Thomas Paine has not returned to the United States; JM's recall and Charles C Pinckney's appointment as his replacement has been announced in the newspapers; John B Prevost thanks JM for kind attention while he was in France; David Gelston…
regrets that JM did not receive his letters written while Congress was balloting for president; election of Thomas Jefferson reflects the opinion of the public; repeal of the sedition law; John Adams continues to nominate men for public office
Americans released from imprisonment in Algiers have been put in quarantine-is doing all he can to assist them; American ship captured at Tunis has been released
regrets JM's recall; disagrees with Federalist policies; outcome of presidential election will determine French policy towards the United States; his mission to Portugal will fail because of strong British influence in Lisbon