I dare say you may order it so that it may be so, if you talk to Lord Townshend about it, &c. I mention this, because I cannot think you can stand at York, or anywhere else, without a great expense.

[Footnote 1: Lord North succeeded Townshend as Chancellor of the Exchequer; and, when the Duke of Grafton retired, he became First Lord of the Treasury also, and continued to hold both offices till the spring of 1782.]

The next day we dined with Adams and Townshend at their quarters; the General honored us with his company; the same evening supped with the General.

[Shelburne supported Townshend in opposition to Wilkes in the election of the Lord Mayor.