Sir, On carefully reviewing the conduct of your Congress, I find a remarkable conformity between it and the rules laid down by Machiavel in his well known treatise, intitled, The prince. …

At head of title: No. VI. Letter no. VI- addressed to John Jay- of the "Letters of Papinian: in which the conduct- present state and prospects- of the American Congress- are examined". The letters were first printed in 1779 in Rivington's Royal Gazette- and afterwards reprinted in Gaine's New-York Gazette. They were reissued the same year in book form in London and New York. Attributed to Inglis in the Dictionary of American biography. Text printed in three columns. New-York Historical copy cropped and torn at edges- with slight loss of text.