Your letter of the 12th Sept. came to my hand sometime during the present month in consequence of my long absence from home; & being one of a large bundle of letters which had been accumulating, it has only been perused within the last hour. This, I trust, will be accepted as a satisfactory apology for my silence.

I shall write to the Chief Justice today & state to him your proposition; as soon as I receive his answer, you shall hear from me conclusively, & I hope satisfactorily. I am very respectfully Sir yr mo. ob. Servt