in Norrköping for three weeks on account of the poor roads and arrived in Göteborg in late January. He was still there ten days ago, but we think he must have left by now.2

We offer our sincere compliments on the glorious peace treaty you have just signed. We shall be most flattered, sir, if we may be of use to you here in our country in any way at all. Please believe how eager we are to do anything you ask.

We have the honor to be with most perfect esteem, sir, your very humble and very obedient servants