Certification of payment;$185.22 to Thompson Neale, for rations, quartermaster, hospital stores furnished for recruits of 11th Regiment of Infantry at Burlington, under command of Captain Marll.
McHenry warns that a great change has taken place in the affairs of Europe since the U.S. mission was undertaken. A treaty with France cannot, with regard to trade and commerce, place the U.S. in as good a situation as it is currently in. Such a treaty will expose U.S. trade to the most serious inconveniences. McHenry finds the dilemma extremely distressing.