I returned this day from a three months tour to the springs for the re-establishment of my health; and was put into possession of your letter hearing date the 15th of July last.

I apprehend that, unable to account for my silence as neglect, you may have since retained other counsel in your suit against the heir and executors of Colo. Thomas Lee. If you have not, permit me to assure you that I will with great pleasure appear for you individually in that suit—that I have no doubt the chancellor will grant a re-argument on your behalf; and that, altho no otherwise acquainted with the cause than from your statement of it, I can from that statement and your view, entertain little doubt that you must experience in court the usual treatment of trustees acting lawfully and bonafide; and that consequently while we will be liable for the net profits of the land which Colo. Lee purchased from you as an executor, it would be an outrage on all the principles hitherto entertained by the courts of equity, to subject you to anything more.

The court of appeals will commence its session on the second Monday in the next month. While attending it, I shall have ample leisure to peruse the papers in the cause and to reflect upon its merits: and if on such examination, any doubt should suggest itself or I should think that farther evidence ought to be taken on your behalf, I will immediately communicate farther with you on the subjects, unless in the mean time you should apprise me that you have retained other counsel. I am very respectfully and truly, Dear Sir, your most Obt. Servt