I am happy in being able to remove [your] the uneasiness, expressed in your letter of the 9th, respecting what has been done. – Mr. Morgan is Satisfied. I explained fully to him what I long before had stated to him on the Subject. – I hope no censure will attach to Mr. Marshall but that I alone may be considered in fault. tho' I confess I cannot conceive of there being any thing dishonorable in the business. I requested of him to permit me to employ men then in pay to put it in Type & pledged my honor it should not be printed, altho' he knew it was in my possession, tho he says he did not know I was putting it in type [& although] knew I was using it. – not has a line has been touched. I can only Say that even if Mr. Morgan had declined, I would give you should not have let you Sustained any loss. & had could I have had the most remote idea that 2000$ would have been accepted, it should have been cheerfully given by me, to have been permitted to print 6 months ago, as I am confident the loss by delay has been to a much greater amot —. I beg you [will] consider me alone, in fault not to believe Mr. Marshall censurable I long ago have told Mr. Morgan that I would willingly make arrangements with him to publish in London & Phila. at the same time, so that he apprehends nothing on that Score. I have complied with your desire & told Mr. M. 2 week since that he should have the first impressions of the maps &c. In your last last previous to the one recd today it is your written "If you have any objection" &c: respecting the maps "write me by return post" & I took for granted that my silence would mean compliance; or in case of refusal I was desired to write by next mail; I regret however that I omitted writing. In the manuscript copy there is in various places at the bottom of the page, the names of authors such as Stith, Chalmer, Robinson¹, &c &c. & there is no reference made from the text. I know not how to place them. If intended as notes there ought to be references: if not I conceive they ought not to be there or [illegible] placed in print, but if in at all I would suggest these being placed at the end of each Chapter. I hope the preface will explain & do away the necessity of putting inserting them in at all. I have written to the Chief Justice respecting them, as well as & in regard to the punctuation, Spelling, Title at the head of each page, of the Introductory part, &c &c. &c. — on this points I wish explicit & full instructions. Happy indeed shall I be when I can announce this work in the Press. Of idleness, & paying men. & [house] rent &c. without doing any thing, I am sicck. I pray you accept my penance of respect & esteem with which I am your most obed &c