He suggested to Badollet to bring with him the little money he had, to which enough would be added to establish him independently.

Dumont was invited to accompany him.

But with a prudence which shows that his previous experience had not been thrown away upon him, Gallatin recommends his friend not to start at once, but to hold himself ready for the next, or, at the latest, the year succeeding, at the same time suggesting the idea of a general emigration of such Swiss malcontents as were small capitalists and farmers; that of manufacturers and workmen he discouraged.

It was not, however, until the spring of 1785, on the eve of leaving Richmond with some families which he had engaged to establish on his lands, that he felt justified in asking his old friend to cross the seas and share his lot.

This invitation was accepted, and Badollet joined him at George's Creek.
The settlement beginning to spread, Gallatin bought another farm higher up the river, to which he gave the name of Friendship Hill.