Excerpt from The Life, Public Services, Addresses and Letters of Elias Boudinot, LL. D, Vol. 2 of 2: President of the Continental Congress Mr. Boudinot to chairman of joint meeting of Legislature of New Jersey; for permission to retire to private life. - Hon. Benjamin Franklin to Mr. Boudinot; new commission not yet come to hand; Mr. Hartley in England; Mr. Jay and Mr. Adams gone to England; the court at Fontainebleau; not obtaining further loan caused...