To the free and virtuous citizens of America. Friends and countrymen. The happiness or misfortunes, the benefits or injuries of an individual, have generally no claim to the public attention, I do not therefore address you on my own account, but

In Mss. on back of page. Philadelphia 4th January 1779. date of the letter enclosed.; Not in Evans.
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Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 145, Folder 4.