John Nicholas to Wilson Cary Nicholas, discusses relations between the United States and France, the anger of the state of Massachusetts which was very upset at the expenses of the government and the taxes which they had paid, the activities of [Dr. George?] Logan, a Philadelphia Quaker, a doctor, and a Republican who traveled unofficially to France to settle the differences between the French Directory and the United States government, and the need for good public agents in France. At the end, he mentions that the price of tobacco has increased to ten dollars., 1798 December 11

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