| Description | Postscript 3 Aug, Philadelphia "you'll have seen by our late letters we could not execute the fresh orders of any your foreign correspondents", the restraining Act now prohibits them from sending produce to any foreign markets, "our exchange is at 150 per cent so that if wheat came down to their limits of 5 shillings to 5 shillings and 6 pence nothing could be done, both wheat and flour have fallen since the 20th, people preparing to sow another crop notwithstanding the dull prospect before them, they are cheerfully disposed to submit to their fate and are united in a determination to sacrifice all things to preserve the liberties of their country, "you will hear a great deal of what you call bad news from this country, but here it is thought differently of, and we hope will be the means of bringing about a reconciliation on honest and equitable principles" |