I find that Judge Johnson, in his life of General Greene, has mentioned my Father as one of the leading men of the Party in Congress who were at one period of the revolution opposed to General Washington, and desirous of advancing General Lee or General Gates to the command of the army in his place. This assertson of the Judge has excited much surprize not only in myself but in the friends of my Father here. I had never before heard the most remote suggestion of the fact; and I find it unknown to and disbelieved by my Fathers friends, some of whom were personally acquainted with the transactions of that period. It appears to me also contradicted by the circumstance of your having been placed with him to study law; and by the friendly intercourse which I know subsisted between Genl Washington and my Father without interruption for a long time subsequently. Notwithstanding these circumstances, I do not feel sufficiently authorized, by any information which I possess, to deny the correctness of Judge Johnsons statement. At the same time I feel a strong interest in obtaining a correct knowledge of the real truth on this subject, and in having it placed in a proper light. Will you excuse my troubling you with a request that you will communicate to me such information as may be in your power, and any documents by which the Judge's statement may be either disproved or explained, if incorrect, as I suppose it to be. Your compliance will confer a a great favour on me. I am, dear Sir, very respectfully, your friend & obt Servant